Øyvind Ellingsen (born 1952) is a Norwegian
Professor
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of Cellular
Cardiology
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at the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...
(NTNU), a Consultant
Physician
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at the Department of Cardiology,
St. Olavs Hospital,
Trondheim
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, Norway, and is currently Head of the Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging. He received his
MD and
PhD
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at the
University of Oslo
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, Norway, and had a postdoctoral fellowship at
Harvard University
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, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Dr. Ellingsen founded the Laboratory of Cellular Cardiology at NTNU in 1996. The focus of the lab is Exercise in Medicine. Its long-term goals are to understand the mechanisms of the beneficial effects of exercise in
cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumati ...
, to translate them into better programs for prevention and rehabilitation, and to identify new targets for medical therapy.
He currently participates in the HUNT-3 survey of physical activity, aerobic capacity, and endothelial function in Nord-Trøndelag County, Norway, is the Principal Investigator and Steering Committee Chairperson of the SMARTEX-HF multicenter trial and is a collaborating partner of Cardiac Exercise Research Group (CERG). He has been involved in scientific research on biomedical effects of meditation since 2006.
Since 2008 he has been a member of the
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
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.
[The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters http://www.dknvs.no/english/]
References
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1975 births
Living people
Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters