The M4A study in Norway
Report on the M4A project on national TV (NRK, Feb. 21, 2023)
In Norway, M4A is conducted by these institutions:
The research Project
is led by NORCE Norwegian Research Centre and conducted in collaboration with the University of Bergen and the University of Vienna
Project team in Norway
Project management
PhD, Research Professor at NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS and Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Vienna, trained in MT, biostatistics, and trial management, with expertise in designing and conducting international multicentre RCTs of MT. His and his group's research has strongly contributed to the increasing evidence base for the effectiveness of MT in mental health. He serves as principal investigator (PI) and is responsible for overall trial methodology and conduct as well as publication and dissemination.
Personal website
chgo@norceresearch.no
PhD, Professor for biological and medical psychology at the University of Bergen, Head of the Bergen fMRI group and PI of a large project on replicability of rsFC, trained in physics and neuroscience, is responsible for fMRI data acquisition and analysis in Bergen.
PhD candidate, with a background in clinical psychology and neuroimaging, employed at the Health Department of NORCE and registered at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Bergen. She has the daily responsibility for recruitment, assessment, and interventions in Norway.
maru@norceresearch.no
PhD candidate at the Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen.
Karlijn.Kouwer@uib.no
MD, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry, senior consultant at the autism unit at Haukeland University Hospital, helps with recruitment of participants in Norway. She has performed translational research in ASD and is currently establishing a Translational Research Register for ASD, which will include a pool of 300 potential participants in Western and Eastern Norway.
PhD, plans and conducts the statistical analyses.
jras@norceresearch.no
helps with assessments
helps with fMRI analyses
helps with assessments