Ira Haraldsen

Ira Ronit Hebold Haraldsen, MD, PhD, specialist in Neurology and Psychiatry, is the PI and coordinator of AI-Mind (project No. 964220 2021-26), a 14 million Euro Research and Innovation Action (RIA) H2020-SC1-BHC-06-2020 project and Working Package leader in the eBRAINS Health project (2022-2026) as part of the new European Infrastructure strategy of the ESFRI program EBRAINS for the secure research storage of highly sensitive prospective health data in the European Union.

Her career spans from senior consultancy clinical work to clinical department and research group leadership during the last years. Starting her career at the Max Planck Institute in Cologne, Germany, she has almost focused her activities on high-risk innovational developments reaching from positron emission tomography tracers to neuronal pruning phenomenon during endocrinological changes. Her research interest is in neuroendocrinology, neurobiology of ageing, and translational innovation project management. She has a proven track record in political lobbying, heading, participating and stimulating several national, EU and transatlantic project activities (ENIGI 2007-2017) Glasgow-Oslo Sheep Study, Cost actions BM1105. and BM1303.

In her positions she has been responsible for innovative planning, developing and administering major national BioTech projects of research on brain aging e.g. today, modernizing memory clinic programs, and testing cutting edge hypotheses in the real world. Most recently she is preparing with the EU flagship project AI-Mind to prepare the next medical care revolution by accelerating neede digitalization and introducing artificial intelligence algorithms technologies in the prediction and monitoring of dementia diseases.mHer experience is critical clinical data curation for AI strategic needs.

Her academic training includes: MD Bonn1984 / Dr. med 1990 Bonn, PhD 2007 University of Oslo, Norway. Specialist in Neurology 1987-1992. Specialist in Psychiatry 1993-1996. Stanford University 1997 – 2000. Senior Consultant, Head of Section and Head of Department positions between 1999-2016. She is now heading the innovative Cognitive Health Research Group (CoHR) at Oslo University Hospital, Norway with emphasis on clinical translational neurobiology of aging & dementia / public policy / politics of sciences / strategic planning / research funding.