Research - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Research
Research at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences consists of a wide range of research fields in medicine and health. The research comprises basic research, translational research at the intersection between basic and clinical research, as well as applied research.
The faculty hosts several centers for outstanding research and research-driven innovation, K. G. Jebsen centers, major EU projects, as well as the Nord-Trøndelag Health Survey Research Centre and biobank.
In 2014, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser, along with John O'Keefe, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the brain's navigation system.
The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences hosts NTNU's strategic area of research NTNU Health and Life Science.
Research infrastructure
Core Facilities and other large infrastructure at the Faculty
National research centres
- Centre for Care Research is a nationally leading environment for research on municipal health and care services.
- Norwegian Centre for Headache Research – NorHead carries out world-leading research on headache disorders. Our goal is to systematize and improve current treatment knowledge, and develop new and innovative therapies for the benefit of patients suffering from headache disorders.
- The HUNT Study - a longitudinal population health study in Norway is one of the largest health studies ever performed. It is a unique database of questionnaire data, clinical measurements and samples from a county’s inhabitants since 1984.
Outstanding Research Centres
Norwegian Centre of Excellence (SFF):
K.G. Jebsen Centre for Medical Research:
Completed research centers of excellence
Centre for Research-based Innovation (SFI):
Contact us
Torstein Baade Rø
Vice Dean of Research and Innovation
Solrun Valen
Head of the Research Section
Research at our departments
- Department of Health Sciences in Gjøvik
- Department of Health Sciences in Ålesund
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine
- Department of Mental Health
- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science
- Department of Public Health and Nursing
- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience
Research administration
We offer Our PhD Candidates an interdisciplinary research environment and the possibility to take part in national and international research networks.
Support for researchers
- Guide to research project management at MH
- NTNU-information for employees and doctoral students
- Research at St. Olavs hospital
- Søknadshjelpen - the Grants Office for researchers at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Central Norway Regional Health Authority
- Veiledning for helseforskning - support for Health Researchers (information in Norwegian)
- The Medicine and Health Library