Liv Mathiesen

Liv Mathiesen is a Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo since 2017. Her academic background includes a PhD from the School of Pharmacy, UiO (1996), and prior roles as Head of Research and Development at the Hospital Pharmacies Enterprise (2012–2017) and senior clinical assessor at the Norwegian Medicines Agency (1998–2011).

Her research focuses on medication management, patient-centered care transitions, pharmacogenetic testing, and antibiotic research incentives. Key projects include the 'IMMENSE study' on improving medication safety for elderly patients and the 'MedHipPro-Q' questionnaire for hip fracture medication protocols.

Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration and systems engineering approaches to reduce medication discrepancies. Recent studies address barriers to self-management in multimorbid patients and validation of prognostic models for readmission risks.