Marit Næss
Chief engineer and PhD-candidate Department of Public Health and Nursing The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesBackground and activities
Employed as Laboratory manager at HUNT biobank, HUNT Research Centre, but in connection with the completion of my PhD study I am partly on leave until July, 2018.
Currently I am a PhD-candidate in 60% of my position, and my main focus is related to environment and genetic aspects of overweight and obesity in families participated in the HUNT study.
Pt. I have a 40% position as chief-engineer at HUNT Research Centre, mainly working as manager for the HUNT biobank and part of the management in HUNT4 organization
Background - education and resume
Leadership Developement for Administrative Leaders - 2012 (NTNU)
Master of Public Health (MPH) - 2011 (University of Tromsø)
Health management - 2005 (BI)
Veiledningspedagogikk (Educational guidance) - 2000 (HiNT)
Bachelor of Biomedical laboratory scientist - 1986 (HiST)
Acting Manager HUNT biobank - 1.July-2013 - 1.July 2014
Deputy Leader, HUNT research center, started 1.July 2012
Laboratory Leader, HUNT biobank, started August 2006
Head of Section, 2005-06, St Olavs Hospital HF, Division of Service and Operations
Bioengineer 1, Medical biochemistry (adminiatration) 2001 - 05, St Olavs Hospital HF
Part-time teacher at Three year undergraduate programme in medical laboratory technology, HiST (2003-05)
Biomedical laboratory scientist, medical biochemistry (laboratory) 1987-2001, St Olavs Hospital HF
Scientific, academic and artistic work
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Journal publications
- (2016) Intergenerational transmission of overweight and obesity from parents to their adolescent offspring - The HUNT study. PLoS ONE. vol. 11 (11).
- (2015) Intergenerational transmission of overweight and obesity from parents to their adolescent offspring - a HUNT Study. Norsk Epidemiologi, Supplement. vol. 25.
- (2015) Ovulation prevalence in women with spontaneous normal-length menstrual cycles - A population-based cohort from HUNT3, Norway. PLoS ONE. vol. 10 (8).
Report/dissertation
- (2012) Ovulation frequency in women of childbearing age attending a population based health survey : the relationship between self-reported cycles and measured serum progesterone levels in The North-Trøndelag health study, The HUNT3-Survey 2006-2008. 2012.
Others
- (2010) HUNT biobank: Norges biologiske forskningsgull. Bioingeniøren -Tidsskrift fro NITO Bioingeniørfaglig Inst. [Avis]. 2010-06-11.