Anne Margarita Dyrhol Riise

Anne Margarita Dyrhol Riise is a Professor at the Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital. Her research focuses on translational studies of major global infectious diseases including HIV, tuberculosis, and COVID-19, emphasizing clinical intervention studies, vaccines, immune mechanisms, and diagnostic/prognostic biomarkers with applications in low-income countries and personalized treatment strategies.

• Head of the Chronic Infections Research Group (CIRG)
• Principal investigator for EU Horizon 2020 projects and ClinicalTrials.gov studies (NCT04575519, NCT05069623)
• Supervisor for eight PhD students

Recent projects include the SMA-TB stratified medicine algorithm, TBCOX2 therapeutic vaccination trials, and EU-SolidAct pandemic response platform. Collaborations span multiple institutions including Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Stellenbosch University, University of Leiden, and international networks like EUROSIDA and TBnet. Awards include OUS Prize for Outstanding Research Articles (2021) and UiO Teaching Award.

Her work demonstrates strong integration of clinical trials, immunology, and global health initiatives, with publications spanning topics from complement activation in severe COVID-19 to host-directed therapies in tuberculosis.