• H-index 41 Publons/Web of Science
• ResearcherID S-5529-2017
• ORCID ID 0000-0003-4801-4324
• Thorkild Tylleskär er barnelege og professor i internasjonal helse siden 2001. Han er utdannet ved Uppsala Universitet og Uppsala Akademiska Sjukhus i Sverige. Hans fokusområder er barnehelse, helsetjenester ved fødsel og for nyfødte, HIV, ernæring og kliniske utprøvinger i lavinntektsland.
• Han leder Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research siden 2023
• Han leder den norske forskerskolen i global helse siden 2025
• Han har en mastergrad i afrikansk lingvistikk fra Sorbonne III i Paris etter feltarbeid i det som i dag er den Demokratiske Republikken Kongo (tidligere Zaire). Hans mastergradsoppgave beskriver fonologien i Sakata-språket.
• Hans doktorgradsavhandling i medisinsk vitenskap i 1994 ved Uppsala Universitet under veiledning av Prof Hans Rosling beskriver årsakene til "konzo", en kronisk lammelsesykdom som lammer kvinner og barn i Kongo og andre lommer i Afrika.
• 12 av hans tidligere doktorgradskandidater er blitt forfremmede til professorer ved universiteter i Afrika, USA og Norge.  

Nøkkelpublikasjoner:

• Pejovic NJ et al. A Randomized Trial of Laryngeal Mask Airway in Neonatal Resuscitation. N Engl J Med 2020;383:2138-2147
• Van de Perre P et al. Eliminating postnatal HIV transmission in high incidence areas: need for complementary biomedical interventions. Lancet 2021;397:1316-1324
• Nagot N et al. Extended pre-exposure prophylaxis with lopinavir-ritonavir versus lamivudine to prevent HIV-1 transmission through breastfeeding up to 50 weeks in infants in Africa (ANRS 12174): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2016;387:566-573.
• Tylleskär T et al. Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet 2011;378:420-7
• Tylleskär T et al. Cassava cyanogens and konzo, an upper motoneuron disease found in Africa. Lancet 1992;339:208-11.

Veiledning: Han har veiledet over 40 doktorgradskandidater, mesteparten fra Afrika. De seneste kandidtene er:  

• Beatrice Odongkara, 2023 "Small newborns in post-conflict Northern Uganda: Burden and interventions for improved outcomes"
• Hans-Jörg Lang, 2021 "Treatment of the critically ill child in low-resource settings: Essential paediatric emergency and critical care"
• Agnes K Napyo, 2021 "Universal antiretroviral therapy for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Northern Uganda"
• Susanna Myrnerts Höök, 2021 "Supporting neonatal resuscitation in low-resource settings - Innovations and new strategies"
• Appolinaire Tiam, 2020 "Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1 in Lesotho"
• Julia Regina Brandenberger, Germany 2020: "Asylum-seeking children at a Swiss tertiary hospital"
• Hamidah Hussain, Pakistan 2020: "Tuberculosis care: Cost-effectiveness of a public-private partnership model in Pakistan"
• Andrea Melberg, Norway 2020: "Global policies and the provision of birth care in Burkina Faso"
• Anneli Eriksson, Sweden 2020: ”Estimating needs in disasters”
• Anselme S. Sanou, Burkina Faso 2020: "Child development in rural Burkina Faso: Association between maternal alcohol consumption, stunting, schooling, and neuropsychological outcomes"
• Nicolas Pejovic, Sweden 2020: "No cry at birth"
• Alice Mugisha, Uganda 2020: "Designing usable mobile forms for collection of health data in Uganda"
• David Mukunya, Uganda 2020: "Newborn Care Practices in Northern Uganda" Article in English
• Justin Bruno Tongun, South Sudan 2020: "Breastfeeding practices and health facility births in South Sudan" Article in English 

Aktuelle prosjekter: 

• Emollient therapy for very low birthweight infants (<1500 g) in Uganda: effects on survival, infection, growth and development
• PROMISE ZERO
• REBOA PPH trial – Randomized Clinical Trial Assessing the usefulness of aorta ballon in postpartum haemorrhage
• iCARTA - Institutionalisation of Advanced Research Training in Africa with CARTA, the Consortium of Advanced Research Training in Africa
• PedMAb – seeking innovative ways to protect children from getting HIV from their mothers
• GrowNut II Developing a cadre of African nutrition scholars and leaders to address nutrition disorders and influence nutrition policy
• Sambulelo
• Norwegian Research School in Global Health for Sustainable Futures
• BURST-Excel - The Bergen-Uganda Collaboration on Research Schools and Training for Excellence in Global Health

