CP - North Research team

CP - North Research team

Gunnar Hägglund, Professor, MD, PhD

Principal Investigator in CP-North

Department of Clinical Sciences, Orthopaedics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden



Professor Gunnar Hägglund

E-mail: gunnar.hagglund@med.lu.se

Ann Alriksson-Schmidt, Associate professor, PhD, MSPH

Member of management team in CP-North, team lead social outcome and public health,

member of dissemination and communication team

Department of Clinical Sciences, Orthopaedics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Johan Jarl, Associate professor, PhD

Member of management team in CP-North, team lead health economics

Health Economics Unit, Department of Clinical Science (Malmö),

Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Sanjib Saha, PhD

Member of health economics team, Health Economics Unit,

Department of Clinical Science (Malmö), Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Guro Andersen, Associate professor, MD, PhD

Team lead medical team in CP-North, Cerebral Palsy Registry of Norway,

Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway. Norwegian University of Science

and Technology in Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway

Reidun Jahnsen, Professor, PhD, PT

Coordinator of CP-North in Norway, member of dissemination and communication team

Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Darina Steskal, PhD

Member of health economics team

Uni Research Rokkan Centre, Bergen, Norway

Sandra Julsen Hollung, MSc, PhD

Coordinator of CP-North in Norway, member of medical team

Cerebral Palsy Registry of Norway, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway

Ira Jeglinsky, PhD, PT

Coordinator of CP-North Finland, team lead dissemination and communication

Arcada UAS, Institution of Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

Matti Ahonen, MD, PhD

Member of medical team, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Helsinki Children’s Hospital,

Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Finland

Mika Gissler, Research Professor, PhD

Member of health economic team, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Department of Knowledge Brokers, Helsinki, Finland

Markus Keski-Säntti, MSc

Member of health economic team, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Department of Knowledge Brokers, Helsinki, Finland

Taru Haula, MSc, Doctoral student

Member of health economic team, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Centre for Health and Social Economics, Helsinki, Finland

Guðbjörg Eggertsdottir, MS, PT

Member of dissemination and communication team

SLF’s Rehabilitation Center – Æfingastöðin, Reykjavík, Iceland

Gudny Jonsdottir, MS, PT

Lead of reference group

Endurhaefing, Rehabilitation-Centre of Excellence, Kopavogur, Iceland

Tinna Laufey Asgeirsdottir, Professor, PhD

Coordinator of CP-North Iceland, member of health economics team

University of Iceland, Faculty of Economics, Reykjavík, Iceland

Bjarne Moeller-Madsen, Professor, MD, PhD

Coordinator of CP-North Denmark, member of medical team, member of dissemination and communication team

Department of Clinical Medicine, Health Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Department of Childrens Orthopaedics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Kirsten Nordbye-Nielsen, PT, Doctoral student

Department of Clinical Medicine, Health Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Department of Childrens Orthopaedics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Abdu Kedir, PhD

Member of health economics team

Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus University

Ilaria Tresoldi, MD PhD

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Department of Children Orthopaedics

Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Doctoral students involved

Derek Asuman, PhD student at Lund University. He´s research is focusing on the health economic aspects of CP in the Nordic countries, including labor market, educational outcomes and health services.

Amanda Burman Rimstedt, PhD student at Lund University. Her research focuses on pain in children and youth with disabilities, with a focus on children/youth with CP.

Noor Hussein, PhD student at Helsinki University. Her research focuses on pain in children and youth with CP.

Jessica Stockman, PhD student at Lund University, with the project "Orthosis use and comorbidity in individuals with cerebral palsy and myelomeningocele"

User boards

In every country involved there is a user board collaborating with the researchers.