HELSEFORSK consists of researchers with the following educational backgrounds: Bioengineering, ergonomics, physiotherapy, mensendieck therapy, orthopaedic engineering, radiography, pharmacy technology and dental technology.

Ongoing projects in alphabetical order according to researcher's names

The R&D establishment at HELSEFORSK will focus on developing new knowledge in the academic subjects and occupational positions and fields that the Faculty of Health Sciences educate students for.  HELSEFORSK would like to promote new and improved measures in order to use the resources in the health and social sector more efficiently. Practical research and knowledge-based research are important factors. There will be focus on clinical expertise in order to ensure knowledge-based health and social, academic measures of high quality.

We do research, write reports and evaluations for the public sector and volunteer organisations and we also develop our own projects.  We have established research expertise in the following fields:   

Accident-prevention and health-promoting work	Male reproduction
Rehabilitation/habilitation	Health and environment
Quality of life and welfare	Epidemiology
Psychiatric health care	Microbiology
Family	Profession, didactics and innovation
Children and youth	Product evaluation and adaptation
Elderly	Universal formulation
Protection against radiation	Pain, syndrome and specific disease groups
Lifestyle-related diseases	Method evaluation
Pharmaceutical development and evaluation	Radiography - radiation safety

We cooperate with and do commissioned research for:

Departments	The Research Council of Norway	World Health Organisation (WHO)
Health and rehabilitation	Volunteer organisations	Business and industry
Counties, municipalities and city administrations	Network groups in the EU

Head of research at the Faculty of Health Sciences is  Astrid Bergland

http://home.hio.no/~astridb/

e-mail : Astrid Bergland

telephone: 22 45 25 07

telefax: 22 45 25 05

office: V211, Pilestredet 44 0167 Oslo