About
Prof. Geir Selbæk is a leading researcher in aging and dementia at the Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Ageing and Health. His research focuses on understanding the relationship between lifestyle factors and dementia risk.
Research Interests
- Lifestyle interventions in dementia
- Risk factors for AD
- Prevention strategies
- Clinical epidemiology
Selected Publications
- Jansen, I.E., Savage, J.E., Watanabe, K., Bryois, J., Williams, D.M., Steinberg, S., Sealock, J., Karlsson, I.K., Hägg, S., Athanasiu, L., Voyle, N., Proitsi, P., Witoelar, A., Stringer, S., Aarsland, D., Almdahl, I.S., Andersen, F., Bergh, S., Bettella, F., Bjornsson, S., Brækhus, A., Bråthen, G., De Leeuw, C., Desikan, R.S., Djurovic, S., Dumitrescu, L., Fladby, T., Hohman, T.J., Jonsson, P.V., Kiddle, S.J., Rongve, A., Saltvedt, I., Sando, S.B., Selbæk, G., Shoai, M., Skene, N.G., Snaedal, J., Stordal, E., Ulstein, I.D., Wang, Y., White, L.R., Hardy, J., Hjerling-Leffler, J., Sullivan, P.F., Van Der Flier, W.M., Dobson, R., Davis, L.K., Stefansson, H., Stefansson, K., Pedersen, N.L., Ripke, S., Andreassen, O.A., Posthuma, D., 2019. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new loci and functional pathways influencing Alzheimer’s disease risk. Nat Genet 51, 404–413. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0311-9
- Kouhsar, M., Weymouth, L., Smith, A.R., Imm, J., Bredemeyer, C., Wedatilake, Y., Torkamani, A., Bergh, S., Selbæk, G., Mill, J., Ballard, C., Sweet, R.A., Kofler, J., Creese, B., Pishva, E., Lunnon, K., 2025. A brain DNA co‐methylation network analysis of psychosis in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s & Dementia 21, e14501. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.14501
- Wightman, D.P., Jansen, I.E., Savage, J.E., Shadrin, A.A., Bahrami, S., Holland, D., Rongve, A., Børte, S., Winsvold, B.S., Drange, O.K., Martinsen, A.E., Skogholt, A.H., Willer, C., Bråthen, G., Bosnes, I., Nielsen, J.B., Fritsche, L.G., Thomas, L.F., Pedersen, L.M., Gabrielsen, M.E., Johnsen, M.B., Meisingset, T.W., Zhou, W., Proitsi, P., Hodges, A., Dobson, R., Velayudhan, L., Heilbron, K., Auton, A., 23andMe Research Team, Agee, M., Aslibekyan, S., Babalola, E., Bell, R.K., Bielenberg, J., Bryc, K., Bullis, E., Cameron, B., Coker, D., Partida, G.C., Dhamija, D., Das, S., Elson, S.L., Filshtein, T., Fletez-Brant, K., Fontanillas, P., Freyman, W., Gandhi, P.M., Hicks, B., Hinds, D.A., Huber, K.E., Jewett, E.M., Jiang, Y., Kleinman, A., Kukar, K., Lane, V., Lin, K.-H., Lowe, M., Luff, M.K., McCreight, J.C., McIntyre, M.H., McManus, K.F., Micheletti, S.J., Moreno, M.E., Mountain, J.L., Mozaffari, S.V., Nandakumar, P., Noblin, E.S., O’Connell, J., Petrakovitz, A.A., Poznik, G.D., Schumacher, M., Shastri, A.J., Shelton, J.F., Shi, J., Shringarpure, S., Tian, C., Tran, V., Tung, J.Y., Wang, X., Wang, W., Weldon, C.H., Wilton, P., Sealock, J.M., Davis, L.K., Pedersen, N.L., Reynolds, C.A., Karlsson, I.K., Magnusson, S., Stefansson, H., Thordardottir, S., Jonsson, P.V., Snaedal, J., Zettergren, A., Skoog, I., Kern, S., Waern, M., Zetterberg, H., Blennow, K., Stordal, E., Hveem, K., Zwart, J.-A., Athanasiu, L., Selnes, P., Saltvedt, I., Sando, S.B., Ulstein, I., Djurovic, S., Fladby, T., Aarsland, D., Selbæk, G., Ripke, S., Stefansson, K., Andreassen, O.A., Posthuma, D., 2021. A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer’s disease. Nat Genet 53, 1276–1282. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00921-z