I am a medical doctor by training, specialized in Cardiology and work as an associate professor at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Section for epidemiology and medical statistics (EPISTAT).

I have co-authored 79 scientific papers published in international peer-reviewed journals. My areas of interest include cardiovascular epidemiology, register-based studies, burden of disease (focus on non-communicable diseases), markers of inflamation and their relation to cardiovascular outcomes and social gradients in health.

I act as a referee for several scientific journals within cardiology (clinical and prevention) and journals on methods within register-based studies.

I have been very active in the Cardiovascular Disease in Norway (CVDNOR) project - the first project assessing the burden of cardiovascular diseases in Norway at the national level over a 20 years period. Through participation in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study and in collaboration with other national and international colleagues I have contributed to both quality check of data delivered to the GBD and in writing annual reports and articles on the burden of disease and risk factors globally.

Through collaborations with colleagues from Bevital and Haukeland hospital, I have been involved in many projects focusing on inflamation markers and their prognostic role with regard to cardiovascular diseases.

Through collaboration with colleagues from various departments within The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, I have been involved in assessing the burden of trafic noise and air pollution in Norway and other Nordic countries. Further, through collaboration with GBD study, I have been involved in research focusing on projecting life expectancy in Norway.

From 2018 onward, I have been involved in multidisiplinary research with focus on oral health, its risk factors and how it relates to systemic conditions.

I have supervised 2 PhD candidates (fulfilled) and I am supervising 3 other candidates in their ongoing PhD projects.

I teach Epidemiology to medicine and pharmacy students and PhD candidates and supervise 3 PhD candidates

I am the leader of the steering comittee for the first semester of medical studies at the Facultly of Medicine, University of Bergen, MEDOD1 and member of the steering group for the medical studies at the faculty of medicine, University of bergen, Programutvalget for medisinstudiet - PUM

 

