K.G. Jebsen Center for Exercise in Medicine

CERG (Cardiac Exercise Research Group) is an interdisciplinary group consisting of both experienced researchers and young, promising research talents at NTNU and St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim. The goal of the centre is to identify key cellular and molecular mechanisms that are behind the favourable effects physical exercise has on the heart, veins and skeletal muscle.

We aim to define optimal exercise programs for “most people” in order to increase the likelihood of development and preservation of good health throughout life.

The Cardiac Exercise Research Group (CERG) aims to define optimal exercise programs for everyday people in order to increase the likelihood of development and preservation of good health throughout life. We study the effect of exercise as a medicine in order to treat heart and lifestyle related diseases. The group consists of eminent scientists, technicians, medical doctors and promising research talent from all over the world. CERG is localised in the fully integrated St. Olavs University Hospital. In 2011 CERG achieved the prestigious honour of becoming a K.G. Jebsen Center for Medical Research. The group is headed by Professor Ulrik Wisløff.
Group leaders
Ulrik Wisløff

Professor/Group Leader, PhD

Bjarne Martens Nes

Researcher/Epidemiological Group Leader.

Håvard Dalen

Associate Professor/Clinical Group Leader, MD, PhD

Natale Rolim

Researcher / Experimental and Molecular Group Leader, PhD

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The center in brief

Leader: Ulrik Wisløff
Start: 2011
Host institution: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Funding: 16 + 8 MNOK
Home page: K.G. Jebsen Center for Exercise in Medicine 

Contact information

Visiting address:
St. Olavs Hospital
Prinsesse Kristinas gt. 3
Akutten og Hjerte-lunge-senteret, 3rd floor
7006 Trondheim

Postal address:
NTNU, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging
Box 8905
7491 Trondheim
Norway