Elin Storjord

Elin Storjord is a medical researcher at UiT The Arctic University of Norway's Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Clinical Medicine. Her primary research focus is on acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), a rare autosomal dominant inherited metabolic disease involving enzyme deficiencies in heme synthesis.

Her research spans multiple aspects of AIP including inflammation pathways, dietary influences, and biomarker identification. Dr. Storjord's work examines how lifestyle factors such as sugar intake, alcohol consumption, and smoking affect disease activity, with particular attention to the glucose effect that prevents porphyric attacks. Her investigations extend to dental and periodontal health in AIP patients, exploring connections between insulin resistance, metabolic disease, and oral health.

Analysis of her publications reveals a strong focus on clinical biomarkers, with research spanning cytokine analysis, metabolic markers, and biochemical disease activity indicators. Her work often employs case-control study designs with patient populations from northern Norway.

Dr. Storjord has published multiple peer-reviewed articles in medical journals, with research collaborations primarily involving Judith K. Ludviksen, Hilde Fure, and Ole Lars Brekke. Her most recent work (2022) examines dental health aspects of AIP, continuing her comprehensive investigation of this rare metabolic disorder from multiple physiological perspectives.