249 projects

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Memory for Music: Effects of individual intensive musical training based on singing in non-musicians with Alzheimer’s disease

This project, called Memory for Music, focuses on the increasing number of people worldwide living with dementia, especially Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD typically starts with memory problems and eventually affects daily activities. Active music interventions, especially singing, have shown posit...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Vestland

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Metabolically optimised NK cell therapies for Glioblastoma

Glioblastoma Multiforme is one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer, and despite advances in surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, survival rates remain dismal. A promising frontier lies in harnessing the body’s own immune system, specifically, Natural Killer (NK) cells, which are hard-wi...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Registry tool for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation in Norway – RegTool AFNOR

Atrial fibrillation is an important risk factor for stroke. Anticoagulant treatment reduces the risk substantially but may also lead to haemorrhagic complications. The recommended approach is to balance the risk of stroke against the risk of bleeding when making decisions on anticoagulant treatme...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Sounding Relation: Use of music microanalysis to explore parental contributions to premature infant regulation in the neonatal context

By virtue of their voices, parents possess inherent resources that can help support their premature infants’ well-being during and after intensive care hospitalization. Premature birth presents various challenges for both infants and parents. Premature infants need time to mature and have more su...

Awarded: NOK 11.7 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Vestland

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Virtual darkness and digital phenotyping in specialized and municipal dementia care: The DARK.DEM randomized controlled trial.

Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) describe changes in behavior and mental state which is caused by the dementia syndrome, and encompass fore example anxiety, depression, psychosis and agitation. These symptoms are prevalent among persons with dementia, often treatment resis...

Awarded: NOK 10.6 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Vestland

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Glioma invasion assays as a predictive tool for personalized glioma medicine

Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common malignant brain tumor. The median survival of patients is less than 24 months, and there is currently no cure. There are significant limitations for glioblastoma therapeutics. Particularly, glioblastoma are highly heterogeneous and unique for each patien...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Improving personalised glioblastoma care by intertwined immunomics and artificial intelligence approaches

There is an urgent need for new treatment strategies to enhance both the care and quality of life for patients with glioblastoma (GBM). Despite advances in medical research, the standard treatment for GBM has remained unchanged for over 15 years, and the median survival time is still less than 15...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Invigorating immunity against brain metastases in lung and breast cancer patients

Brain metastases (BrMet) are a devastating complication in breast and lung cancer and a main cause of death. Novel immunotherapies have revolutionized treatment of cancer, but response rates are hard to predict, especially for BrMet patients. Our project partners have quantified immune cells in B...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Towards Personalised Clinical Management of Suicide Risk through Data-Driven Clinical Decision Support using Transnational Registry Data

Effective assessment and management of suicide risk in clinical practice is a challenging task for most clinicians. This can lead to ineffective clinical decision-making and an unmet need for appropriate mental health care. The main objective of this project is to develop a personalized clinical ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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INTRAPERITONEAL IMMUNE MODULATION FOR COLORECTAL PERITONEAL METASTASES

Metastasis to the peritoneum from colon and rectal cancer is a condition with a high mortality rate. Tumors with such spread respond poorly to standard chemotherapy. Immunotherapy, which has a very good effect in many metastatic cancer patients, also works poorly in these patients. There is there...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Personalized treatment and care for chronic hepatitis B

The project Personalized treatment and care for chronic hepatitis B aims to improve treatment and care for patients with chronic hepatitis B. The project accommodates World Health Organization (WHO)’s plan to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. Worldwide, an estimated 29...

Awarded: NOK 13.4 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Understanding brain circuit dysfunction in amblyopia using large-scale multimodal recordings in a new visuomotor task.

Some theories about brain function consider the brain as a prediction machine. Based on previous experience, our brains may perform an "autocompletion" function during pretty much every thing we do, and perhaps, think. Here we will study amblyopia, or best known as "lazy eye" in a mouse model to ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Nordisk seminar om hepatitt C

Hepatitt C er et alvorlig helseproblem både i Norge og globalt, og WHO kom i 2016 med mål om eliminasjon av hepatitt C som folkehelseproblem innen 2030. I 2018 fulgte den norske regjeringen opp med nasjonale mål om eliminasjon innen 2023. Helsedirektoratet fulgte opp med en tiltaksplan året etter...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Akershus

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The Norwegian Node of the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility 2022-2027

Neuroinformatics focuses on integrating and analyzing diverse datasets across scales, techniques, and species to enhance our understanding of brain function and improve societal health and well-being. The International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) is a global organization that pr...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Vitenskapelig samarbeid og seminaruke med Oxford Brookes University - forskning på effektive og bærekraftige helse- og velferdstjenester

Prosjektet består av et planlagt arrangement over én uke i mai 2022 (9. - 13. mai). Arrangementet har utgangspunkt i et samarbeid mellom Oxford Brookes University (OUB) og Høgskolen i Innlandet (HINN) igangsatt gjennom en Horizon Europe- søknad innenfor Global Health (Staying Healthy - Boosting M...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Innlandet

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Algorithm of Graft Outcome in Renal Allotransplantation

Kidney transplant recipients must use immunosuppressive drugs for the rest of their lives to prevent the body from rejecting the new kidney. The immunosuppressive drugs unfortunately have a number of side effects and it is therefore important that these are dosed as low as possible. Exactly where...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Artificial intelligence for personalised medicine in depression

