Transcription of Curriculum vitae, Helle Margrete Meltzer
1 Curriculum vitae , Helle Margrete Meltzer Date of birth December 8th, 1951. Nationality Norwegian Address Fagerborggaten 25, NO 0360 Oslo, Norway e-mail : Current position Department director, Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Department of food safety and nutrition, Division of Environmental Medicine. Professor, University of Bergen, Norway Degrees 1995: Doctoral dissertation, PhD in nutrition, University of Oslo, Norway 1988: Master of Nutrition, University of Oslo, Norway Work experience 2008 present: Department director, NIPH. 1998 2008: Senior scientist, NIPH. 1995 1996: Guest scientist, University of California, Davis 1988 1995: PhD student, University of Oslo 1980 1988: Ran my own nutrition consultancy firm Teaching and Extensive teaching experience: University of Oslo (1988-2002), the Norwegian supervision University of Life Sciences (2004 2008) and University of Bergen (2008 present).
2 As invited lecturer, I give 8 12 talks pr year in a number of fields within nutrition. Supervisor of 15 past or present master degree students and 6 PhD students. Main research Dietary assessment and bioavailability of essential and toxic trace elements areas Validation of dietary assessment methods Biomarkers of dietary intake Impact of maternal diet on the health of mother and infant Interplay between nutrients and toxic compound through the diet Risk benefit analyses Scientific PhD dissertation 1995: Selenium bioavailability and interactions in humans . publications Since then, all together 83 publications, including articles in international and Nordic journals with peer review, book chapters and reports. o Member of the Nordic project group that developed new Nordic Nutrition Elected offices Recommendations, published in 2004. o Member of Nordic project group assigned to revise Nordic Nutrition Recommendations by 2012.
3 O 2004 onwards: Member of two panels in the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety. o Member of the Norwegian Nutrition Council. o Referee in a number of scientific journals.
