Academic article

• Svein Reidar Kjosavik (2026). STHLM3 NorDCaP : prospective multicentre trial of Stockholm3 for active surveillance biopsy guidance. (external link)
• Sol Erika Boman; Nita Mulliqi; Anders Blilie et al. (2026). The impact of tissue detection on diagnostic artificial intelligence algorithms in prostate digital pathology. (external link)
• Torunn Gudmestad Øvrebø; Anita Lenora Sunde; Arvid Rongve et al. (2026). Trends in First-Time Symptomatic Antidementia Drug Dispensations to Home-Dwelling People in Norway: A Nationwide Register-Based Study. (external link)
• Kelvin Szolnoky; Anders Blilie; Nita Mulliqi et al. (2026). Finding Holes: Pathologist-Level Performance Using AI for Cribriform Morphology Detection in Prostate Cancer. (external link)
• Anders Blilie; Nita Mulliqi; Xiaoyi Ji et al. (2025). Artificial intelligence-assisted prostate cancer diagnosis for reduced use of immunohistochemistry. (external link)
• Richard Killick; Claudie Hooper; Cathy Fernandes et al. (2025). Transcription-Driven Repurposing of Cardiotonic Steroids for Lithium Treatment of Severe Depression. (external link)
• Alvaro Fernandez Quilez; Christoffer Gabrielsen Andersen; Trygve Christian Eftestøl et al. (2023). 3D Masked Modelling Advances Lesion Classification in Axial T2w Prostate MRI. (external link)
• Ragnhild Oesterhus; Dag Aarsland; Hogne Sønnesyn et al. (2016). Potentially inappropriate medications and drug–drug interactions in home-dwelling people with mild dementia. (external link)
• Maja Elisabeth Juul Søndergaard; Kirsten Lode; Sissel Iren Eikeland Husebø et al. (2024). The association between patient characteristics, psychological distress, and coping in the diagnostic phase of prostate cancer – A cross-sectional multicenter study. (external link)
• Svein Reidar Kjosavik; Marianne H Gillam; Elisabeth Roughead (2016). Average duration of treatment with antidepressants among concession card holders in Australia. (external link)
• Anita Lenora Sunde; Ingvild Vatten Alsnes; Dag Årsland et al. (2023). Preanalytical stability of plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease pathology. (external link)
• Xiaoyi Ji; Richard Salmon; Nita Mulliqi et al. (2025). Physical Color Calibration of Digital Pathology Scanners for Robust Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Cancer Diagnosis. (external link)
• Svein Reidar Kjosavik; Sabine Ruths; Steinar Hunskaar (2009). Psychotropic drug use in the Norwegian general population in 2005: data from the Norwegian Prescription Database. (external link)
• Line Ravndal; Elisabet Bergfors; Mehdi Behzadi et al. (2022). Aluminiumsgranulomer etter barnevaksinasjon. (external link)
• Maja Elisabeth Juul Søndergaard; Kirsten Lode; Svein Reidar Kjosavik et al. (2021). Men’s perception of information and descriptions of emotional strain in the diagnostic phase of prostate cancer—a qualitative individual interview study. (external link)
• Ragnhild Oesterhus; Ingvild Dalen; Anne Katrine Bergland et al. (2020). Risk of Hospitalization in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia: Time to and Length of Stay. (external link)
• Eirik Viste; Cathrine Alvær Vinje; Torgeir Gilje Lid et al. (2020). Effects of replacing PSA with Stockholm3 for diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer in a healthcare system – the Stavanger experience. (external link)
• Paul Kjetil Soldal Lillemoen; Svein Reidar Kjosavik; Steinar Hunskaar et al. (2012). Føreskriving av legemiddel mot AD/HD 2004 – 08. (external link)
• Foteini Tsandila Kalakou; Karina Aase; Svein Reidar Kjosavik et al. (2021). Supportive care needs of men with prostate cancer after hospital discharge: multi-stakeholder perspectives. (external link)
• Svein Reidar Kjosavik; Marianne H. Gillam; Elisabeth E. Roughead (2017). Average duration of treatment with antipsychotics among concession card holders in Australia. (external link)
• Olav Thorsen; Eirik Viste; Torgeir Gilje Lid et al. (2022). General practitioners’ reflections on using PSA for diagnosis of prostate cancer. A qualitative study. (external link)
• Alvaro Fernandez Quilez; Trygve Christian Eftestøl; Svein Reidar Kjosavik et al. (2022). Multi-Planar T2W MRI for an Improved Prostate Cancer Lesion Classification. (external link)
• Alvaro Fernandez Quilez; Trygve Christian Eftestøl; Svein Reidar Kjosavik et al. (2022). Contrasting Axial T2W MRI for Prostate Cancer Triage: A Self-Supervised Learning Approach. (external link)
• Cathrine Alvær Vinje; Maria Nyre Vigmostad; Svein Reidar Kjosavik et al. (2023). Prostate Biopsies Can Be Omitted in Most Patients with a Positive Stockholm3 Test and Negative Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging. (external link)
• Alvaro Fernandez Quilez; Omer Parvez; Trygve Christian Eftestøl et al. (2022). Improving prostate cancer triage with GAN-based synthetically generated prostate ADC MRI. (external link)
• Alvaro Fernandez Quilez; Trygve Christian Eftestøl; Svein Reidar Kjosavik et al. (2022). Learning to triage by learning to reconstruct: a generative self-supervised approach for prostate cancer based on axial T2w MRI. (external link)
• Alvaro Fernandez Quilez; Habib Ullah; Trygve Christian Eftestøl et al. (2022). One class to rule them all: detection and classification of prostate tumors presence in bi-parametric MRI based on auto-encoders. (external link)
• Svein Reidar Kjosavik; Steinar Hunskaar; Dag Årsland et al. (2011). Initial prescription of antipsychotics and antidepressants in general practice and specialist care in Norway. (external link)
• Svein Reidar Kjosavik; Sabine Ruths; Steinar Hunskaar (2012). Use of addictive anxiolytics and hypnotics in a national cohort of incident users in Norway. (external link)
• Maja Elisabeth Juul Søndergaard; Kirsten Lode; Sissel Iren Eikeland Husebø et al. (2022). Men’s perception of information and psychological distress in the diagnostic phase of prostate cancer: a comparative mixed methods study. (external link)
• Askan Mortezavi; Martin Eklund; Martin Bergman et al. (2020). Association between PSA density and prostate cancer in men without significant MRI lesions. (external link)
• Alvaro Fernandez Quilez; Jon Tobias Nordström; Fredrik Jäderling et al. (2023). Prostate Age Gap: An MRI Surrogate Marker of Aging for Prostate Cancer Detection. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Anders Blilie; Emilius Adrianus Maria Janssen; Kjersti Engan et al. (2026). Improved Diagnostics of Prostate Cancer by Means of Artificial Intelligence. (external link)
• Sissel Iren Eikeland Husebø; Kirsten Lode; Svein Reidar Kjosavik et al. (2024). Information needs, psychological distress, and coping during the diagnostic phase of prostate cancer : A Mixed-methods study. (external link)
• Svein Reidar Kjosavik (2012). Prescribing and Prescribers of Psychotropic Drugs in Norway. A population based pharmacoepidemiological study. (external link)

