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Department of Clinical Medicine amir.rad@uit.no +4777620872 Tromsø

Amir Rad


PhD Student

Job description

“Role of Human Papilloma Virus Types in Etiology of Cervical Cancer”

To improve the screening strategies and, also, to produce a more effective prophylactic HPV vaccine, it is essential to know the role of HPV types in etiology of cervical cancer. In this project, it is aimed to 1) examine the predictive value of one mRNA HPV test in a prospective cohort study of screening for cervical cancer (cohort study) 2) investigate the distribution of HPV types in cervical cancer by screening histories (case series) 3) compare the HPV DNA and HPV mRNA test performances in detection of HPV subtypes in cervical cancer tissues (CIN3+) of South African women (direct comparison study).


  • Amir Rad, Sveinung Sørbye, Tormod Brenn, Sweta Tiwari, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Finn Egil Skjeldestad :
    13-Type HPV DNA Test versus 5-Type HPV mRNA Test in Triage of Women Aged 25–33 Years with Minor Cytological Abnormalities–6 Years of Follow-Up
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Amir Rad, Sveinung Sørbye, Sweta Tiwari, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Finn Egil Skjeldestad :
    Risk of Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade 3 or Worse (CIN3+) among Women Examined by a 5-Type HPV mRNA Test during 2003 and 2004, Followed through 2015
    Cancers 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Amir Rad, Sveinung Sørbye, Greta Dreyer, Siri Hovland, Bente Marie Falang, Melanie Louw et al.:
    HPV types in cervical cancer tissue in South Africa: A head-to-head comparison by mRNA and DNA tests
    Medicine 05. December 2017 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Eva Albertsson, Amir Rad, Joachim Sturve, Larsson Joakim, Lars Förlin :
    Carbonyl reductase mRNA abundance and enzymatic activity as potential biomarkers of oxidative stress in marine fish
    Marine Environmental Research 2012 DOI
  • Amir Rad, Sveinung Wergeland Sørbye, Finn Egil Skjeldestad :
    HPV types in cervical cancer tissue in South Africa - a head-to-head comparison by HPV mRNA- and DNA-tests
    2017
  • Amir Rad, SW Sorbye, F. E. Skjeldestad :
    The Role of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in Etiology of Cervical Cancer
    2017
  • Amir Rad, SW Sorbye, FE Skjeldestad :
    The Role of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in Etiology of Cervical Cancer
    2017
  • Amir Rad, Nafiseh Sabri :
    The Role of Nucleocytoplasmic Transport System in the Hedgehog Signaling Pathway in Drosophila melanogaster
    2013
  • Eva Albertsson, Amir Rad, Joachim Sturve, Joakim Larsson, Lars Förlin :
    Characterisation of Carbonyl Reductase Expression and Activity in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Eelpout (Zoarces viviparus)
    2011
  • Amir Rad, Lars Förlin :
    Study of Carbonyl Reductase and DT-diaphorase in Eelpout (Zoarces viviparus) and Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
    2011

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