Phd candididates

Maren Agdal (leave of absence 29.05.2007-12.05.2008)
Supervisors: Professor Magne Raadal, Professor Gerd Kvaale, Professor Erik Skaret, Professor Göran Öst
Research project: Odontofobi og intra-oral injeksjonsfobi. Tannhelse, behandlingseffekter og oral helserelatert livskvalitet
Research group: Behavioural and community dentistry
Workplace: Centre for Odontophobia , Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Zouhir Ekelend Allouni
Supervisor: Associate professor Michaela Cimpan, Professor Nils Roar Gjerdet, Post doctoral fellow Paul Johan Høl
Research-project:Interactions between Titanium Nanoparticles and Cells: Correlation between Physicochemical Characteristics and Cellular Parameters
Research group: Biomaterials
Workplace: Biomaterials, Faculty of Dentistry, Overlege Danielsens Hus, Årstadveien 21

Malgorzata Barczyk
Supervisor: Professor Anne Isine Bolstad, Professor Donald Gullberg
Research project: Importance of integrins in the periodontal ligament
Research group: Oral infections and inflammations
Workplace: Institute for biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, BBB

Staffan Dånmark
Supervisors: Professor Kristina Arvidson Fyrberg, Post doctoral fellow Kamal Mustafa, Professor Ann-Christine Albertsson, Professor Anna Finne Wistrand
Research project:Opimization of polymer scaffolds aimed for tissue engineering
Research group: Biomaterials
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Gunnar Ekbäck
Supervisors: Professor Anne N. Åstrøm, Professor Anders Johansson, Associate professor Kristin Klock, Associate professor Lennart Unell,
Research project: Upplevd oral hälsa hos 19-åringer i Örebro, Östergötland och Sörmlands län samt hos 50-, 55-, 60-, 65- och 75-åringer, i Örebro och Östergötlands län
Research group: Behavioural and community dentistry
Workplace: Tandvårdsenheten, Hälsokansliet, Örebro läns landsting/ Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Rigmor Flatebø
Supervisor:Associate professor Knut Leknes, Professor Nils Roar Gjerdet, Professor Anne Christine Johannessen
Research project: The purpose of this study is to histologically and immunohistochemically evaluate the non-perforated mucosa covering submerged titanium implants, with regard to metal induced tissue reactions.
Research group: Biomaterials
Workplace: Biomaterials, Faculty of Dentistry, Overlege Danielsens Hus , Årstadveien 21

Harald Gjengedal
Supervisors: Associate professor Tordis Trovik, Professor Einar Berg, Associate professor Olav Bøe, Researcher Mariann Kjellvold Malde
Research project: Prosthetic treatment of the edentulous person and health related quality of life
Research group: Biomaterials
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Karstein Haldorsen
Supervisors: Professor Anne Isine Bolstad, Professor Johan G. Brun
Research project: Kliniske og immunologiske aspekter ved Sjogrens syndrom
Research group: Oral infections and inflammations
Workplace: Broegelmanns Research Laboratory , Armauer Hansens Hus

Li Hongxing
Supervisors: Professor Anders A. Johansson, Professor Anne A. Åstrøm
Research project: The prelevance of TMD in adolescents of Xi'an, China and its possible impact on oral health-related quality of life
Research group: Behavioural and community dentistry
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Shaza Idris
Supervisors: Professor Kristina Arvidson Fyrberg, Post doctoral fellow Kamal Mustafa, Professor Anne Isine Bolstad
Research project: Tissue engineering in bone defects: Effect of copolymers scaffolds on gene and protein expression profile using combined mesenchymal stem cell culture and experimental animal studies
Research group: Biomaterials
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Torgils Lægreid
Supervisor: Professor Ann-Katrin Johansson
Research project: Extensive direct posterior dental restorations
Research group: Biomaterials
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Kristin Haukebø Larson
Supervisors: Professor Gerd Kvale, Associate Professor Erik Skaret
Research project: "Cognitions and brain activation to fearful stimuli in a phobic population", Experiment 1:One vs. five session treatment of odontophobia. Experiment 2:Subliminal perception of fearful stimuli in a phobic population before and after treatment. An fMRI study.
Research group: Behavioural and community dentistry
Workplace: Centre for odontophobia , Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Kijakazi Mashoto
Supervisors: Professor Anne N. Åstrøm, Associate professor Joyce Masalu
Research project: Effects of basic oral care services on oral quality of life of 12 years primary school children in rural area of Kilwa district Tanzania
Research group: Behavioural and community dentistry
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Mathilda Mtaya
Supervisors: Associate professor Pongsri Brudvik, Professor Anne N. Åstrøm
Research project: Non-nutritive sucking habits in Tanzanian Children: Contributing Factors, Oral Health and Quality of Life Impact
Research group: Cranofacial development and function
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Elwalid Fadul Nasir
Supervisor: Professor Anne N. Åstrøm, Professor Nils Skaug, Professor Ahmed Al-Tigani, Professor Raouf Wahab Ali
Research project: HIV/ AIDS concepts and aspects in dental services in Sudan
Research group: Behavioural and community dentistry
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Nazik Nurelhuda
Supervisors: Associate professor Tordis Trovik
Research project: The effect of dietary habits on dental caries and saliva microbiology in Sudanese school children and their quality of life
Research group: Behavioural and community dentistry
Workplace: Centre for International Health, Armauer Hansens Hus

