Gunnar Skov Simonsen
Jannice Schau Slettemeås,
Camilla Sekse,
Marianne Sunde,
Madelaine Norström,
Astrid Louise Wester,
Mohammed Umaer Naseer
et al.:
Comparative genomics of quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli from broilers and humans in Norway
Elise Uggen,
Camilla Olaisen,
Randi Valsø Lyng,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Roar Magne Bævre-Jensen,
Frode Width Gran
et al.:
Incidence of invasive infections with Group B streptococcus in adults in Norway 1996–2019: a nationwide registry-based case–control study
Zane Linde-Ozola,
Annika Y. Classen,
Christian G. Giske,
Siri Göpel,
Noa Eliakim-Raz,
Makeda Semret
et al.:
Quality, availability and suitability of antimicrobial stewardship guidance: a multinational qualitative study
Anna Kaarina Pöntinen,
Rebecca Ashley Gladstone,
Henri Pesonen,
Maiju Pesonen,
Francois Pierre Alexandre Cleon,
Benjamin J Parcell
et al.:
Modulation of multidrug-resistant clone success in Escherichia coli populations: a longitudinal, multi-country, genomic and antibiotic usage cohort study
Marte Pettersen Mikalsen,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Sveinung Sørbye
:
Impact of HPV Vaccination on the Incidence of High-Grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN2+) in Women Aged 20–25 in the Northern Part of Norway: A 15-Year Study
Jørund Straand,
Christoph Gradmann,
Morten Lindbæk,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen
:
Antibiotika - oppdagelse og utvikling fra før bakteriologiens gjennombrudd til i dag
Jørund Straand,
Christoph Gradmann,
Morten Lindbæk,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen
:
Antibiotikaresistens – historien om da bakteriene slo tilbake
Madelaine Norström,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Jannice Schau Slettemeås,
Anne-Sofie Furberg,
Anne Margrete Urdahl
:
Evaluation of the One Health-Ness of 20 Years of Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Norway
Niclas Peter Raffelsberger,
Dorota Julia Buczek,
Kristian Svendsen,
Lars Småbrekke,
Anna Kaarina Pöntinen,
Iren Høyland Löhr
et al.:
Community carriage of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: a cross-sectional study of risk factors and comparative genomics of carriage and clinical isolates
Madelaine Norström,
Jannice Schau Slettemeås,
Anne Margrete Urdahl,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Anne-Sofie Furberg
:
Evaluation of the One Health-ness of 20 years of antimicrobial surveillance in Norway
2023
Mushtaq al Rubaye,
Jessin Janice,
Jørgen Vildershøj Bjørnholt,
Oliver Kacelnik,
Bjørg C. Haldorsen,
Randi M. Nygaard
et al.:
The population structure of vancomycin-resistant and
-susceptible Enterococcus faecium in a low-prevalence
antimicrobial resistance setting is highly influenced by
circulating global hospital-associated clones
Till T. Bachmann,
Konstantinos Mitsakakis,
John P. Hays,
Alex van Belkum,
Aman Russom,
Gerd Luedke
et al.:
Expert guidance on target product profile development for AMR diagnostic tests
Kirsten Midttun Gravningen,
Stian Henriksen,
Olav Hungnes,
Kristian Svendsen,
Emily Ann Macdonald,
Henrik Schirmer
et al.:
Risk factors, immune response and whole‐genome sequencing of SARS‐CoV‐2 in a cruise ship outbreak in Norway
Niels Frimodt-Møller,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Anders Rhod Larsen,
Gunnar Kahlmeter
:
Pivmecillinam, the paradigm of an antibiotic with low resistance rates in Escherichia coli urine isolates despite high consumption
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2022 DOI
Gunnar Skov Simonsen
:
Gule stafylokokker hos barn
Faheema Ebrahim Choonara,
Bjørg Haldorsen,
Jessin Janice,
Joshua Mbanga,
Isaac Ndhlovu,
Osborne Saulosi
et al.:
Molecular Epidemiological Characterisation of ESBL- and Plasmid-Mediated AmpC-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi
Dina Benedicte Berg Stensen,
Lars Småbrekke,
Karina Olsen,
Guri Grimnes,
Christopher Sivert Nielsen,
Johanna U Ericson
et al.:
Circulating sex-steroids and Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in a general male population
Randi Marie Mohus,
Lise Tuset Gustad,
Anne-Sofie Furberg,
Martine Kjølberg Moen,
Kristin Vardheim Liyanarachi,
Åsa Susanne Askim
et al.:
Explaining sex differences in risk of bloodstream infections using mediation analysis in the population-based HUNT study in Norway
Kaare Magne Nielsen,
Kyrre Linné Kausrud,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Martin Steinbakk,
Pål Trosvik,
Astrid Louise Wester
et al.:
Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in the environment. Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Microbial Ecology of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment
VKM Report 2022 ARKIV
Dina Benedicte Berg Stensen,
Rafael Nozal Cañadas,
Lars Småbrekke,
Karina Olsen,
Christopher Sivert Nielsen,
Kristian Svendsen
et al.:
Social network analysis of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in a general youth population
Faheema E. Choonara,
Bjørg Haldorsen,
Isaac Ndhlovu,
Osborne Saulosi,
Tarsizio Maida,
