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Lars Thore
Fadnes
Post doctor
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Overlege Danielsens Hus, Årstadveien 21, N-5009 Bergen, Norway
Bergen
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Overlege Danielsens Hus, Room 227
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Postboks 7804
5009 Bergen
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Lars.Fadnes@cih.uib.no
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- Global Health
- Child Health
- Nutrition in the context of HIV
- Vaccination programs

- Experimental epidemiology

- Nutritional anthropometry

- Vaccination analysis with R commander

- R & R commander - how to get started with the analyses

- Health consequences of climate change

- Nutrition of infants in the context of HIV

- Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Journal articles
  • Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Jackson, Debra; Fadnes, Lars T.; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Diallo, Abdoulaye Hama; Doherty, Tanya; Lombard, Carl; Swanevelder, Sonja; Nankunda, Jolly Kaharuza; Ramokolo, Vundli; Sanders, David; Wamani, Henry; Meda, Nicolas; Tumwine, James K.; Ekström, Eva-Charlotte M; Van de Perre, Philippe; Kankasa, Chipepo; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Tylleskär, Thorkild. 2014. Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial. BMC Public Health. 14. 12 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-633
  • Masumo, Ray; Birungi, Nancy; Bårdsen, Asgeir; Fadnes, Lars T.; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug. 2014. Impact of low birthweight on early childhood caries in 6-36 months old infants in Uganda: A cross-sectional study. Acta Odontologica Scandinavica. 72: 312-320. doi: 10.3109/00016357.2014.880189
  • Ramokolo, Vundli; Lombard, Carl; Fadnes, Lars T.; Doherty, Tanya; Jackson, DJ; Goga, Ameena; Chhagan, Meera K.; Van den Broeck, Jan. 2014. HIV Infection, Viral Load, Low Birth Weight, and Nevirapine Are Independent Influences on Growth Velocity in HIV-Exposed South African Infants. Journal of Nutrition. 144: 42-48. doi: 10.3945/jn.113.178616
  • Chola, Lumbwe; Fadnes, Lars T.; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Tumwine, James K; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Robberstad, Bjarne. 2013. Infant feeding survival and Markov transition probabilities among children under age 6 months in Uganda. American Journal of Epidemiology. 177: 453-462. doi: 10.1093/aje/kws254
  • Babirye, Juliet Ndimwibo; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Makumbi, Frederick; Fadnes, Lars T.; Wamani, Henry; Tylleskar, Thorkild; Nuwaha, Fred. 2012. Timeliness of childhood vaccinations in Kampala Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE. 7. 6 pages. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035432
  • Doherty, Tanya; Sanders, David; Jackson, Debra; Swanevelder, Sonja; Lombard, Carl; Zembe, Wanga; Chopra, Mickey; Goga, Ameena; Colvin, Mark; Fadnes, Lars T.; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Ekström, Eva-Charlotte M; Tylleskar, Thorkild. 2012. Early cessation of breastfeeding amongst women in South Africa: an area needing urgent attention to improve child health. BMC Pediatrics. 12:105. 10 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-105
  • Briend, André; Van den Broeck, Jan; Fadnes, Lars T. 2011. Target weight gain for moderately wasted children during supplementation interventions - a population-based approach. Public Health Nutrition. 14: 2117-2123. Published 2011-12-14. doi: 10.1017/S1368980011001777
  • Fadnes, Lars T.; Jackson, Debra; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Zembe, Wanga; Sanders, David; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Tylleskar, Thorkild. 2011. Vaccination coverage and timeliness in three South African areas: a prospective study. BMC Public Health. 11. 11 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-404
  • Fadnes, Lars T.; Kvåle, Gunnar; Pihlstrøm, Lasse. 2011. Atomvåpen og klimaendringer - trusler med mange paralleler. Medlemsbladet for Norske leger mot atomvåpen. 29: 12-14.
  • Fadnes, Lars T.; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Tylleskar, Thorkild; Tumwine, James K; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S. 2011. Is vaccination coverage a good indicator of age-appropriate vaccination? A prospective study from Uganda. Vaccine. 29: 3564-3570. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.02.093
  • Tylleskar, Thorkild; Jackson, Debra; Meda, Nicolas; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Chopra, Mickey; Diallo, Abdoulaye Hama; Doherty, Tanja; Ekström, Eva-Charlotte M; Fadnes, Lars T.; Goga, Ameena; Kankasa, Chipepo; Klungsøyr, Jørn Ivar; Lombard, Carl; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Nankunda, Jolly Kaharuza; Van de Perre, Philippe; Sanders, David; Shanmugam, Rebecca; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Wamani, Henry; Tumwine, James K. 2011. Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet. 378: 420-427. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60738-1
  • Fadnes, Lars T.; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Moland, Karen Marie; Nankunda, Jolly Kaharuza; Tumwine, James K; Tylleskar, Thorkild. 2010. Infant feeding counselling in Uganda in a changing environment with focus on the general population and HIV-positive mothers - a mixed method approach. BMC Health Services Research. 10. 9 pages. Published 2010-09-06. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-260
  • Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Moland, Karen Marie; Fadnes, Lars T.; Nankunda, Jolly Kaharuza; Tumwine, James K.; Tylleskar, Thorkild; Tylleskar, T. 2009. ADVISING GLOBAL INFANT FEEDING RECOMMENDATIONS WITH LOCAL INSIGHT: HEALTH WORKERS KNOWLEDGE OF INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES IN EASTERN UGANDA. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 55: 233-233. doi: DOI:10.1159/000248545
  • Fadnes, Lars T.; Taube, Adam; Tylleskär, Thorkild. 2009. How to identify information bias due to self-reporting in epidemiological research. The Internet Journal of Epidemiology. 7.
  • Fadnes, Lars Thore; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Wamani, Henry; Semiyaga, Nulu; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Tumwine, James K. 2009. Infant feeding among HIV-positive mothers and the general population mothers: comparison of two cross-sectional surveys in Eastern Uganda. BMC Public Health. 9. 14 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-124
  • Fadnes, Lars Thore; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Wamani, Henry; Wangisi, Jonathan; Tumwine, James K.; Tylleskär, Thorkild. 2009. Need to optimise infant feeding counselling: A cross-sectional survey among HIV-positive mothers in Eastern Uganda. BMC Pediatrics. 9. Published 2009-01-09. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-2
Reports and theses
  • Fadnes, Lars T. 2011. Counselling, child growth and feeding of children in Uganda in the era of HIV: Contexts and consequences. University of Bergen.

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Publications listed in PubMed:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Fadnes%20LT%20%5Bau%5D

- PhD-degree (2011-06-03) at University of Bergen with the following thesis  
“Counselling, child growth and feeding of children in Uganda in the era of HIV:
Contexts and consequences”

- Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) at LSHTM

- The Medical Student Research Program 2003-2009

- Medical doctor, cand.med. from University of Bergen 2002-2009

Current projects

- Involved in PROMISE-EBF