Karoline Aker
Background and activities
I am PhD candidate at IKOM and resident in pediatrics at the Department of Pediatrics at St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital. My main interests are neonatology and global health.
I am part of the research group Neonatal medical research - NTNU Neo. You can find me at the Women and Children's Centre, 5th floor, 241.06.016.
Research
My PhD project is “Perinatal asphyxia in a global perspective: How can we improve outcomes?” with main supervisor Ragnhild Støen. The first part of my PhD project is a retrospective observational study of incidence and long term outcome after perinatal asphyxia in Sør Trøndelag before and after implementation of therapeutic hypothermia (cooling). The second study is a randomized controlled trial of therapeutic hypothermia for infants with perinatal asphyxia in India (THIN-study).
Background
- 2010: Cand.med (MD), NTNU
- 2010-11: Internship at Levanger Hospital
- 2011-12: Internship in Stjørdal kommune
- 2012- : Resident in pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, St. Olavs Hospital
- 2015- : PhD Candidate in Medicine at IKOM, NTNU
- 2018-2019: PhD representative in the IKOM leadership group (utvidet ledergruppe)
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2021) Prediction of outcome from MRI and general movements assessment after hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in low-income and middle-income countries: data from a randomised controlled trial. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition.
- (2019) Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in India (THIN study): a randomised controlled trial. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition.