Areas of responsibility
Associate professor, research and teaching, responsible for swimming, lifesaving and CPR. Head of the Exercise Oncology Group.
Research
Physical activity and physical fitness among children and adolescents, exercise oncology, childhood cancer survivors.
Teaching
Swimming, lifesaving and CPR.
Short biography
Professional background in physical activity and health and physical education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.
Master's degree (cand scient) in measuring physical activity among children and young people (2001), and a doctorate (PhD) in the prevention of obesity among children and adolescents. The doctoral thesis was a school-based intervention study (RCT) on the effect of increased physical activity and a healthy diet on weight development in children and adolescents in Norway (the HEIA study).
Previously worked as a school teacher, as a consultant in the Norwegian Directorate of Health and as an associate professor at Oslo MET.