Psychiatric diseases affect several hundred million people world-wide. Most prevalent is depression, which causes great suffering of both patients and families, as well as high societal costs associated with sick leaves and treatment requirements. Treatment of depression often involve use of anti...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Subpopulation heterogeneitY and MicroenvironMental Engagement as predictors for Treatment Resistance in lYmphoma

Lymphomas, like most other cancers, consist of multiple distinct cancer cell populations within each patient. These tumor subpopulations have distinct genetic and biological characteristics leading to different drug response profiles. The aim of this project is to characterize these tumor subpopu...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROJECTS ON PERSONALISED MEDICINE; DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL SUPPORT TOOLS FOR PERSONALISED MEDICINE IMPLEMENTATION

ScandRA is a Scandinavian collaboration in which we have used clinical data and blood samples from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from a high number of cohorts from the three Scandinavian countries. We have completed the work related to the identification, compilation and harmonization o...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Performing Indigenous Health Research in a multi-ethnic Landscape

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Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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Pandemisenteret nasjonal konferanse 2022: «Pandemi, mangfold og sosial ulikhet»

Over to år under COVID-19 regi har lært oss at pandemier kommer regelmessig og representerer store samfunnsutfordring som må møtes på en bærekraftig måte og med kunnskapsgrunnlag fra alle fagområder og godt samarbeid mellom akademia, offentlige institusjoner, næringslivet, frivillighet og politik...

Awarded: NOK 0.18 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2023

Location: Vestland

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Sonja Victorias omgivelseskonferanse - Ekte brukermedvirkning til barns beste

Når Sonja Victorias Stiftelse stiller spørsmål til ansvarlige politiker og helseforetak, får vi til svar at brukermedvirkningen er ivaretatt. Men arkitektene som skal forvalte tilbakemeldingene sier noe annet. Og brukerne selv føler seg absolutt ikke hørt. Reflekterer det fysiske resultatet bruke...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Akershus

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EHiN 2022

Siden 2014 har EHiN vært en fysisk møteplass der helsesektoren, beslutningstakere, brukere og næringslivet møtes for å dele kompetanse, erfaringer og meninger om nåtidens og fremtidens e-helse. Som hvert år ønsker EHiN å samle disse aktørene og skape en plattform der de kan snakke sammen, dele ...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2023

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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International Conference on School Meals - an interdisciplinary approach

Konferansen «School meals – an interdisiplinary approach» er ekstra aktuell i lys av Hurdalsplattformen sitt ønske om å gradvis innføre gratis skolemåltid som et folkehelsetiltak og et pedagogisk tiltak i skolen. Målet med konferansen er å samle forskere fra flere disipliner og bakgrunner for å d...

Awarded: NOK 80,413

Project Period: 2022-2023

Location: Vestland

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Neurodiab 2022

Neurodiab er ansett å være det største og viktigste internasjonale årlige møtet innenfor fagfeltet diabetes nevropati. Diabetes nevropati er en av de vanligste komplikasjoner til diabetes mellitus og har blant annet konsekvenser i form av økt sykdom og dødelighet av hjerte- karsykdom, økt forekom...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2023

Location: Vestland

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The 5th Nordic Seminar on Technical Measurements of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior

The seminar was organized for the first time in 2017 and this is the 5th edition of this annual meeting (there was no meeting in 2021). Previous seminars have been organized in Copenhagen and Gothenburg and this is the first time the seminar is held in Norway. The seminar aims at bringing togethe...

Awarded: NOK 47,168

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Personalized Clinical Management of Endometrial Cancer using Liquid Biopsy, Genomics and Artificial Intelligence

Endometrial cancer, EC, is the most common gynecological cancer and arise in the lining of the uterus, the endometrial glands. The incidence of EC is increasing and while prognosis is favorable for localized and early stage disease, patients with aggressive or advanced disease have poorer prognos...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Vestland

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"Likeverdige tjenester" - den 7. nasjonale konferansen for omsorgsforskning

Annethvert år arrangerer Senter for omsorgsforskning (SOF) en konferanse som viser fram den viktigste nye kunnskapen og diskuterer de største utfordringene knyttet til tjenesteforskningen. Dette gjør konferansen gjennom å slippe til personer med internasjonal og nordisk kunnskap, landets fremste ...

Awarded: NOK 0.17 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2023

Location: Innlandet

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Kunnskapskommunekonferansen 2022

Kunnskapskommunekonferansen 2022 vil sette forskning og innovasjon på de kommunale helse- og omsorgstjenestene på dagsorden. Det blir helt avgjørende med et kunnskapsløft i kommunene for å levere fremtidens helsetjenester på en måte som løser utfordringer som demografiske endringer, endrede behov...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Vestland

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ANeED Joint Effort 21: eHealth and a PPI-program in Dementia with Lewybodies (DLB)

Digital Signatures from Wearable Devices in Dementia with Lewy Bodies Dementia with Lewy bodies is the second most common cause of dementia and a disease that affects many different organs in the body, in addition to the brain, where it causes cognitive impairment in the form of reduced mental s...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2027

Location: Vestland