Jan Kristian Damås

Jan Kristian Damås is a Professor at the Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine at NTNU, affiliated with the Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research. He also serves as a Senior Physician in the Department of Infectious Diseases. His research focuses on sepsis, HIV, tropical diseases (e.g., scrub typhus), and cardiovascular pathologies. Key areas include inflammatory mechanisms, epidemiological trends, and clinical outcomes of infectious diseases.

Publications emphasize machine learning applications for infection prediction, sepsis diagnosis accuracy, and long-term sepsis outcomes. Recent studies explore Mendelian randomization in urinary tract infections and endothelial dysfunction in myocardial infarction. Collaborations involve interdisciplinary teams examining cytokine profiles in HIV, immune modulation in STEMI patients, and public health aspects of sepsis coding practices.

His work bridges clinical practice and basic science, addressing translational challenges in infectious disease management. Ongoing projects include studies on insomnia’s role in sepsis risk and genetic determinants of infection susceptibility.