I have clinical background and education in both diagnostic and therapy radiography. Area of research is radiographers' role in radiology referral assessment and appropriate medical imaging
Responsibilities
- Research
- Supervision master student thesis
- Teaching and supervision of bachelor students final thesis
- Bachelor students introduction to radiation therapy, mammography, nuclear medicine
Competences
- Radiography
- Radiation therapy
- Radiation protection
- Appropriate medical imaging
CV
2023 to date: Associate professor (førsteamanuensis) University of South-eastern Norway (USN)
2023: Phd student person centred healthcare: University of South-eastern Norway (USN)
2018: Master of Science Degree Telemedicine and E Health: University of Tromsø (UIT)
2010: Master Technology Degree (Radiation Therapy) University of Johannesburg, South Africa
1998: Bachelor Technology Degree (Radiation Therapy) University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
1993: Degree Diagnostic Radiography. Evelyn Hone College, Lusaka, Zambia
Publications
- C.C. Chilanga, M.R.V. Pedersen, R. Higgins, Y. Larsson, E. Kjelle,
Assessing radiographers’ attitudes toward managing people living with dementia during imaging and radiotherapy: Challenges and adaptive measures,
Radiography, Volume 32, Issue 7, 2026, 103551, ISSN 1078-8174, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2026.103551. - Chilanga, C. C., Jahnen, A., & Hafskjold, L. (2025). Usability Evaluation of a Mixed Reality Platform in Pediatric Interventional Cardiology by Specialist Physicians: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR formative research, 9, e79278. https://doi.org/10.2196/79278
- Chilanga CC and Lysdahl KB. (2024). The radiographers' opinion on assessing radiological referrals. Radiography Vol. 30 Issue 2: 605-611 DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2024.01.016
- Chilanga, C.C., H.M. Olerud, and K.B. Lysdahl. (2022). The value of referral information and assessment - a cross sectional study of radiographers' perceptions. BMC Health Serv Res 22(1): p. 893. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08291-w
- Kjelle, E., Chilanga, C. (2022). The assessment of image quality and diagnostic value in X-ray images: a survey on radiographers’ reasons for rejecting images. Insights Imaging 13, 36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-022-01169-9
- Chilanga, Catherine; Olerud, Hilde Merete & Lysdahl, Kristin Bakke (2022). Radiographers’ actions and challenges when confronted with inappropriate radiology referrals. European Radiology. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-021-08470-z
- Chilanga, Catherine & Lysdahl, Kristin Bakke (2021). Ethical impact of suboptimal referrals on delivery of care in radiology department. Journal of Medical Ethics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107335
- Mork-Knudsen, Helene; Lysdahl, Kristin Bakke & Chilanga, Catherine (2021). Workplace factors facilitating the radiographers’ assessment of referrals for diagnostic imaging - A qualitative study. Radiography. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2021.07.013
- Chilanga, Catherine; Lysdahl, Kristin Bakke; Olerud, Hilde Merete; Toomey, Rachel; Cradock, Andrea & Rainford, Louise (2020). Radiographers' assessment of referrals for CT and MR imaging using a web-based data collection tool. Volume 26 (4) s. e277-e283. Radiography. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.04.001