Academic article

• Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Skjaerven, Rolv; Sulo, Gerhard et al. (2024). Pregnancy History at 40Years of Age as a Marker of Cardiovascular Risk. (external link)
• Santos, João Vasco; Padron-Monedero, Alicia; Bikbov, Boris et al. (2024). The state of health in the European Union (EU-27) in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2019. (external link)
• Sælen, Faiza Djebrouni; Virtanen, Jorma; Skeie, Marit Slåttelid et al. (2024). Traumatic dental injuries among children attending the public after-hours emergency dental clinic in Bergen, Norway. . (external link)
• Beyene, Madeleine Misje Roman; Bårdsen, Asgeir; Klock, Kristin S. et al. (2023). Orthodontic management of traumatic dental injuries in Norway and orthodontists' perceptions of referral routines: A quality assurance survey. (external link)
• Aasvang, Gunn Marit; Stockfelt, Leo; Sørensen, Mette et al. (2023). Burden of disease due to transportation noise in the Nordic countries. (external link)
• Åstrøm, Anne-Kristine N; Agdal, Maren Gry Lillehaug; Sulo, Gerhard (2022). Exploring avoidance of dental care due to dental fear and economic burden –A cross-sectional study in a national sample of younger adults in Norway. (external link)
• Ellingsen, Christian Lycke; Alfsen, Glenny Cecilie; Ebbing, Marta et al. (2022). Garbage codes in the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 1996–2019. (external link)
• Forster, Rachel Bedenis; Kjellstadli, Camilla; Myklebust, Tor Åge et al. (2022). Treatment and 30-Day Mortality after Myocardial Infarction in Prostate Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Study from Norway. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Ellingsen, Christian Lycke; Sulo, Enxhela et al. (2022). Heart failure describing the underlying cause of death: a misconception, lack of information on the true underlying causes, or both?. (external link)
• Engen, Tone; Owe, Katrine Mari; Horn, Julie et al. (2022). Preconception leisure-time physical activity and family history of stroke and myocardial infarction associate with preterm delivery: findings from a Norwegian cohort. (external link)
• Riise, Hilde Kristin Refvik; Igland, Jannicke; Sulo, Gerhard et al. (2022). Is the risk of cardiovascular disease in women with pre-eclampsia modified by very low or very high offspring birth weight? A nationwide cohort study in Norway. (external link)
• Tyrovolas, Stefanos; Stergachis, Andy; Krish, Varsha Sarah et al. (2022). Global, regional, and national burden of diseases and injuries for adults 70 years and older: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study. (external link)
• Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew; Nylenna, Magne; Klitkou, Søren Toksvig et al. (2022). Changes in life expectancy and disease burden in Norway, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
• Bjørnestad, Espen Øglænd; Dhar, Indu; Svingen, Gard Frodahl Tveitevåg et al. (2022). Circulating trimethylamine N-oxide levels do not predict 10-year survival in patients with or without coronary heart disease. (external link)
• Hansen, Kim Wadt; Peytz, Nina; Blokstra, Anneke et al. (2021). Association of fatal myocardial infarction with past level of physical activity: a pooled analysis of cohort studies. (external link)
• Andresen, Amanda Karoline Helsøe; Jonsson, Malin Viktoria; Sulo, Gerhard et al. (2021). Radiographic features in 2D imaging as predictors for justified CBCT examinations of canine-induced root resorption. (external link)
• Paulson, Katherine R.; Kamath, Aruna M; Alam, Tahiya et al. (2021). Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
• Gravdal, Brit Helene; Lönnberg, Stefan; Skare, Gry Baadstrand et al. (2021). Cervical cancer in women under 30 years of age in Norway: a population-based cohort study. (external link)
• Riise, Hilde Kristin Refvik; Igland, Jannicke; Sulo, Gerhard et al. (2021). Casual blood glucose and subsequent cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality among 159 731 participants in Cohort of Norway (CONOR) . (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Nasir, Elwalid Fadul; Toftesund, Ann Louise et al. (2021). Regional variations in caries experience, predictors, and follow-up among children and adolescents in Western Norway. (external link)
• Bjørnestad, Espen Øglænd; Dhar, Indu; Svingen, Gard Frodahl Tveitevåg et al. (2021). Trimethyllysine predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in community-dwelling adults and patients with coronary heart disease. (external link)
• Kendrick, Parkes J.; Reitsma, Marissa B.; Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen et al. (2021). Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
• Halvorsen, Sigrun; Johnsen, Søren P.; Madsen, Morten et al. (2021). Effectiveness and safety of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants and warfarin in atrial fibrillation: a Scandinavian population-based cohort study. (external link)
• Raknes, Guttorm; Strøm, Marianne Sørlie; Sulo, Gerhard et al. (2021). Lockdown and non-COVID-19 deaths: Cause-specific mortality during the first wave of the 2020 pandemic in Norway: A population-based register study. (external link)
• Hilvo, Mika; Dhar, Indu; Lääperi, Mitja et al. (2021). Primary cardiovascular risk prediction by LDL-cholesterol in Caucasian middle-aged and older adults: a joint analysis of three cohorts. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Tell, Grethe S. (2020). CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN NORWAY (CVDNOR), 1994-2014 PROJECT: AN OVERVIEW OF DATA USE AND PUBLICATIONS. (external link)
• Bletsa, Athanasia; Iden, Ole; Sulo, Gerhard et al. (2020). Arbeidserfaring påvirker behandlingsrutiner i endodonti. (external link)
• Kinyoki, Damaris K.; Ross, Jennifer M.; Lazzar-Atwood, Alice et al. (2020). Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017. (external link)
• Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug; Smith, Otto Robert Frans; Sulo, Gerhard (2020). Early-life course factors and oral health among young Norwegian adults. (external link)
• Murray, Christopher J L; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y; Zheng, Peng et al. (2020). Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
• Vos, Theo; Lim, Stephen S; Abbafati, Cristiana et al. (2020). Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
• Haugsgjerd, Teresa Risan; Egeland, Grace M.; Nygård, Ottar et al. (2020). Intake of carbohydrates and SFA and risk of CHD in middle-age adults: The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK). (external link)
• Haugsgjerd, Teresa Risan; Egeland, Grace M.; Nygård, Ottar et al. (2020). Association of dietary vitamin K and risk of coronary heart disease in middle-age adults: the Hordaland Health Study Cohort. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Øverland, Simon Nygaard et al. (2020). Socioeconomic gradients in mortality following HF hospitalization in a country with universal health care coverage. (external link)
• Honigberg, Michael C.; Riise, Hilde Kristin Refvik; Daltveit, Anne Kjersti et al. (2020). Heart failure in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Insights from the cardiovascular disease in Norway project. (external link)
• Riise, Hilde Kristin Refvik; Sulo, Gerhard; Tell, Grethe S. et al. (2019). Hypertensive pregnancy disorders increase the risk of maternal cardiovascular disease after adjustment for cardiovascular risk factors. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Sulo, Enxhela; Jørgensen, Torben et al. (2019). Ischemic heart failure as a complication of incident acute myocardial infarction: Timing and time trends: A national analysis including 78,814 Danish patients during 2000–2009. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Øverland, Simon Nygaard et al. (2019). Heart failure in Norway, 2000-2014: analysing incident, total and readmission rates using data from the Cardiovascular Disease in Norway (CVDNOR) Project. (external link)
• Egeland, Grace M.; Akerkar, Rupali Rajendra; Kvåle, Rune et al. (2019). Hospitalised patients with unexplained chest pain: incidence and prognosis. (external link)
• Bletsa, Athanasia; Iden, Ole; Sulo, Gerhard et al. (2019). Work experience influences treatment approaches in endodontics: a questionnaire survey among dentists in Western Norway. (external link)
• Knudsen, Ann Kristin; Allebeck, Peter; Tollånes, Mette Christophersen et al. (2019). Life expectancy and disease burden in the Nordic countries: results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Sulo, Enxhela et al. (2019). Mortality following first-time hospitalization with acute myocardial infarction in Norway, 2001-2014: Time trends, underlying causes and place of death. (external link)
• Riise, Hilde Kristin Refvik; Sulo, Gerhard; Tell, Grethe S. et al. (2018). Association between gestational hypertension and risk of cardiovascular disease among 617 589 Norwegian women. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Vollset, Stein Emil et al. (2018). Trends in incident acute myocardial infarction in Norway: An updated analysis to 2014 using national data from the CVDNOR project. (external link)
• Rosendahl-Riise, Hanne; Sulo, Gerhard; Karlsson, Therese et al. (2018). Limited benefit of fish consumption on risk of hip fracture among men in the community-based Hordaland health study. (external link)
• Dicker, Daniel; Nguyen, Grant; Abate, Degu et al. (2018). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. (external link)
• Murray, Christopher J L; Callender, Charlton S K H; Kulikoff, Xie Rachel et al. (2018). Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. (external link)
• Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe; Abate, Degu; Abate, Kalkidan Hassen et al. (2018). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.. (external link)
• Stanaway, JD; Afshin, A; Gakidou, E et al. (2018). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. . (external link)
• Zuo, Hui; Nygård, Ottar; Vollset, Stein Emil et al. (2017). Smoking, plasma cotinine and risk of atrial fibrillation: the Hordaland Health Study. (external link)
• Vinknes, Kathrine; Nurk, Eha; Tell, Grethe S. et al. (2017). The relation of CUN-BAE index and BMI with body fat, cardiovascular events and diabetes during a 6-year follow-up: The hordaland health study. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Nygård, Ottar et al. (2017). Trends in the risk of early and late-onset heart failure as an adverse outcome of acute myocardial infarction: A Cardiovascular Disease in Norway project. (external link)
• Sulo, Enxhela; Nygård, Ottar; Vollset, Stein Emil et al. (2017). Time trends and educational inequalities in out-of-hospital coronary deaths in Norway 1995-2009: A Cardiovascular Disease in Norway (CVDNOR) project. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Nygård, Ottar et al. (2017). Prognostic impact of in-hospital and postdischarge heart failure in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a nationwide analysis using data from the Cardiovascular Disease in Norway (CVDNOR) Project. (external link)
• Riise, Hilde Kristin Refvik; Sulo, Gerhard; Tell, Grethe S. et al. (2017). Incident coronary heart disease after Preeclampsia: Role of reduced fetal growth, preterm delivery, and parity. (external link)
• Myftiu, Sokol; Sulo, Enxhela; Burazeri, Genc et al. (2017). Clinical profile and management of patients with incident and recurrent acute myocardial infarction in Albania - A call for more focus on prevention strategies. (external link)
