CV brief Gerd Kvale
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gerd_Kvale
Professor in Clinical Psychology,
Faculty of Psychology, / leader of
the OCD, Bergen, Norway
Email: [email protected]
1982
1994
2002
1991
1997
2011- present
2002- 
1992 2001:
1991 - 1992:
2005- 2010
2002-2005
2007- 2009
2007- 2009
2005- 2010:
2005- 2010:
2005- 2010:
2004- 2009 :
Academic degree(s) and competencies, awarding
institution(s), and year(s)
Cand.psychol. (M.Sc.) University of Bergen
Dr.Psychol. (Ph.D) in psychology, University of Bergen
Awarded competence as professor in clinical psychology,
University of Oslo (2002)
Professional licences, diplomas
Diploma as Specialist in Clinical Psychology, Norwegian
Psychological Association
Diploma as Specialist in Clinical Geropsychology,
Norwegian Psychological Association
Previous/ current positions
Leader of the Bergen OCD-project, Bergen University
Hospital/ UoB
Professor in Clinical psychology, UoB
Associate professor, Dept. of Clinical Psychology,
University of Bergen (UoB)
Associate professor, Dept of Cognitive Psychology (UoB)
Selection of elected positions and administrative
experience
Dean, Faculty of Psychology, UoB
Research Dean, Faculty of Psychology
President of Scientific Committee for the European
Congress of Psychology, 2009
Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Norwegian
Knowledge Centre for the Health Services
Member of The cooperative body between Western Norway
Regional Health Authority, University of Bergen and
University and Stavanger
Member of The National board for the education of
psychologists
Member of The national advisory board for prioritising
strategic research areas
Head of board, The Bergen Research Foundation
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2004- 2006
2004-2007
2002- 2005
Member of board, Department of Basic Medicine, UoB
Member of board, Research committee, Norwegian
Psychological Association
Associate dean, Faculty of Psychology, University of
Bergen
EXTERNAL FUNDING LAST FIVE YEARS
• 1.2 mill i strategiske midler, Angstnettet, Helse Vest
• 700.000 årlig som Nytt flerårig prosjekt, fra 2014.
• 1.8 mill fra Helsedirektoratet, 2013
• En del mindre, men viktige summer fra eks. Meltzer-fondet og fra IKP.
• 22.2 mill tildelt over NFR programmet: Helseforsknin (NASATS) løpende fra
august 2015 - 2019
RELEVANT AWARDS
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Forsker Grand Prix 2014. Audun Havnen deltok under veiledning av
undertegnede i Forsker Grand Prix 2014, og vant den lokale finalen. Han kom
på tredje plass i den nasjonale
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Årets artikkel: Norsk forening for kognitiv terapi/ Norsk OCD-forening:
Havnen. A., Hansen, B. Haug, E.T., Hansen, B., Prescott, P. and Kvale, G.
(2013) Intensive Group Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A pilot
Study. Clinical Neuropsychiatry (2013) 10, 3, Suppl. 1, 48-55
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Årets Kronstadartikkel, 2014: Havnen, A., Hansen, B., Öst, L-G and
Kvale G (2014) Concentrated ERP delivered in a group setting: An
effectiveness study. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2014.08.002
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Årets nyvinning: OCD-teamet v/ undertegnede mottok Norsk
Psykologiforbund sin pris for Årets Nyvinning, 2014 for utvikling av det
konsentrerte 4-dagers formatet for behandling av tvangslidelser.2013
OCDpublication of the year, Norsk Forening for Kognitiv Terapi/ Ananke
2014 Psykologiforbundets Innovasjonspris
DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Audun Havnen (2011 ) (Dual competency, 7 years funding) Intensive
treatment of OCD. An effectiveness study
Eili Nygard Riise (2011 ) (Dualcompetency, 7 years funding) Intensive
treatment of adolescent OCD. An effectiveness study
Kristin Haukebø (2011): One-session treatment of dental and injection-phobia:
a clincal and fMRI study. A randomized controlled intervention study.
Maren Agdal (2011): Dental phobia and intra-oral injection phobia: Oral health,
dental treatment needs and quality of life. A randomized controlled
intervention study
Margrete Vika (2008): Fear of intra-oral injections among adolescents and
adults. Prevalence, consequences and treatment. A randomized
controlled intervention study
Børge Sivertsen (2006):Insomnia in older adults. Consequences, assessment
and treatment.A randomized, controlled intervention study
Erik Skaret (2000): Dental anxiety, dental indifference and non-attendance
among Norwegian adolescents
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PUBLICATIONS LAST FIVE YEARS
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gerd_Kvale
Nordgreen, T., Haug, T., Ost, L.-G., Andersson, G., Carlbring, ¨ P., Kvale, G.,
Tangen, T., Heiervang, E. & Havik, O.E., Stepped care versus direct face-toface cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder and panic disorder: A
randomized effectiveness trial, Behavior Therapy (2015), doi:
10.1016/j.beth.2015.10.004
Thorsen, A. L., van den Heuvel, O. A., Hansen, B., Kvale, G. (2015).
