Research
Heart disease in women is the main focus of all our research. The research involves international partnerships in Italy, Germany and USA. Different projects focus on heart disease due to high blood pressure, obesity, autoimmune diseases and aortic valve stenosis. Our research has so far contributed to the publication of European recommendations for treatment of high blood pressure in patients with aortic valve stenosis (2020) and a strong international focus on sex differences in heart disease through scientific publications, reviews and position papers in high-end journals including European Heart Journal, Nature Medicine and Hypertension. A new Centre for research on heart disease in women was established at UiB in June 2020 supported by Hjertefondet, Bergen Sanitetskvinner/Norske Kvinners Sanitetsforening and Grieg Foundation. Our future research will be integrated with this new network. Furthermore in 2024 a new Center on Women's Health will be opende in May, and our research will we integrated also with this new, broader initiative on women's health.

The third survey in the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK3) was performed from June 2018 until June 2022. The main focus is to explore the impact of change in blood pressure and other health factors when the participants were in their forties for cardiovascular health 20 years later. The HUSK3 project is a collaboration between 4 research groups at UiB chaired by Eva Gerdts, Grethe S. Tell, Ottar Nygård and Jutta Dierkes, the BEVITAL academic laboratory and professor Marjolein Iversen at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.