Ingrid Melle

Ingrid Melle is a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, and a key researcher at Oslo University Hospital. She serves as co-director of the NORMENT Centre of Excellence and leads the research group on "Illness trajectories and outcome prediction." Her work is deeply embedded in clinical psychiatry with a focus on improving long-term outcomes in psychotic and bipolar disorders.

Her research interests include early illness phases in psychosis, negative symptoms, treatment response, gene-environment interactions (e.g., trauma, cannabis), biomarkers, and suicide risk. She employs longitudinal study designs, including 10- and 20-year follow-ups, to map risk factors and develop personalized treatment strategies. Her work integrates clinical, genetic, immune, and neurocognitive data to understand illness heterogeneity.

The recent publications reflect a strong trend in multimodal research: combining genomics (e.g., polygenic scores in bipolar disorder), neuroimaging (brain morphology deviations), digital health (mobile apps for decision-making), and qualitative insights into recovery. Her studies span biological, psychological, and social domains, reflecting a transdiagnostic and integrative approach to severe mental illness.

She has received no explicitly listed scientific awards in the provided text, but her leadership in major national and international consortia (e.g., NORMENT, EuroNES) and publications in top-tier journals like Nature and Translational Psychiatry indicate high recognition.

Ingrid Melle supervises PhD students in psychosocial research methods and teaches medical students. She leads a research group conducting patient-oriented studies and collaborates widely with institutions in Norway, France (University of Paris-Cité), the UK (King’s College London), and the USA (UCLA). Her work is supported by long-term longitudinal projects and clinical registry linkages.

She is affiliated with the Course and Treatment Outcomes research group at the Psychosis Research Section, Oslo University Hospital, and contributes to digital mental health innovation through projects like the MinDag app.