Neuroimaging of
psychotherapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: a
systematic review. Psychiatry
Research: Neuroimaging. 233, 306–313
Öst, L-G; Havnen, A., Hansen, B., and Kvale, G. (2015) Cognitive behavioral
treatments of obsessive-compulsive disorder. A systematic review and metaanalysis of studies published 1993-2014. Clinical Psychology Review, 40, DOI:
10.1016/j.cpr.2015.06.003
Haug, T., Nordgreen, T., Öst, L-G., Kvale, G., Tangen,T., Andersson, G.,
Carlbring,P., Heiervang, E.and Havik, O.E (2015) A Stepped Care Model
versus Face-To-Face Cognitive Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Panic
Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder: Predictors and Moderators of Outcome.
Behaviour Research and Therapy, August 2015, Pages 76–89
Nordahl, H., Havnen, A., Hansen, B., Öst, L-G and Kvale, G.(2015) Predictors
of insomnia in treatment-seeking OCD-patients. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 11,
6,180-184.
Kvale G. and Hansen B. Dissemination and Intensifying evidence-based
treatment for OCD: Norway is in the lead. The Nordic Psychiatrist, 2014; 3 (1);
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Havnen, A., Hansen, B., Öst, L-G and Kvale G (2014) Concentrated ERP
delivered in a group setting: An effectiveness study. Journal of Obsessive
Compulsive and Related Disorders, DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2014.08.002
Hagen, K., Solem, S., Larsen, T.K., Joa, I., Kvale, G. and Hansen, B.
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in patients with First- episode psychosis
(FEP): A prospective study. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 11,6,164-169.
Haug, E.T., Havnen. A., Hansen, B., Bless.,J. and Kvale, G. (2013) Attention
training with dichotic listening in OCD-patients using an iPhone/iPod App.
Clinical Neuropsychiatry 10, 3, Suppl. 1, 45-47
Öst, L-G and Kvale, G. (2013) Effects of treatment: A systematic review and
meta-analysis (2013) In L-G Öst and E Skaret (Eds) Cognitive behavior therapy
for dental phobia. Wiley-Blackwell
Havnen. A., Hansen, B. Haug, E.T., Hansen, B., Prescott, P. and Kvale, G.
(2013) Intensive Group Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A pilot
Study. Clinical Neuropsychiatry (2013) 10, 3, Suppl. 1, 48-55
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Hansen, A.L., Kvale, G., Stubhaug, B and Thayer, J. F. (2013) Heart Rate
Variability and fatigue in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome after a
comprehensive cognitive behavior group therapy program Journal of
Psychophysiology, 27(2), 67-75
Kvale, G. og Hansen, B: (2013) 101 ting vi gjerne skulle visst da vi begynte å
behandle pasienter med angstlidelser. Universitetsforlaget ISBN 978-82-1502302-1
Kvale, G., Havik, O.E., Tangen, T, Heiervang, E., Haugland, B.M.S. (2013.)
Hvordan sikre angstpasienter kunnskapsbasert behandling?
Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-15-01879-9
Havnen. A., Hovland, A., Haug, E.T., Hansen, B.., Hansen, B. and Kvale, G.
(2013) Sleep and Heart Rate Variability in patients with Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder: Preliminary findings. Clinical Neuropsychiatry (2013) 10, 3, Suppl. 1,
56-60
Tangen, T; Heiervang, E.R; Haugland, B.S.M; Kvale, G and Havik, O.E. (2013)
Angstlidelser hos voksne og barn – behov for økt innsats. In: Kvale, G., Havik,
O.E., Tangen, T, Heiervang, E., Haugland, B.M.S. (2013.) Hvordan sikre
angstpasienter kunnskapsbasert behandling? Universitetsforlaget, p
Tangen, T., Nordgreen, T., Haug, T., Kvale, G. and Havik, O. E. (2013) Kognitiv
terapi ved panikklidelse og sosial angstlidelsen. In: Kvale, G., Havik, O.E.,
Tangen, T, Heiervang, E., Haugland, B.M.S. (2013.) Hvordan sikre
angstpasienter kunnskapsbasert behandling? Universitetsforlaget, p.
Skaret, E., Raadal, M., Kvale, G., Fredriksen, T.V., Kranstad, V., and Öst, L-G.
(2012) Evaluering av forsøksutdannelse av tannleger og psykologer i
behandling av odontofobi og intraoral sprøytefobi basert på kognitiv
atferdsterapi (CBT). Tidsskrift for den Norske Tannlegeforening, 122, 276-282.
Wolff, K., Nordin, K., Brun, W., Berglund, G., Kvale, G. (2011) Affective and
cognitive attitudes, uncertainty avoidance and intention to obtain genetic testing:
An extension of the Theory of Planned Behaviour, Psychology & Health,
02/2011; DOI: 10.1080/08870441003763253
Nordin K, Roshanai A, Bjorvatn C, Wollf K, Mikkelsen EM, Bjelland I, Kvale G,
(2011) Is genetic counseling a stressful event?, Acta Oncologica,;50(7):10891097(9).
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