Johan Gustav Bellika

Johan Gustav Bellika is a Professor of Medical Informatics at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, and serves as Chief Research Informatics Officer (CRIO) for PraksisNett, a national research infrastructure for primary health care. He has worked at the National Center for e-Health Research at the University Hospital of North Norway since 1997.

• Master’s (1997) and PhD (2006) in Informatics from UiT
• Research focus: Privacy-preserving health data reuse and learning healthcare systems
• Contributed to >100 scientific publications
• Supervision of Master’s, PhD, and postdocs

His work spans health data security, ontology-based terminologies, e-health modernization, and federated learning. Key projects include DigSam (digital security), PraksisNett (primary care research infrastructure), and ASCLEPIOS (secure cloud solutions). Articles highlight expertise in distributed health analytics, patient confidentiality, and clinical decision support systems.

Scientific contributions include:

• Advancing privacy-preserving statistical computation with Statistics Norway
• Implementing SNOMED CT standardization
• Developing secure platforms for health data analysis