• Berge, Line Iden; Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Sulo, Gerhard et al. (2016). Health anxiety and risk of ischaemic heart disease: A prospective cohort study linking the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK) with the Cardiovascular Diseases in Norway (CVDNOR) project. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Nygård, Ottar; Vollset, Stein Emil et al. (2016). Higher education is associated with reduced risk of heart failure among patients with acute myocardial infarction: A nationwide analysis using data from the CVDNOR project. (external link)
• Akerkar, Rupali; Ebbing, Marta; Sulo, Gerhard et al. (2016). Educational inequalities in mortality of patients with atrial fibrillation in Norway. (external link)
• Haugsgjerd, Teresa Risan; Dierkes, Jutta; Vollset, Stein Emil et al. (2016). Association between weight change and mortality in community living older people followed for up to 14 years. The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK). (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Vollset, Stein Emil et al. (2016). Heart Failure Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction; Burden and Timing of Occurrence: A Nation-wide Analysis Including 86 771 Patients From the Cardiovascular Disease in Norway (CVDNOR) Project. (external link)
• Sulo, Enxhela; Nygård, Ottar; Vollset, Stein Emil et al. (2016). Coronary angiography and myocardial revascularization following the first acute myocardial infarction in Norway during 2001-2009: Analyzing time trends and educational inequalities using data from the CVDNOR project. (external link)
• Egeland, Grace M.; Igland, Jannicke; Vollset, Stein Emil et al. (2016). High population attributable fractions of myocardial infarction associated with waist-hip ratio. (external link)
• Cekodhima, Genta; Cekodhima, Altin; Beqiri, Arben et al. (2016). Demographic And Histopathological Characteristics Of Colorectal Polyps: A Descriptive Study Based On Samples Obtained From Symptomatic Patients. (external link)
• Egeland, Grace M.; Igland, Jannicke; Sulo, Gerhard et al. (2015). Non-fasting triglycerides predict incident acute myocardial infarction among those with favourable HDL-cholesterol: Cohort Norway.. (external link)
• Eussen, Simone; Ueland, Per Magne; Vollset, Stein Emil et al. (2015). Kynurenines as predictors of acute coronary events in the Hordaland Health Study. (external link)
• Sulo, Enxhela; Vollset, Stein Emil; Nygård, Ottar et al. (2015). Trends in 28-day and 1-year mortality rates in patients hospitalized for a first acute myocardial infarction in Norway during 2001-2009: A Cardiovascular disease in Norway (CVDNOR) project. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Vollset, Stein Emil et al. (2015). Effect of the Lookback period's length used to identify incident acute myocardial infarction on the observed trends on incidence rates and survival: cardiovascular disease in Norway project. (external link)
• Egeland, Grace M.; Igland, Jannicke; Nygård, Ottar et al. (2015). Hypertriglyceridemic-Waist Phenotype is a Useful Global Assessment Tool for Predicting Acute Myocardial Infarction. (external link)
• Myftiu, Sokol; Sulo, Enxhela; Burazeri, Genc et al. (2015). A higher burden of metabolic risk factors and underutilization of therapy among women compared to men might influence a poorer prognosis: A study among acute myocardial infarction patients in Albania, a transitional country in Southeastern Europe. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Nygård, Ottar et al. (2014). Favorable trends in incidence of AMI in Norway during 2001-2009 do not include younger adults: a CVDNOR project. (external link)
• Igland, Jannicke; Vollset, Stein Emil; Nygård, Ottar et al. (2014). Educational inequalities in acute myocardial infarction incidence in Norway: A nationwide cohort study. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Vollset, Stein Emil; Nygård, Ottar et al. (2014). Trends in acute myocardial infarction event rates and risk of recurrences after an incident event in Norway 1994 to 2009 (from a cardiovascular disease in Norway project). (external link)
• Marti-Soler, H; Gubelmann, Cedric; Aeschbacher, Stefanie et al. (2014). Seasonality of cardiovascular risk factors: an analysis including over 230 000 participants in 15 countries. (external link)
• Igland, Jannicke; Vollset, Stein Emil; Nygård, Ottar et al. (2014). Educational inequalities in 28 day and 1-year mortality after hospitalisation for incident acute myocardial infarction - A nationwide cohort study. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Vollset, Stein Emil; Nygård, Ottar et al. (2013). Neopterin and kynurenine-tryptophan ratio as predictors of coronary events in older adults, the Hordaland Health Study. (external link)
• Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Vollset, Stein Emil et al. (2013). Cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus in Norway during 1994 -2009: CVDNOR - nationwide research project. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Charalampous, Periklis; Gorasso, Vanessa; Plass, Dietrich et al. (2022). Burden of non-communicable disease studies in Europe: a systematic review of data sources and methodological choices. (external link)

Letter to the editor

• Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Tell, Grethe S. (2018). Reply to Letter to Editor: Trends in incident acute myocardial infarction in Norway: An updated analysis to 2014 using national data from the CVDNOR project.. (external link)

Doctoral dissertation

• Sulo, Gerhard (2014). Acute myocardial infarction: predictors and nationwide trends in ocurrence. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

• Global Burden of Disease project
• Oral health among middle-aged, community dwelling adults in Western Norway - predictors, social gradients and association with metabolic conditions
• NordSOUND project: the effect of traffic and job-related poppution and noise on non-communicable diseases in Scandinavia
• Use of Garbage Codes in the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry
• Father's metabolic risk factors and pregnancy outcomes