Karoline Aker

Karoline Aker is an Associate Professor at the Department of Nursing, Health and laboratory science, Østfold University College. She also serves as a postdoctoral fellow at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) on a neonatal medicine research project. Her academic background includes a medical degree and clinical experience in pediatric departments.

Her research focuses on neonatology and global health, particularly therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, neurodevelopment outcomes in preterm infants, and clinical interventions in low-resource settings. Key projects include the THIN trial evaluating therapeutic hypothermia in India.

She teaches anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry at her department, contributing to both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Her work bridges clinical practice and global health equity, with publications in high-impact journals like JAMA Network Open and Archives of Disease in Childhood.