Parisa Gazerani

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

• Co-occurrent pain and psychological distress: From adolescence to adulthood

  The project will provide new insight into the long-term consequences of early onset co-occurrent pain and psychological distress.

• Designing an intelligent gamified solution for treatment of scoliosis among children and adolescents

  This PhD project focuses on understanding needs of youth with idiopathic scoliosis and to examine how the needs can be improved by using a digital solution – e.g. a smartphone application.

• Designing an intelligent personalized vest for scoliosis brace to improve treatment and monitoring of scoliosis in adolescents

  The project will design an intelligent personalized vest for scoliosis brace with wearable sensors.

• Digital health technology: implementation hinders and possibilities in non-critical emergency care cases

  This qualitative study explores the barriers and opportunities related to implementing digital health solutions in non-critical emergency care within the Norwegian healthcare context.

• Investigating Microplastics and Nanoplastics Uptake in Edible Plants (MICRO-PLANT)

  We investigate how micro- and nanoplastics affect edible plants and human health through plant uptake, packaging contamination, and sustainable solutions for safe food production.

• Promoting and inhibiting factors for education and employment among young adults receiving welfare benefits or health services due to persistent pain and psychological distress

  Persistent pain and psychological distress in young adults can negatively impact participation in education and employment, leading to significant consequences.

• Young user involvement group in musculoskeletal health

  This project will establish a young user-involvement group at the Centre for Intelligent Musculoskeletal Health (CIM).