Study protocol

• Nita Mulliqi; Anders Blilie; Xiaoyi Ji et al. (2025). Development and retrospective validation of an artificial intelligence system for diagnostic assessment of prostate biopsies: Study protocol. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Maja Elisabeth Juul Søndergaard; Sissel Iren Eikeland Husebø; Ingvild Dalen et al. (2022). Associations between patient characteristics, coping and emotional distress before a prostate biopsy – a cross-sectional multicenter study. (external link)
• Svein Reidar Kjosavik; Sabine Ruths; Steinar Hunskår (2007). Forskrivning av psykofarmaka i Norge i 2005. (external link)
• Svein Reidar Kjosavik; Sabine Ruths; Steinar Hunskår (2008). Bruk av psykofarmaka i Norge. (external link)
• Svein Reidar Kjosavik; Sabine Ruths; Steinar Hunskår (2011). Antipsychotic and antidepressant prescribing in general practice and psychiatric health care in Norway. (external link)

Editorial/Leader article

• Svein Reidar Kjosavik (2018). Ongoing recruitment crisis In Norwegian general practice. (external link)
• Geir Sverre Braut; Svein Reidar Kjosavik (2019). General practice needs further development of theoretical knowledge.. (external link)
• Reidar Brumer Bratvold; Svein Reidar Kjosavik (2022). I would rather be vaguely right than precisely wrong. (external link)
• Svein Reidar Kjosavik; Karina Dalsggaard Sørensen; Kristina Hotakainen et al. (2020). A Nordic initiative for a more personal and accurate diagnostic pathway for prostate cancer. (external link)

Conference poster

• Svein Reidar Kjosavik; Sabine Ruths; Steinar Hunskår (2008). Psychotropic drug prescribing patterns in the Norwegian general population. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Line Ravndal; Katrine P. Lindvig; Ellen L. Jensen et al. (2023). Algorithms for early detection of silent liver fibrosis in the primary care setting - a scoping review. (external link)

Letter to the editor

• Alvaro Fernandez-Quilez; Miguel Germán Borda; Gabriel Leonardo Carreño et al. (2020). Prostate cancer screening and socioeconomic disparities in Mexican older adults. (external link)

Conference abstract

• Svein Reidar Kjosavik; Sabine Ruths; Steinar Hunskaar et al. (2008). Psychotropic drug prescribing patterns in the Norwegian general population. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Alvaro Fernandez Quilez; Steinar Valle Larsen; Morten Goodwin et al. (2021). Improving prostate whole gland segmentation in T2-weighted MRI with synthetically generated data. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in NVA.

• Allmennlege i Sandnes fra 1987 til 2016 
• Spesialist i allmennmedisin fra 1992
• Forsker ved RF-Rogalandsforskning fra 1996-2001
• Rådgiver for den Lutherske kirke sitt helsedepartement, Madagaskar 2001-2003
• PhD i 2012, UiB, avhandling «Prescribing and prescribers of psychotropic drugs in Norway»
• Postdoc ved SESAM, Helse Stavanger HF, 2014-2018
• Gjesteforsker, Adelaide i Australie, 2014
• Samhandlingslege, Stavanger universitetssjukehus fra 2015
• Nasjonal redaktør for Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2017-2022
• Førsteamanuensis, Helsevitenskapelig fakultet, UiS, 2017-2024 
• Forskningsleder Allforsk, forskningsgruppe for allmennmedisin og samhandling, SUS fra 2018
• Førsteamanuensis, Institutt for global helse og samfunnsmedisin, UiB, 2022-2024
• Avdelingsoverlege, Akuttmottaket, SUS fra 2023
• Professor i allmennmedisin, Institutt for global helse og samfunnsmedisin, UiB, fra 2024