Greenness, Air Pollution, and health (GAP)

The Greenness, Air Pollution and health (GAP) research group is part of a wide international research network. Our vision is to contribute to a more sustainable society through increased knowledge on how environmental exposures - both good and bad - affect health in different parts of the population.

Group picture of the members in the group, taken in Solstrand. — Photo: Solstrand

Affiliation

About the research group

The research group is part of the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Norway.

Our focus is currently on long-term effects of greenness and air pollution exposures, but in the future the work of this group will also encompass a more holistic approach assessing the impacts of a wide range of environmental exposures and lifestyle factors on public health. We aim for our knowledge to be implemented in guidelines and policymaking, with the overarching aim of improving public health within a sustainability framework.

Our focus is international, and our research partners come from all over Europe. The largest ongoing project at the moment is .

Collaborators

Collaborators in the RHINE study and the Life-GAP project: Christer Jansson and Andrei Malinovschi (Uppsala University), Vivi Schlünssen and Torben Sigsgaard (University of Aarhus) Lars Modig (University of Umeå), Mathias Holm (University of Gothenburg), Thorarinn Gislason and Bryndis Benediktsdottir (University of Reykjavik), Simone Accordini (University of Verona), Joachim Heinrich (Ludwig Maximillians University), Rain Jögi and Hans Orru (University of Tartu), Iana Markevych (Jagellonian University).

Featured

GAP researcher presented work at the Global Exposome Summit 2026

4 May 2026
Successful PhD defense in the GAP research group

23 April 2026
EXPLAIN-IT kicks off at ERS Congress 2025 with GAP involvement

13 October 2025
Leadership from GAP at ERS Congress 2025

13 October 2025

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Projects

Life-Gap Project

Publications

2026

Høj S, Xu S, Quintero Santofimio V, Adhikari TB, Voss S, Siyu Dai D, Ozden Sertçelik U, Josa Culleré A, Johannessen A, Meteran H. . ERJ Open Res. 2026;00024-2026. doi:10.1183/23120541.00024-2026

Xu S, Marcon A, Bertelsen RJ, Benediktsdottir B, Brandt J, Frohn LM, Geels C, Gislason T, Heinrich J, Holm M, Janson C, Malinovschi A, Markevych I, Modig L, Orru H, Veber T, Schlünssen V, Sigsgaard T, Johannessen A. . Environ Res. 2026 Mar 30;299:124386. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2026.124386.

Johannessen A, Thorsteinsson T, Geels C, Frohn LM, Clausen M, Brandt J, Forsberg B, Gislason T. . Environ Int. 2026 Mar;209:110170. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2026.110170.

2025

Sinsamala RM, Anguita-Ruiz A, Basagaña X, Foraster M, Gascon M, Llurba E, Luo C, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Persavento C, Rivas I, Zhao Y, Gómez-Roig MD, Sunyer J, Marcon A, Johannessen A, Dadvand P. . Environ Int. 2025 Nov;205:109900. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109900.

Sinsamala RM, Marcon A, Bertelsen RJ, Accordini S, Brandt J, Frohn LM, Geels C, Gislason T, Holm M, Janson C, Malinovschi A, Markevych I, Orru H, Oudin A, Real FG, Sigsgaard T, Skulstad SM, Svanes C, Johannessen A. . Environ Res. 2025 Jun 1;274:121328. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121328.

Xu S, Marcon A, Bertelsen RJ, Benediktsdottir B, Brandt J, Frohn LM, Geels C, Gislason T, Heinrich J, Holm M, Janson C, Markevych I, Modig L, Orru H, Schlünssen V, Sigsgaard T, Johannessen A. . Environ Res. 2025 Apr 1;270:120938. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.120938.

2024

Xu S, Marcon A, Bertelsen RJ, Benediktsdottir B, Brandt J, Frohn LM, Geels C, Gislason T, Heinrich J, Holm M, Janson C, Markevych I, Modig L, Orru H, Schlünssen V, Sigsgaard T, Johannessen A. . Environ Res. 2024 Sep 15;257:119240. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119240.

Sinsamala RM, Johannessen A, Bertelsen RJ, Accordini S, Brandt J, Frohn LM, Geels C, Gislason T, Holm M, Janson C, Markevych I, Orru H, Real FG, Sigsgaard T, Skulstad SM, Svanes C, Marcon A. . Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Jun 21;8(4):e318. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000318.

Abbah AP, Xu S, Johannessen A. . Front. Environ. Health, 2024 May 09; Volume 3. doi:10.3389/fenvh.2024.1352786

2023

Xu S, Marcon A, Bertelsen RJ, Benediktsdottir B, Brandt J, Engemann K, Frohn LM, Geels C, Gislason T, Heinrich J, Holm M, Janson C, Markevych I, Modig L, Orru H, Schlünssen V, Sigsgaard T, Johannessen A. . Environ Int. 2023 Nov;181:108257. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108257.

Abbah AP, Xu S, Johannessen A. . PLoS One. 2023 Jul 20;18(7):e0288667. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288667.

Johannessen A, Xu S, Abbah AP, Janson C. . Breathe (Sheff). 2023 Jun;19(2):220221. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0221-2022.

2021

Nordeide Kuiper I, Svanes C, Markevych I, Accordini S, Bertelsen RJ, Bråbäck L, Heile Christensen J, Forsberg B, Halvorsen T, Heinrich J, Hertel O, Hoek G, Holm M, de Hoogh K, Janson C, Malinovschi A, Marcon A, Miodini Nilsen R, Sigsgaard T, Johannessen A. . Environ Int. 2021 Jan;146:106219. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106219.

2020

Kuiper IN, Markevych I, Accordini S, Bertelsen RJ, Bråbäck L, Christensen JH, Forsberg B, Halvorsen T, Heinrich J, Hertel O, Hoek G, Holm M, de Hoogh K, Janson C, Malinovschi A, Marcon A, Sigsgaard T, Svanes C, Johannessen A. . Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Aug 12;17(16):5828. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165828.

2018

Kuiper IN, Svanes C, Benediktsdottir B, Bertelsen RJ, Bråbäck L, Dharmage SC, Holm M, Janson C, Jögi R, Malinovschi A, Matheson M, Moratalla JM, Real FG, Sánchez-Ramos JL, Schlünssen V, Timm S, Johannessen A. . BMC Pulm Med. 2018 Jul 27;18(1):122. doi: 10.1186/s12890-018-0687-4.