Suman Ranjitkar

Position

PhD candidate

Affiliation

Faculty of Psychology

Research groups

Short info

This PhD project is to explore the association between maternal Selenium concentration and child neurodevelopment through early childhood. The current project will be based on longitudinal data from a community-based study following mothers yearly from early pregnancy and their children up to 48 m.

Publications

Academic article

Ranjitkar, Suman; Kvestad, Ingrid; Chandyo, Ram Krishna et al. (2025). The Association between Prenatal Maternal Selenium Concentration and Neurodevelopment in Early Childhood, Results from a Mother–Child Cohort Study. (external link)
Shrestha, Merina; Kvestad, Ingrid; Hysing, Mari et al. (2024). The relationship between the ages and stages questionnaire, 3rd edition scores in early childhood and future cognitive abilities in young Nepalese children. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Ranjitkar, S., Hysing, M., Kvestad, I., Shrestha, M., Ulak, M., Shilpakar, J. S., ... & Strand, T. A. (2019). Determinants of cognitive development in the early life of children in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 497335.

Projects

https://www.uib.no/en/rg/pmh/163206/prenatal-maternal-selenium-and-neurodevelopment-early-childhood