Neurobiology Research Unit

Mette Thorlund Haahr

MD, PhD Student

Scientific interests| Biography | Publications
Presentations/courses/grants | Personal | Address

Scientific interests

I am interested in the involvement of the serotonin system in regulation of food intake. My PhD project is focused on the serotonin 2A (5-HT2A) and serotonin 4 (5-HT4) receptor and the serotonin transporter in relation to obesity. Further I am investigating if the serotonin 4 receptor is a marker of the extracellular brain serotonin level.

Current activity

Project: Brainfunction and morphology, genetic and biochemical markers in relation to obesity.

Biography

2008 -	PhD Student at the Neurobiology Research Unit
2007 - 2008	Instructor, Theory of Science, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen
2006 - 2008	Medical internship, The Gastroenterology Surgical and Medical Department. Hvidovre Hospital, General Practice, Jan Anderson, Copenhagen
2006	Medical degree (MD), University of Copenhagen
2003 - 2007	Research assistant at The Nordic Cochrane Center, Rigshospitalet

Publications

Erritzoe D, Frokjaer VG, Haahr MT, Kalbitzer J, Svarer C, Holst KK, Hansen DL, Jernigan TL, Lehel S, Knudsen GM. Cerebral serotonin transporter binding is inversely related to body mass index. Neuroimage. 2010 Apr 52 (1): 284-289
Hróbjartsson A, Pildal J, Chan AW, Haahr MT, Altman DG, Gøtzsche PC. Reporting on blinding in trial protocols and corresponding publications was often inadequate but rarely contradictory. J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Sep;62(9):967-73.
Hróbjartsson A, Forfang E, Haahr MT, Als-Nielsen B, Brorson S. Blinded trials taken to the test: an analysis of randomized clinical trials that report tests for the success of blinding. Int. J. Epidemiol., June 2007; 36: 654 - 663.
Gøtzsche PC, Hróbjartsson A, Johansen HK, Haahr MT, Altman DG, Chan A-W. Ghost Authorship in Industry-Initiated Randomised Trials. PLoS Med. 2007 Jan 16;4(1):e19
Haahr MT, Hrobjartsson A. Who is blinded in randomized clinical trials? A study of 200 trials and a survey of authors. Clin Trials. 2006;3(4):360-5.
Gøtzsche PC, Hróbjartsson A, Johansen HK, Haahr MT, Altman DG, Chan A-W. Constraints on publication rights in industry-initiated clinical trials (research letter). JAMA 2006;295:1645-6.
Chan A-W, Hróbjartsson A, Haahr MT, Gøtzsche PC, Altman DG. Empirical evidence for selective reporting of outcomes in randomized trials: comparison of protocols to published articles. JAMA 2004;291:2457-65.

Presentations, courses and grants

Personal

My main interest in the medical area is the brain; both seen from a biological and a philosophical point of view. I plan to become a Child Psychiatrist when I finish my PhD.

Address

Neurobiology Research Unit
Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Phone: +45 3545 6708
Fax: +45 3545 6713
E-mail: mette.haahr#nru.dk