The Eating Disorder Lab

Ulrike Liisberg

Ulrike is the head of the Department of Health Sciences and has previously been responsible for the nutrition and basic medical courses at Oslo New University College. She holds a degree in biology and nutrition and earned her PhD, where she investigated how the composition of the diet influences the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Ulrike’s doctoral research focused on pre-clinical studies examining the effects of various diets. Her PhD was part of a larger international project. She is also involved in evaluating Matjungelen, a dietary initiative aimed at school-aged children, and is a member of the nutrition research group at ONH. 

Kornelia Antonsen Ekeli 

Kornelia Antonsen Ekeli is a lecturer at Oslo New University College, where she supervises and teaches various introductory courses in psychology. She holds a master’s degree in psychology from the University of Oslo, as well as studies in English and practical-pedagogical education. Her Master's thesis focused on sexuality and sexual health, and she has a keen interest in several areas within health, social, and personality psychology, in addition to quantitative research methods.

Helene Nordby (ekstern) 

Helene Bergh Nordby is a psychologist at TSB Ullevål. She has previously worked at the outpatient clinic and the Obesity Surgery Section at Aker Hospital, focusing on bariatric surgery patients. In her clinical practice, she has worked with eating disorders, substance abuse, personality disorders, trauma, self-esteem issues, and obesity. She wrote her thesis based on data from the Oslo Bariatric Surgery Study, examining cognitive function, eating behavior, and weight outcomes among bariatric surgery patients. She is particularly interested in the connection between physical and mental health, as well as challenges related to behavior change. Her research interests include understanding the factors that contribute to and maintain obesity, the prevalence of comorbid mental disorders in this population, how to create holistic treatment for patients suffering from obesity, as well as binge eating problems and how to assess and treat them. In the coming years, she plans to specialize in clinical health psychology.

Gro Walø-Syversen (ekstern) 

Gro Walø-Syversen is a clinical psychologist specializing in addiction and substance use psychology. She earned her PhD from the University of Oslo in 2021, with a dissertation focused on the longitudinal research project Oslo Bariatric Surgery Study (OBSS) Cognitive. The project was carried out through close collaboration between the Regional Department for Eating Disorders at Ullevål Hospital, the Center for Obesity at Aker Hospital, and the University of Oslo. Gro has a solid foundation and a profound interest in research areas such as obesity, obesity treatment, and addiction. Beyond her research, Gro contributes to the field as the psychological editor for Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, the journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association. With her combination of practical experience and academic expertise, she offers valuable insights into the field of psychology.
Photo: Thomas Bruun NTB.

Sunniva Mollandsøy

Sunniva Beeder Mollandsøy is a psychologist and project manager at the Counseling Service for Eating Disorders (ROS). She primarily works with research and dissemination on binge eating disorder and leads groups and courses focused on eating issues. She is also the head of ROSkompetanse. Sunniva is particularly interested in binge eating disorder, eating disorders in individuals with higher body weight, weight stigma, and ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). She holds a degree in psychology from the University of Bergen and completed her clinical internship at UC Berkeley in the United States. During her studies, she worked on research at the Center for Crisis Psychology. She has also completed a bachelor's degree in Spanish language and Latin American studies.

Deborah Glasofer

Dr. Deborah R Glasofer is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Psychology (in psychiatry). At the New York State Psychiatric Institute, she has been involved in a variety of psychotherapy development studies for eating disorders in adults, and has an interest in enhancing the training of healthcare providers and trainees in principles of eating disorders assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Within Columbia's Department of Psychiatry, she provides instruction to residents in cognitive behavioral therapy (for mood, anxiety, and eating disorders) and serves as a team member of CopeColumbia, a multidisciplinary group that formed during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide peer support and enhance wellbeing among healthcare providers and hospital staff. Dr. Glasofer enjoys writing for the popular press on topics related to mental health and has authored several books on eating disorders for clinicians, academics, and the public. In 2024, she served as a visiting researcher and lecturer at ONH, supported by a Fulbright scholarship.

Lasse Bang 

Lasse Bang is a senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI), primarily focusing on research related to the mental health of children and young people. He has a particular focus on societal trends in mental health issues and disorders over time. His work also includes exploring biological and environmental risk factors contributing to mental health challenges. The work combines epidemiological and psychological approaches.

Lowan H. Stewart

Dr. Stewart is a specialist Emergency Physician, Fellow of the American College of Emergency Medicine, practicing since 2003 in the US and in Norway. He trained at the University of New Mexico School of medicine, the University of Texas at Austin and Oregon Health and Sciences University. He served as Emergency Department Chair at Willamette Falls Hospital and as an associate clinical professor at Oregon Health Sciences University. He worked as a board member of the Norwegian Society of Emergency Medicine to bring the new specialty of emergency medicine (AMM) to Norway. He was a cofounder of Insight Ketamine - the first in New Mexico in 2016, Axon Clinic - the first in Norway in 2018, and the first public ketamine treatment unit in Scandinavia at Sykehuset Østfold in 2020. His past research includes studies on the evolution of emotions and winter depression. He has also studied complexity theory at the Santa Fe Institute, space medicine at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and international public health. His current research interests include using novel psychoactive medications in the treatment of mood disorders and addiction. He is a medical consultant for PsykForsk, DPS Nordre Østfold working on clinical trials with psilocybin, MDMA, ketamine and esketamine, (site-initiated and previously with MAPS and COMPASS). He is an advisor to the public ketamine treatment center at DPS Moss, assisting and training additional treatment centers in the public health system. He served as the Regional Director of the nordics for Awakn Life Sciences, and is now the medical Director of Axon Clinics. He is a founding member of the national research group Norwegian Rapid-Acting Antidepressant Network (NORAAD), and is part of the psychedelic research group at the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo. Dr. Stewart is the co-founder of the Norwegian Association for Psychedelic Science, an Expert Faculty Member of the American Society of Ketamine Physicians and serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Psychedelic Studies.  

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