Kristin M Aakre is a medical doctor. She is board certified in laboratory medicine since 2009 and completed her PhD in 2011 (University of Bergen). 

She is PI of several large research trials manly focusing on diagnostic and prognostic properties of cardiac biomarkers, with a particular focus on acute coronary syndrome. She has also published within biological variation and analytical quality specifications, mainly related to cardiac biomarkers. She is interested in guideline development and currently chair of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry Committee on Clinical Application of Cardiac Markers, and has participated in several national and international working groups within laboratory medicine.

Kristin Aakre is Chair of the research group Cardiac markers, see:

Cardiac markers - Helse Bergen HF (helse-bergen.no)

and the IFCC Committee on clinical Application of cardiac Biomarkers, see:

https://ifcc.org/ifcc-education-division/emd-committees/committee-on-clinical-applications-of-cardiac-bio-markers-c-cb/

Teaching

MED6: General medical biochemistry, cardiac biomarkers, kidney biomarkers, gammopathy

Supervision

PhD fellows 

1. Hilde L Tjora: Early rule-out of acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department-the WESTCOR study. 3 year PhD grant from Western Norway Regional Health Authority. August 2022, University of Bergen (main supervisor).

2. Ole-Thomas Steiro Andresen: Early identification of coronary disease: Clinical risk scores, symptom typicality and novel cardiac biomarkers. June 2023, University of Bergen (co-supervisor).

3. Magnus F Bjørkavoll-Bergseth. The relationship between exercise induced cardiac Troponin increase and physical workload during prolonged strenuous exercise (NEEDED 2018). June 2024, University of Bergen (co-supervisor).

Ongoing PhD fellows (main supervisor)

4. Ingar Z Restan: Safe and efficient follow-up of patients with chest pain-the WESTCOR-study. 6 year PhD grant from Western Norway Regional Health Authority

5. Gard MS Myrmel: Growth Differentiation Factor - 15 as a predictor of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, chronic myocardial injury and long-term prognosis 

6. Ingrid Viola Lavesson Thulin: Aiming toWards Evidence baSed inTerpretation of Cardiac biOmarkers in patients pResenting with chest pain using Point Of Care testing (WESTCOR-POC) 

7. Nasir Saeed: Follow-up of patients with acute chest pain and the use of cardiac biomarkers in long-term prognosis

8. Martine Nordnes: Optimizing diagnostic accuracy and long-term risk prediction in women presenting with suspected acute myocardial infarction or chronic myocardial injury. 

Ongoing PhD fellows (co-supervisor)

9. Iman Karaji. Advanced Coronary CT Angiography in Suspected Coronary Heart Disease

10. Eirik Røys. Novel methods for estimating biological variation

11. Erik Vinnes: Investigation of the clinical utility of GDF-15 as a biomarker in the assessment of cardio-metabolic health

12. Hildegunn Frønningen: Drug prescriptions and prognosis in patients with chest pain and nonobstructive coronary artery disease

Medical Student Research Program

1. Nasir Saeed: Follow-up of Patients after Admission for Acute Chest Pain - a sub-study of the WESTCOR-study

Master degrees

1. Eirik Røys: Stability of components measured in venous blood gas analyses.

2. Vegard Ø Bonsaksen and Magnus Abrahamsen: Master thesis for medical students: Establishing reference intervals for 5HIAA

3. Nasir Saeed. Master thesis for medical students: Analytical performance of troponin assays 

PEER- REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS 

Number of peer reviewed scientific papers (total): 97

Non-peer reviewed articles: 9

Current H index: 20

Link to Pubmed: aakre km - Search Results - PubMed

2023-

The WESTCOR-POC study, PI, Western Norway Regional Health Authority 

2019-

The Bergen Atherosclerosis and Cardiac bIOmarker (BACIO) Study, utility of cardiac biomarkers in acute chest pain, Co-PI, Trond Mohn Foundation, Western Norway Regional Health Authority 

2018-

Biological variation of cardiac and endocrine biomarkers, PI, Haukeland University Hospital, Kings College, University of Oslo, Western Norway Regional Health Authority 

2015-

Aiming towards evidence based interpretation of cardiac biomarkers in patients presenting with chest pain (the WESTCOR-study), PI, Western Norway Regional Health Authority 

2012-2016

EQA for detecting analytical bias for five common immunoassays, analytical quality spesifications, PI, The Norwegain Clinical Chemistry EQA program

2010-2016

Biological variation of cardiac biomarkers in ESRD patients and healthy controls, PI, Haukeland University Hospital