Håvard E. Danielsen

Computer science methodology is being developed and applied to obtain new medical information. Our research is focused on cancer, and with emphasis on genomic instability. Our strength in development is within image analysis, clinical information systems and net medicine.

Overview

This group is also part of the Institute for Medical Informatics at Oslo University Hospital.
Medical informatics is a multidisciplinary science at the intersection of computer science and medicine. Covering a wide field from clinical databases to image analysis and robotic surgery, medical informatics has become an inherent part of most medical disciplines.
Our Institute was established in 2004 with the aim of being at the forefront of medical informatics, both nationally and internationally. The institute is organized around three main units; Research, Development and Technology.

Main Activities

Our research is focused on large scale genomic instability in cancer. Our aim is to understand the process of changes in DNA- and chromatin structure during cancer development, and to use this knowledge to predict treatment response and prognosis for cancer patients. We are conducting basic research in both biomedicine and informatics, have a number of projects in translational/clinical research, and several development projects on supportive research- or clinical tools. Archival material and clinical data from more than 3000 patients are included in our research projects on prostate-, breast-, colorectal- and gynecological malignancies.