Prof (MD, PhD) Olav Mella

Prof Olav Mella is a professor emeritus at the University of Bergen in Norway. He co-supervises the "ME/CFS research group" at the Department of Oncology and Medical Physics at Haukeland University Clinic. The research group consists of doctors and scientists, nurses, research technicians, molecular biologists and health and exercise therapists. The purpose of the research group is the investigation of possible medical treatments for ME/CFS and biological mechanisms involved in the disease. The group also conducts ongoing laboratory experiments based on a biobank containing blood samples and other biological materials donated by the participants enrolled in the clinical trials. The purpose of their experiments is to identify disease mechanisms and biomarkers for ME/CFS. Clinical studies into cell metabolism (at the University of Bergen) and immunology (at Oslo University Hospital) based on the biobank are conducted in collaboration with his research group at Haukeland.