Vera Vik Bjarkø
About
Vera Vik Bjarkø is a medical doctor and PhD candidate in epidemiology at HUNT MCE. She is working on the PhD project "The burden of unrecognized diabetes and the clinical utility of novel diabetes subgroups. The HUNT Study", with professor Bjørn Olav Åsvold as her main supervisor.
In her PhD project she does research on type 2 diabetes in the HUNT Study, with focus on undiagnosed diabetes, prediabetes, subgroups of type 2 diabetes and genetics.
Education and background:
- Resident (LIS2), Internal medicine, St Olavs hospital, 2022-current
- PhD candidate, NTNU, 2020-current
- Resident (LIS1), Stavanger Univsersitetssykehus, 2018-2019
- MD, University of Oslo, 2012-2018
- Research stay with BRIGHT reasearch, South Africa, 2015
- Research assistant for Trondheim TBI group, 2015
Publications
2024
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Bjarkø, Vera Vik;
Haug, Eirin Beate;
Langhammer, Arnulf;
Lopez-Doriga Ruiz, Paz;
Carlsson, Sofia;
Birkeland, Kåre Inge.
(2024)
Clinical utility of novel diabetes subgroups in predicting vascular complications and mortality: up to 25 years of follow-up of the HUNT Study.
BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
Academic article
2023
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Solvin, Åshild Øksnevad;
Bjarkø, Vera Vik;
Thomas, Laurent Francois;
Berrospi, Patricia;
Hveem, Kristian;
Saunes, Marit.
(2023)
Body Composition, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Comorbidities in Psoriasis and the Effect of HLA-C*06:02 Status: The HUNT Study, Norway.
Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Academic article
2022
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Bjarkø, Vera Vik;
Haug, Eirin Beate;
Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen;
Stene, Lars Christian Mørch;
Lopez-Doriga Ruiz, Paz;
Birkeland, Kåre Inge.
(2022)
Undiagnosed diabetes: Prevalence and cardiovascular risk profile in a population-based study of 52,856 individuals. The HUNT Study, Norway.
Diabetic Medicine
Academic article
2020
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Stene, Lars Christian Mørch;
Ruiz, Paz Lopez-Doriga;
Åsvold, Bjørn Olav;
Bjarkø, Vera Vik;
Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen;
Njølstad, Inger.
(2020)
Hvor mange har diabetes i Norge i 2020?.
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet)
Popular scientific article
2019
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Nordhaug, Lena Hoem;
Linde, Mattias;
Follestad, Turid;
Skandsen, Øystein Njølstad;
Bjarkø, Vera Vik;
Skandsen, Toril.
(2019)
Change in Headache Suffering and Predictors of Headache after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Population-Based, Controlled, Longitudinal Study with Twelve-Month Follow-Up.
Journal of Neurotrauma
Academic article
2018
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Bjarkø, Vera Vik;
Skandsen, Toril;
Moen, Kent Gøran;
Gulati, Sasha;
Helseth, Eirik;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund.
(2018)
Time of injury and relation to alcohol intoxication in moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: A decade-long prospective study.
World Neurosurgery
Academic article
Journal publications
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Bjarkø, Vera Vik;
Haug, Eirin Beate;
Langhammer, Arnulf;
Lopez-Doriga Ruiz, Paz;
Carlsson, Sofia;
Birkeland, Kåre Inge.
(2024)
Clinical utility of novel diabetes subgroups in predicting vascular complications and mortality: up to 25 years of follow-up of the HUNT Study.
BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
Academic article
-
Solvin, Åshild Øksnevad;
Bjarkø, Vera Vik;
Thomas, Laurent Francois;
Berrospi, Patricia;
Hveem, Kristian;
Saunes, Marit.
(2023)
Body Composition, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Comorbidities in Psoriasis and the Effect of HLA-C*06:02 Status: The HUNT Study, Norway.
Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Academic article
-
Bjarkø, Vera Vik;
Haug, Eirin Beate;
Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen;
Stene, Lars Christian Mørch;
Lopez-Doriga Ruiz, Paz;
Birkeland, Kåre Inge.
(2022)
Undiagnosed diabetes: Prevalence and cardiovascular risk profile in a population-based study of 52,856 individuals. The HUNT Study, Norway.
Diabetic Medicine
Academic article
-
Stene, Lars Christian Mørch;
Ruiz, Paz Lopez-Doriga;
Åsvold, Bjørn Olav;
Bjarkø, Vera Vik;
Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen;
Njølstad, Inger.
(2020)
Hvor mange har diabetes i Norge i 2020?.
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet)
Popular scientific article
-
Nordhaug, Lena Hoem;
Linde, Mattias;
Follestad, Turid;
Skandsen, Øystein Njølstad;
Bjarkø, Vera Vik;
Skandsen, Toril.
(2019)
Change in Headache Suffering and Predictors of Headache after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Population-Based, Controlled, Longitudinal Study with Twelve-Month Follow-Up.
Journal of Neurotrauma
Academic article
-
Bjarkø, Vera Vik;
Skandsen, Toril;
Moen, Kent Gøran;
Gulati, Sasha;
Helseth, Eirik;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund.
(2018)
Time of injury and relation to alcohol intoxication in moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: A decade-long prospective study.
World Neurosurgery
Academic article
Outreach
2024
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Academic lectureBjarkø, Vera Vik. (2024) Clinical utility of novel diabetes subgroups in predicting vascular complications and mortality: up to 25 years of follow-up of the HUNT Study. European Diabetes Epidemiology Group EDEG conference 2024 , Pesaro, Italia 2024-04-20 - 2024-04-23