CIM includes 44 members, 10 external scientific board members, and approximately 130 external research collaborators involved in CIM projects

4 new PhD fellows have been included in CIM in 2025:

Madeleine J Simmon started January 2025 in the “PAINMENT: Adulthood health care use for coocurring pain and mental distress – the role of early life adversity and buffers” project. The project is led by KR Richardsen. BE Øiestad is co-supervisor.

Tina L Nilsgård started February 2025 in the “SVAI: Implementing a stratified vocational advice intervention in individuals at high risk of long-term sickness absence with musculoskeletal disorder” project. The project is led by BE Øiestad. T Rysstad and S Hicks are co-supervisors.

Marius Nøren started February 2025 in the “OA-AID: Task shift in knee OA” project. The project is led by AT Tveter.

Camilla Finckenhagen started January 2025 in the AID-Spine project “Towards personalised health care for lower spine disorders. A qualitative study of physiotherapy follow-up for patients not eligible for spine surgery”. The project is led by M Grotle and P Solvang.

Research visitors at CIM.

Raymond Ostelo, professor at Vrije University Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Daniel Feller, researcher at Erasmus MC, the Netherlands.

Harrison Hansford, PhD fellow at University of New South Wales, Australia

There are 22 ongoing research projects in CIM

144 publications in scientific journals within 24th of November ‘25

3 PhD dissertations and 1 PhD completions

5 new research projects have been initiated

The CIM has continued to grow in 2025. During 2025 we have initiated 5 new research projects with funding for new PhD and postdoc fellows. In CIM we have continued to build research network, in particular with international researchers, and to disseminate our knowledge through publications and participation in scientific conferences and other meetings. Through these activities we have continued ongoing and established new research collaborations and activities in line with the major objectives of CIM in the original proposal, namely, to build an infrastructure and expertise in applying AI-approaches in musculoskeletal research, obtaining funding and promoted career development for young researchers, organising national and international collaboration, and exploiting joint and synergetic efforts. In 2026 CIM will continue to share our results through peer-reviewed publications, national and international scientific conferences, and disseminate knowledge into the public sphere including policy, and societal impacts of creating such a CIM.