Hovedsaklige samarbeidsland: 

• Uganda
• Kenya
• den demokratiske republikk Kongo (Kongo Kinshasa)
• Zambia
• Sørafrika
• Sørsudan
• Burkina Faso
• Frankrike

 Viktigste arbeidsområder: 

• Global helse
• Barnehelse
• fødselshelse
• Nyfødthelse
• HIV
• Globalernæring
• Kliniske utprøvinger
• IKT i helsetjenesten/forskning

Priser: 

• Falchs Seniorpris 2025

Andre oppdrag: 

• Chair of the Scientific Committee for the 12th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH), virtual from Bergen 28 Sept - 1 Oct 2021
• Universitetets koordinator for samarbeidet med Makerere-universitetet i Uganda

Slik rammes barn av sult, NRK  2025 (faktabidrag til artikkel) 

I vår verden er alle redde, Forskerforum 2025 (faktabidrag til artikkel)

Dette skjer når kroppen sulter, Aftenposten28 august 2025 (faktabidrag til artikkel) 

• Han underviser medisin-studenter, master-studenter, doktorgradskandidater i global helse i en rekke forskjellige kurs og jeg har ansvar for to kurs: 

  SDG303 "Global health - challenges and responses" og

  INTH321A "Experimental epidemiology"  

 Hovedsaklig:

• Global helse
• Barnehelse
• Global ernæring
• HIV
• Kliniske utprøvinger og eksperimentell epidemiologi

Publications in PubMed

Google Scholar Profile 

Original Lancet /NEJM publications:

Tylleskär T, et al. Cassava cyanogens and konzo, an upper motoneuron disease found in Africa. Lancet. 1992 Jan 25;339(8787):208-11. Erratum in: Lancet 1992 Feb 15;339(8790):440. PMID: 1346173

Tylleskär T, et al. PROMISE-EBF Study Group. Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet. 2011 Jul 30;378(9789):420-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60738-1. PMID: 21752462

Nagot N, ... , Tylleskär T, Van de Perre P; ANRS 12174 Trial Group. Extended pre-exposure prophylaxis with lopinavir-ritonavir versus lamivudine to prevent HIV-1 transmission through breastfeeding up to 50 weeks in infants in Africa (ANRS 12174): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2015 Nov 18. pii: S0140-6736(15)00984-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00984-8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 2660391

Pejovic NJ, Myrnerts Höök S, ... Tylleskär T. A Randomized Trial of Laryngeal Mask Airway in Neonatal Resuscitation. N Engl J Med. 2020 Nov 26;383(22):2138-2147. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2005333.PMID: 33252870

Ongoing projects: 

• Emollient therapy for very low birthweight infants (<1500 g) in Uganda: effects on survival, infection, growth and development
• PROMISE ZERO
• REBOA PPH trial – Randomized Clinical Trial Assessing the usefulness of aorta ballon in postpartum haemorrhage
• iCARTA - Institutionalisation of Advanced Research Training in Africa with CARTA, the Consortium of Advanced Research Training in Africa
• PedMAb – seeking innovative ways to protect children from getting HIV from their mothers
• GrowNut II Developing a cadre of African nutrition scholars and leaders to address nutrition disorders and influence nutrition policy
• Sambulelo
• Norwegian Research School in Global Health for Sustainable Futures
• BURST-Excel - The Bergen-Uganda Collaboration on Research Schools and Training for Excellence in Global Health

Past projects: 

• BabyGel - A cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of household alcohol-based handrub for the prevention of sepsis, diarrhoea and pneumonia in Ugandan infants
• SURVIVAL PLUSS – Increasing capacity for mama-baby survival in post-conflict Uganda and South Sudan
• HI TRAIN – Health Informatics Training and Research in East Africa for Improved Health Care
• GROW NUT – Growing Partnership for Higher Education and Research in Nutritional Epidemiology in DR Congo
• PROMISE EPI – Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1: programme evaluation and innovative rescue intervention integrated in the Expanded Programme of Immunization
• NeoSupra Trial – Randomized Phase III Clinical Trial Assessing a Supraglottic Device Versus Face-mask Ventilation in Neonatal Resuscitation in Africa