Camilla Stoltenberg
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| Born | 5 February 1958 Oslo, Norway |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo University of California, Berkeley |
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| Institutions | Norwegian Institute of Public Health |
Camilla Stoltenberg (born 5 February 1958) is a Norwegian physician and researcher. Since 13 August 2012, she has been Director-General of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. She is the sister of former Prime Minister of Norway and General Secretary of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg.
Early life and education
[edit]Stoltenberg attended Oslo Waldorf School and studied sociology and medicine at the University of Oslo, where she graduated with the cand.med. degree. She later obtained a research doctorate (dr.med.) at the same university. She has also studied medical anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.[1]
Career
[edit]Stoltenberg began her career with an internship in the Helgeland region before working as a registrar at Rikshospitalet University Hospital, and later in casualty departments in both Aurskog-Høland and Oslo.
She was affiliated to the FAFO study of living conditions in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem. Later, she took part in a mission for ECON concerning biotechnology at the turn of the millennium.
For her doctoral thesis, Stoltenberg studied infant death, social inequality and consanguineous marriage in immigrant groups.[2][3] She was a visiting scholar at Columbia University before being employed at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in 2001. Since 2002, Stoltenberg has held various posts at the institute; Director of the Epidemiology division, Assistant Director-General and now Director-General.
Stoltenberg has a crucial role in the National Health Registry Project.[4] The project aims to modernise the health registries in Norway. Stoltenberg was also the leader of the national FUGE platform, Biobanks for Health, and is now co-chair of Biobank Norway,[5] a national infrastructure for research biobanks. She has had core functions in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort (MoBa)[6] study since 2001, and is leading the Norwegian part of the Autism Birth Cohort study.[7] Her research focuses on causes and risk factors for autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
From 2020 to 2021, Stoltenberg – following an appointment by the World Health Organization's Regional Office for Europe – served on the scientific advisory board to the Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development, chaired by Mario Monti.[8] In the preparations for the Global Health Summit hosted by the European Commission and the G20 in May 2021, she was a member of the event's High Level Scientific Panel.[9]
In April 2023, it was announced that Stoltenberg would become the new director of the Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE) and would assume office on 1 October.[10]
Jon Sudbø case
[edit]Stoltenberg played an important role in uncovering that a medical article submitted by Jon Sudbø to the Lancet was an academic fraud.[1]
Other activities
[edit]- The Lancet Public Health, Member of the Editorial Advisory Board (since 2016)[11]
Personal life
[edit]Stoltenberg is the daughter of Thorvald and Karin Stoltenberg and the sister of Jens Stoltenberg and Nini Stoltenberg.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Helsesøsteren" (in Norwegian). Dagens Næringsliv. 26 December 2014.
- ^ Birth Defects and Parental Consanguinity in Norway
- ^ Influence of Consanguinity and Maternal Education on Risk of Stillbirth and Infant Death in Norway, 1967–1993 [1]
- ^ "National Health Registry Project". Archived from the original on 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- ^ From Biobanks for health to Biobank Norway
- ^ Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study Archived December 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Autism Birth Cohort Study". Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- ^ Members of the Scientific Advisory Board for Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development World Health Organization.
- ^ Global Health Summit: Panel of Scientific Experts European Commission.
- ^ "Camilla Stoltenberg forlater FHI – har fått ny jobb" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ Editorial Advisory Board The Lancet.
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