Eric Roman (leave of absence 15.08.2007-14.08.2010)
Supervisor: Professor Endre Vasstrand, Associate professor Salah O. Ibrahim
Research project: Impact of Differences in Ethnicity and life-style on Epigenetic Changes of Aberrant DNA Promoter Methylation Profiles of Multiple Genes in Oral Cancers: A Multicountry Study in Africa, Asia, USA and Europe
Research group: Cancer Biology
Workplace: Institute for biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, BBB

Heidi Samson
Supervisor: Associate Professor Gunhild Strand
Research project: 67+ with a right to Oral Health
Research group: Behavioural and community dentistry
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Dipak Sapkota
Supervisor: Professor Endre Vasstrand, Associate professor Salah O. Ibrahim
Research project: Expression profiling of S100 gene family members in oral squamous cell carcinomas: Association with viral infection (HPV, EBV, CMV, HSV) and p53 exon 4 codon 72 polymorphism
Research group: Cancer Biology
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Kerstin Schander
Supervisors: Professor Kristina Arvidson Fyrberg, Post doctoral fellow Kamal Mustafa
Research project: Tissue engineering in bone defects: Development of a new polymer as a scaffold stimulating stem cell growth and diffferentiation
Research group: Biomaterials
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Therese Thornton Sjursen
Supervisor: Professor Lars Bjørkman, Associate professor Knut Dalen
Research-project: Health complaints and personality variables before and after removal of dental amalgam - a
randomised clinical trial
Research group: Biomaterials
Workplace: Biomaterials, Faculty of Dentistry, Overlege Danielsens Hus, Årstadveien 21

Jarle Svalestad
Supervisor: Professor Sølve Hellem
Research project: Mikrosirkulasjon i gingiva og kinhud etter strålebehandling og hyperbar oksygenbehandling"
Research group: Cancer Biology
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Dorina Sula Thelen
Supervisor: Associate professor Asgeir Bårdsen
Research project: Traumatic dental injuries in Albania
Research group: Behavioural and community dentistry
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Carmen Irina Vamanu
Supervisor: Professor Nils Roar Gjerdet, Associate professor Mihaela Cimpan, Associate professor Paul Johan Høl, Professor Said Elsayed
Research project: Biological effects on Titanium: in vitro studies on human cell responses and apoptotic reactions
Research group: Biomaterials
Workplace: Biomaterials, Faculty of Dentistry, Overlege Danielsens Hus, Årstadveien 21

Margrethe S.Vika
Supervisor: Professor Erik Skaret, Professor Gerd Kvale, Professor Magne Raadal
Research project: Many children and adolescents have problems of accepting dental and medical treatment due to fear of injections. Once established, this may lead to serious health hazards, both dentally and medically.
Research group: Behavioural and community dentistry
Workplace: Centre of odontophobia, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Vilhjalmur Vilhjalmsson
Supervisor: Professor Asgeir Bårdsen
Research project: Dental traumatic injuries - cost and quality of treatment with especial emphasis on teeth lost and replaced by implant supported restorations
Research group: Behavioural and community dentistry
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Margaret Wandera
Supervisors: Professor Anne N. Åstrøm
Research project: Maternal oral health status, nutrition and delevopment of early childhood dental caries (ECC): A birth cohorst study of infants in Mbale, Uganda
Research group: Behavioural and community dentistry
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Zhe Xing
Supervisors: Professor Kristina Arvidson Fyrberg, Post doctoral fellow Kamal Mustafa
Research project: Evaluation of interactions between mesenchymal stem cells and porous polymer scaffolds
Research group: Biomaterials
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17

Ying Xue
Supervisors: Professor Kristina Arvidson Fyrberg, Post doctoral fellow Kamal Mustafa
Research project:Surface treatment of copolymers scaffolds influences mesenchymal stem cells growth and differentiation: in vitro and in vivo studies.
Research group: Biomaterials
Workplace: Centre for Dental Clinical Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Årstadveien 17