Pal R. Njolstad

Pål R. Njølstad received his MD and PhD from the University of Bergen, Norway. After postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago, Illinois, USA, he specialized in paediatric endocrinology and is currently consultant physician at Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen. He has had research stays at Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, USA. Since 2000, he has been tenured Professor in paediatrics at the University of Bergen. He is currently leader of the KG Jebsen Center for Diabetes Research. His research and clinical interests are monogenic diabetes mellitus, congenital hyperinsulinism and childhood obesity.