Clinical Research Panel 4A Evaluation Division for Science Molecular Biology Botany, Zoology Panel 3 and Ecology-related Diciplines Panel 1 Public Health and Clinical Research Health-related Panel 4B Research Panel 5 Clinical Research Physiology-related Panel 4A Disciplines Panel 2 Psychology and Psychiatry Panel 6 Evaluation of biology, medicine and health research in Norway (2011) Clinical Research – Panel 4a All surgery, anaesthesiology, oncology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, gynaecology, paediatrics, dermatology and venereology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology and all clinical odontology, including corresponding translational research Evaluation of biology, medicine and health research in Norway (2011) © The Research Council of Norway 2011 The Research Council of Norway P.O.Box 2700 St. Hanshaugen N–0131 OSLO Telephone: +47 22 03 70 00 Telefax: +47 22 03 70 01 [email protected] www.rcn.no/english The report can be ordered at: www.forskningsradet.no/publikasjoner or green number telefax: +47 800 83 001 Design: Agendum as Printing: 07 Gruppen AS Number of copies: 500 Oslo, November 2011 ISBN 978-82-12-02993-4 (print) ISBN 978-82-12-02994-1 (pdf) Evaluation of biology, medicine and health research in Norway (2011) Contents PREFACE FROM THE RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NORWAY....................................................................................3 PREFACE FROM PANEL 4A................................................................................................................................4 STATEMENT FROM THE PANEL, WITH PANEL MEMBERS SIGNATURE ..............................................................5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WITH GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ....................................................................................7 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE FIELD ..............................................................................................................8 GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.....................................................................................................................11 UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN, FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY ....................................................................................12 Department of Clinical Dentistry...................................................................................................................12 Biomaterial................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Oral Infections and Inflammation.............................................................................................................................. 13 Patient and Community based Clinical Dental Research........................................................................................... 14 Tissue Engineering..................................................................................................................................................... 15 HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN, FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY..............................16 The Gade Institute.........................................................................................................................................16 Cancer ....................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Institute of Medicine.....................................................................................................................................18 Hematology – Oncology group.................................................................................................................................. 19 Department of Clinical Medicine ..................................................................................................................20 Bergen Gynecologic Cancer Research Group ............................................................................................................ 21 Clinical Fetal Physiology Research Group.................................................................................................................. 23 Bergen Diabetes Research Group.............................................................................................................................. 24 Research Group for Pediatric Follow-up Studies....................................................................................................... 25 Research Group for Congenital Heart and Vascular Physiology................................................................................ 26 Section for Ophthalmology ....................................................................................................................................... 27 Department of Surgical Sciences...................................................................................................................29 Surgical outcome Research Group (SORG)- General Surgery .................................................................................... 30 Surgical outcome Research Group (SORG)- ENT/ H&N ............................................................................................. 30 The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register (NAR) ............................................................................................................. 31 Bergen Experimental Surgery Team - Thoracic Surgery ............................................................................................ 32 Bergen Experimental Surgery Team- Anesthesiology................................................................................................ 34 Neuro-Oncology Research Group.............................................................................................................................. 34 Bergen Upper-extremity Research Cluster (BURC).................................................................................................... 36 STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL............................................................................................................................38 The Surgical Research Group..................................................................................................................................... 38 UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, FACULTY OF DENTISTRY.............................................................................................................40 Institute of Clinical Dentistry.........................................................................................................................40 Craniofacial Clinical Research.................................................................................................................................... 40 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention ............................................................................................................... 41 OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL MEDICINE..................43 Division of Critical Care .................................................................................................................................43 Perioperative Medicine ............................................................................................................................................. 43 Acute Prehospital Medicine ...................................................................................................................................... 44 Pain management ..................................................................................................................................................... 45 Division of Surgery and Clinical Neuroscience ..............................................................................................46 Department of Orthopedics ...................................................................................................................................... 47 Department of Ophthalmology ................................................................................................................................. 48 Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat ....................................................................................................................... 49 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation............................................................................................... 49 Department of Neurosurgery.................................................................................................................................... 50 Women and Children’s Division ....................................................................................................................52 Gynecology and Obstetrics........................................................................................................................................ 52 Pediatrics................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Perinatal medicine..................................................................................................................................................... 55 Division of Surgery and Cancer Medicine......................................................................................................56 Oncology and Medical Physics .................................................................................................................................