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University Clinics in the Nordic Countries Academic Strengths of St. Olavs hospital, Trondheim University Hospital M arit S aunes and E idi C hristensen Department of Dermatology, St. Olavs hospital, Trondheim, Norway. E-mail. [email protected] The Department of Dermatology at St. Olavs hospital, Trond- heim University Hospital is one of 5 dermatological university clinics in Norway, and is part of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The Department of Dermatology was established in 1971 and initially was located in several different buildings across the city. Today the Department is the referral centre for ap- proximately 720,000 inhabitants of mid-Norway and is an integrated part of the newly built, highly modern university hospital. This integration offers a unique opportunity for clini- cians and researchers to collaborate closely on clinical research and technological innovation. Researchers Moser & Moser at the NTNU were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2014 for their discovery of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. Over the past 15 years, researchers at the Department of Dermatology have focused on the following main topics; photodynamic therapy; wounds/inflammation; and epide- Facts St. Olavs hospital, Trondheim University Hospital was founded in 1902. The Department of Dermatology was founded in 1974 and Per Wulf- Jürgensen was appointed first professor. Since 2015 no professor has been appointed. Our research team at the Department of Dermatology in Trondheim comprises: • 3 Associate Professors • 2 PhD/Researchers • 1 resident • 2 registered PhD students • 1 post doc • 1 research nurse • 2 research student/PhD student The Department has produced 29 original articles in the past 5 years. During the last 5 years, 3 doctoral theses have been defended, and a further thesis will be defended in 2018. miology. A brief description of our ongoing research projects is given below. Employees at the Department of Dermatology, St Olavs hospital, Trondheim, Norway. 16 Forum for Nord Derm Ven 2018, Vol. 23, No. 1