Fanuel Lampiao
et al.:
Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of clinically important bacterial pathogens at the Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi
Rebecca Ashley Gladstone,
Alan McNally,
Anna Kaarina Pöntinen,
Gerry Tonkin-Hill,
John A. Lees,
Kusti Onni Skytén
et al.:
Emergence and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli causing bloodstream infections in Norway in 2002–17: a nationwide, longitudinal, microbial population genomic study
Abel F.N.D. Phiri,
Akebe Luther King Abia,
Daniel Gyamfi Amoako,
Rajab Mkakosya,
Arnfinn Sundsfjord,
Sabiha Essack
et al.:
Burden, antibiotic resistance, and clonality of shigella spp. Implicated in community-acquired acute diarrhoea in Lilongwe, Malawi
Marit Østlyngen Riibe,
Sveinung Wergeland Sørbye,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Arnfinn Sundsfjord,
Josef Ekgren,
Jan Martin Maltau
:
Risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or higher (CIN3+) among women with HPV-test in 1990–1992, a 30-year follow-up study
Helene Marie Flatby,
Humaira Rasheed,
Anuradha Ravi,
Laurent Thomas,
Kristin Vardheim Liyanarachi,
Jan Egil Afset
et al.:
Risk of lower respiratory tract infections: a genome-wide association study with Mendelian randomization analysis in three independent European populations
Adriana Maria Sanabria-Moreno,
Jessin Janice James Peter,
Erik Hjerde,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Anne Merethe Hanssen
:
Shotgun-metagenomics based prediction of antibiotic resistance and virulence determinants in Staphylococcus aureus from periprosthetic tissue on blood culture bottles
Dina Benedicte Berg Stensen,
Lars Småbrekke,
Karina Olsen,
Guri Grimnes,
Christopher Sivert Nielsen,
Johanna U Ericson
et al.:
Circulating sex-steroids and Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in a general female population
Calvina Estalva,
Tomas Zimba,
Sekyere John,
Usha Govinden,
Hafizah Y. Chenia,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen
et al.:
High prevalence of multidrug resistant ESBL- and plasmid mediated AmpC-producing clinical isolates of Escherichia coli at Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique
Carlo Gagliotti,
Liselotte Diaz Högberg,
Hanna Billström,
Tim Eckmanns,
Christian G. Giske,
Ole E. Heuer
et al.:
Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections: Diverging trends of meticillin-resistant and meticillin-susceptible isolates, EU/EEA, 2005 to 2018
Aasmund Fostervold,
Marit Andrea Klokkhammer Hetland,
Ragna-Johanne Bakksjø,
Eva Bernhoff,
Kathryn E. Holt,
Ørjan Samuelsen
et al.:
A nationwide genomic study of clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae in
Norway 2001–15: introduction and spread of ESBLs facilitated by
clonal groups CG15 and CG307
Veronika Vorobieva,
Anne-Sofie Furberg,
Hans-Christian Slotved,
Tatiana Bazhukova,
Bjørg Haldorsen,
Dominique A Caugant
et al.:
Epidemiological and molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage strains in pre-school children in Arkhangelsk, northern European Russia, prior to the introduction of conjugate pneumococcal vaccines
Sara Lino Faife,
Tomas Zimba,
John Osei Sekyere,
Usha Govinden,
Hafizah Y. Chenia,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen
et al.:
β-lactam and fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterobacteriaceae from imported and locally-produced chicken in Mozambique
Adriana Maria Sanabria-Moreno,
Erik Hjerde,
Mona Johannessen,
Johanna U Ericson Sollid,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Anne Merethe Hanssen
:
Shotgun-Metagenomics on Positive Blood Culture Bottles Inoculated With Prosthetic Joint Tissue: A Proof of Concept Study
Alessandro Cassini,
Liselotte Diaz Högberg,
Diamantis Plachouras,
Annalisa Quattrocchi,
Ana Hoxha,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen
et al.:
Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis
John P. Hays,
Konstantinos Mitsakakis,
Saturnino Luz,
Alex van Belkum,
Karsten Becker,
Ann van den Bruel
et al.:
The successful uptake and sustainability of rapid infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance point-of-care testing requires a complex 'mix-and-match' implementation package
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Hege Salvesen Blix,
Kari Marie Olli Helgesen,
Anne Margrete Urdahl
:
NORM/NORM-VET 2022, Usage of Antimicrobial Agents and Occurrence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Norway
2023
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Hege Salvesen Blix,
Kari Grave,
Anne Margrete Urdahl,
Per Espen Akselsen,
Cecilie Torp Andersen
et al.:
NORM/NORM-VET 2021: Usage of Antimicrobial Agents and Occurrence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Norway
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Hege Salvesen Blix,
Kari Grave,
Anne Margrete Urdahl
:
NORM/NORM-VET 2020
Dina Benedicte Berg Stensen,
Lars Småbrekke,
Karina Olsen,
Christopher Sivert Nielsen,
Johanna Ericson Sollid,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen
et al.:
Circulating sex-steroids and Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in a general population in Norway
2021
Dina Benedicte Berg Stensen,
Rafael A. Nozal Cañadas,
Lars Småbrekke,
Karina Olsen,
Christopher Sivert Nielsen,
Kristian Svendsen
et al.:
Social network analysis of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in a general youth population
2021
Dina Benedicte Berg Stensen,
Lars Småbrekke,
Karina Olsen,
Guri Grimnes,
Christopher Sivert Nielsen,
Johanna Ericson Sollid
et al.:
Circulating sex-steroids and Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in a general female population
2021
Jannice Schau Slettemeås,
Camilla Sekse,
Håkon Kaspersen,
Marianne Sunde,
Madelaine Norström,
Astrid Louise Wester
et al.:
Quinolone resistant Escherichia coli from Norwegian livestock, wild animals and humans
2021
Fredrik Müller,
Truls Michael Leegaard,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Iren H Løhr,
Svein Arne Nordbø,
Øyvind Kommedal
et al.:
Nye signaler om koronatester
19. May 2020
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Svein Arne Nordbø,
Truls Michael Leegaard,
Elling Ulvestad,
Fredrik Müller
:
Svært viktig at fagmiljøer har fleksibilitet og ressurser til testing av koronavirus
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Jan-Erik Berdal,
Kari Grave,
Lene Kristine Juvet,
Bjørn Tore Lunestad,
Ingvild Riisberg
et al.:
Antibiotikaresistens - Kunnskapshull, utfordringer og aktuelle tiltak. Status 2020.
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Hege Salvesen Blix,
Kari Grave,
Anne Margrete Urdahl
:
NORM/NORM-vet 2019. Usage of Antimicrobial Agents and Occurrence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Norway
2020
Elling Ulvestad,
Øyvind Kommedal,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Fredrik Müller,
Truls Michael Leegaard,
Iren Høyland Löhr
et al.:
Norges mikrobiologiske utbruddsberedskap er truet
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 29. June 2020 DOI
Mette Løkeland-Stai,
Mona Tornensis Hornæs,
Jon Gunnar Tufta,
Olaug Margrete Askeland,
Elisabeth Lende Hammer,
Marianne Sørlie Strøm
et al.:
Årlig driftsrapport 2019. Helseregistre ved Folkehelseinstituttet
Guri Rørtveit,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen
:
The primary care perspective on the Norwegian national strategy against antimicrobial resistance
Anna Karlsen,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Karina Olsen,
Johanna U Ericson Sollid,
Guri Grimnes,
Christopher Sivert Nielsen
et al.:
Smokeless Tobacco and Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus; The Tromsø Study – Fit Futures 1
Norsk Epidemiologi, Supplement 2019
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Research interests
Gunnar Skov Simonsen MD, PhD (born 1965) is Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the University of Tromsø and Director of the Department of Microbiology and Infection Control at the University Hospital of North Norway in Tromsø, Norway. He is also in charge of NORM – The Norwegian Organization for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance and editor of the yearly report on antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among humans and animals in Norway (NORM / NORM-VET). His research interests are within molecular epidemiology of AMR as well as population-based studies of host-microbe interactions in bacterial colonization and infection. He has co-authored around 135 papers in international peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Simonsen has previously served as Medical Officer at WHO HQ in Geneva (2002 – 2003) working with surveillance issues and implementation of the WHO Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance. Since 2003 he has regularly contributed at WHO consultations at regional and global levels. He has been involved in surveillance activities in North-Western Russia and is presently enganged in a project for AMR-related capacity building in education and health services in Malawi and Mozambique. Within Europe, Simonsen is the Norwegian National Focal Point for AMR at the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) as well as member (from 2019 chair) of the Coordination Group for the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net). He worked 2012-2013 with the WHONET group at the WHO Collaborating Center for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance at Brigham and Women´s Hospital / Harvard Medical School in Boston (USA). From 2015-2018 he served as member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the EU Joint Programming Initiative for Antimicrobial Resistance (JPI-AMR). Since September 2024 he is a visiting academic at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK.
Teaching
Associate professor in clinical microbiology at the Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT Arctic University of Tromsø, Norway 2005-2011. Since 2011 professor II with responsibilty for clinical microbiology training of medical students including supervision of bachelor and master theses.
