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Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Child & adolescent mental health, genetics, epidemiology, family studies, MoBa

Oslo, Norway
Joined October 2017
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@ludvigdbj
Ludvig Daae Bjørndal
1 year
We have a new preprint out examining symptom-specific polygenic effects on maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum in up to 59,000 MoBa mothers 🧬🌧️☀️ https://t.co/m5evQYSwrb @Psykologiskinst @PromentaC @PsychGenNIPH
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@ingunnolea
Ingunn Olea Lund
1 year
Å involvere folk med egenerfaring i forskningen er avgjørende! Takk til @MHelse for samarbeid om inspirerende seminar, og for flott nyhetssak – vi gleder oss til videre samarbeid! 🤝 #psykiskhelse #ForskningMedMening 📸Joachim Kjennerud/Mental Helse https://t.co/NmuKIt7NlR
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@MoBa_study
MoBa Study
1 year
Join the MoBa celebration!🎉 We are celebrating 25 years of groundbreaking health research at Vulkan Arena in Oslo, Oct 30-31! Join us for insightful presentations from our leading researchers, meet our ambassadors and celebrate this milestone with us! #MoBa #HealthResearch
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@jhpettersen
Johanne Hagen Pettersen
1 year
First PhD paper🎉Stringent Covid-19 measures and quarantines were associated with more mental distress among adolescents. Younger adolescents, those with lower educated parents and those with lower MDD PGS were especially vulnerable
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jamanetwork.com
This cohort study examines the association of mental health and the public health measures and quarantine experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic among Norwegian adolescents.
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@COVIDMENT
COVIDMENT
1 year
The 2024 @COVIDMENT & covidmentYOUNG meeting has concluded in Stockholm. The meeting was both productive and enjoyable. The team looks forward to continued collaboration on long-term health sequels of #COVID19 infections and mitigation responses in Nordic populations.
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@ingunnolea
Ingunn Olea Lund
2 years
Our preprint shows how the pandemic affected psychiatric healthcare use for children and adolescents with existing mental health conditions. We see a significant drop in primary and specialist healthcare, with boys experiencing greater declines🏥👱🏻‍♂️ https://t.co/9f038ipjCr
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@AdrianAskelund
Adrian Dahl Askelund
2 years
Very proud to say our Registered Report supporting a causal relationship between age at menarche and adolescent depression is now published in @BMCMedicine. Link: https://t.co/2WwjicrUQs. This was a big team effort spanning the duration of my PhD! A🧵on the process and findings:
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Background The timing of puberty may have an important impact on adolescent mental health. In particular, earlier age at menarche has been associated with elevated rates of depression in adolescents....
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@OmidVEbrahimi
Omid V. Ebrahimi
2 years
Our new paper in @LancetRH_Europe examines the mental health burden of having a significant person (e.g. family member) infected, hospitalised, ICU-admitted or die by COVID-19 in 168 783 adults across 4 countries 🧵 Important work by @AoLovik, @COVIDMENT https://t.co/kh8HIApbGl
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@ingunnolea
Ingunn Olea Lund
2 years
🌟Exciting PhD opportunity at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway 🌟 Are you passionate about making a difference in the field of mental health? Join us at the Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health!
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@AoLovik
Anikó Lovik
2 years
"COVID-19 illness severity and 2-year prevalence of physical symptoms" has been published in Lancet RH Europe. Important project lead by Qing Shen, Emily Joyce, @OmidVEbrahimi and Maria Didriksen in the @COVIDMENT collaboration. https://t.co/eZuONLTCqc #COVID19
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@ludvigdbj
Ludvig Daae Bjørndal
2 years
New preprint! 📜🚨 In this study, we quantify direct and indirect genetic effects (from close family members) on maternal depressive symptoms across early childhood in MoBa: https://t.co/mSXU1pLo1s @PromentaC @Psykologiskinst
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@LineGjerde
Line C. Gjerde
3 years
📢New paper out! 🥳 The p factor of psychopathology and personality in middle childhood. Published in #PsychologicalMedicine today: https://t.co/pLq63odWKV.
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@ingunnolea
Ingunn Olea Lund
3 years
📢New preprint: We set out to disentangle the mechanisms underlying associations between maternal at-risk drinking and offspring emotional and behavior problems in the context of genotype-environment interplay A 🧵 (1/8).
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@SFFNORMENT
Norment
3 years
Mathias Valstad will defend hos PhD thesis on Friday Jan 20: "Examining schizophrenia and bipolar disorder pathophysiology with an EEG-based assay of cortical synaptic plasticity". Congratulations! 🎉 @UniOslo_MED @Oslounivsykehus @TElvsashagen https://t.co/ID1Y1eFJAa
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med.uio.no
Cand. Psychol. Mathias Valstad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Examining schizophrenia and bipolar disorder pathophysiology with an EEG-based assay of cortical...
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@farteinask
Fartein Ask Torvik
3 years
I et rom for bare dem med toppkarakterer, er det 50 jenter med høyt utdannede foreldre for hver eneste gutt med lavt utdannede foreldre
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morgenbladet.no
En ny målestokk for fysisk modning kan forklare deler av karakterforskjellene mellom gutter og jenter, sier seniorforsker Fartein Ask Torvik, som anbefaler fleksibel skolestart og annerledes vekting...
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@larswestlye
Lars T. Westlye
3 years
2) 3-4 yr postdoc linked to EU-funded @HEenvironMENTAL , large international network, big data, cutting-edge methods, work with @helga_ask @DvdM33r @oleaandreassen https://t.co/XZOeGJaHwd @EU_Commission
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@bstpourcain
Beate St Pourcain
3 years
We made it! Happy #EAGLE gathering at #WCPG2022
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@AdrianAskelund
Adrian Dahl Askelund
3 years
PREPRINT ALERT!📢 In my first PhD paper, we explored the role of symptom differentiation in the emergence of psychopathology in 79k children. Enjoyed working on it with a fantastic team of co-authors: @helga_ask @EivindY @alexhavdahl & @laurie_jh. A🧵(1/8)
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@RobynWootton
Robyn Wootton
3 years
Our new paper, out now in JAMA Psychiatry, shows the importance of considering genetic confounding when exploring the association between pregnancy variables and neurodevelopmental conditions in offspring: 🤰 https://t.co/Qv11yjDNoD (🧵, 1/8)
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jamanetwork.com
This cohort study explores whether pregnancy-related predisposing factors for offspring neurodevelopmental conditions are associated with maternal genetic liability for attention-deficit/hyperactiv...
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