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Alexandra Havdahl

Alexandra Havdahl is the PaGE Research Group Leader and Director of the PsychGen Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. She is a clinical psychologist and did her PhD in neurodevelopmental conditions at the University of Oslo and Cornell University and postdoctoral training in genetic epidemiology at the University of Bristol. She is Principal Investigator of a range of projects aiming to understand the factors influencing neurodevelopment and mental health from prenatal life through the lifespan.

Understanding the aetiology of childhood self-harm in the general population: An epidemiological approach (CHARM)

Exploring multimorbidity in early-life through genetic epidemiology (EMERGENT)

Examining long-term trajectories and outcomes of children at genetic risk for neurodevelopmental disorders (EXTEND)

Same genes, different disorders: understanding the developmental emergence of different psychiatric problems in the context of common genetic liabilities (MoBa-Dev)

Manifestations of genetic risk and intergenerational transmission of risk for eating disorders (MoBa-Eat)

How do maternal lifestyle and health-related exposures during pregnancy affect child neurodevelopment? (MoBa-Preg)

Understanding the development of mental disorders: How does genetic risk manifest across age, gender and environmental factors? (MoBa-Psych)

PaGE career grant: Integrating causally informative designs and large data resources to understand the development of psychiatric disorders

Exploring the progression of mental illness: Identifying predictors of recovery (RECOVER)

Causes, development and consequences of sleep problems and fatigue (SAFE)

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Alexandra Havdahl

PaGE research group leader

AlexandraKarolineSaasen.Havdahl@lds.no
Last updated 1/30/2024