Members of the Endocrinology and diabetes research group have in common a profound interest in clarifying etiology and optimal treatment for important endocrine diseases, including diabetes mellitus. The projects pursued by the members span many different areas.

A major research focuse is to find optimal treatment for an important subgroup of diabetes, namely LADA (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults). We are currently finalizing and analyzing results from a randomized treatment study (BALAD) initiated in Trondheim and carried out in Norway and Sweden.

Another focus is to find mechanisms behind deficient insulin secretion in type 2 diabetes. Both experimental and epidemiological studies are carried out. Experimental studies are performed at St Olavs hospital as well as Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. Epidemiological studies are centered on the analysis of the HUNT Study.

Hypoglycaemia in type 1 diabetes and impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia is another research focus. Researchers at NTNU and University of Oslo (UiO) evaluate the use of non-invasive sensors to detect hypoglycaemia in people with IAH.

Presently, our PhD Candidate Håvard Hatle is working on a project with the main aim to describe the prevalence of IAH in children and adolescents with T1D. The project is based on data from the nationwide, population-based Norwegian Childhood Diabetes Registry. (Torstein B. Rø is the main supervisor in this project and Torild Skrivarhaug, University of Oslo (UiO) and Marit R. Bjørgaas (NTNU) are co-supervisors.)

Collaborators

• Anneli Björklund, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Elin Sørgjerd, The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), NTNU
• Sofia Carlsson, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Bjørn O. Åsvold, Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU
• Asta Håberg, Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NTNU
• Trond Sand, Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NTNU
• Brian M. Frier, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom