Ole Frithjof Norheim
Position
Affiliated researcher, BCEPS
Affiliation
Research
Norheim is Director of Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (SFF).
Norheim’s wide-ranging research interests include theories of distributive justice, inequality in health, the global burden of disease, priority setting in health systems, and how to achieve Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goal for health.
For more, see BCEPS
Outreach
Interview in Nature blogs: How has COVID-19 pandemic impacted the Sustainable Development Goals? Part 1-3:
https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/the-source/blog/blogposts-life-in-research/impact-of-covid-19-on-sdgs-part-1/18695568
https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/the-source/blog/blogposts-life-in-research/impact-of-covid-19-on-sdgs-part-2/18695586
https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/the-source/blog/blogposts-life-in-research/impact-of-covid-19-on-sdgs-part-3/18767878
Op Eds (in Norwegian):
https://www.morgenbladet.no/author/ole-frithjof-norheim/
https://www.dagensmedisin.no/artikler/2020/12/03/bor-helsearbeidere-fa-covid-vaksinen-forst/
https://www.dagensmedisin.no/artikler/2020/09/25/rettferdig-fordeling-av-covid-vaksiner-mellom-land/
Global health (comments and editorials):
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0896-2
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-01204-6
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6509/1309
https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.m4853.abstract
https://www.uib.no/en/bceps/139801/zeit-online-interview-bceps-director-ole-frithjof-norheim
See also: https://www.uib.no/en/bceps/news-archive
Here are some links to my Covid-related work (in Norwegian):
FHI: https://www.fhi.no/publ/2020/rad-om-prioriterte-grupper-for-koronavaksinasjon-i-norge/
Publications
H-index: 53 Publons (Web of Science)
H-index: 58 (Scopus)
Books and reports (not listed in Pubmed).
Adler, Matthew D. & Norheim, Ole F. (eds.). Prioritarianism in Practice. Cambridge University Press; 2022.
Cookson, Richard; Griffin, Susan; Norheim, Ole F.; Culyer, Anthony (eds). Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis: quantifying health equity impacts and trade-offs. Oxford University Press; 2020.
Eyal N, Hurst S, Norheim OF, Wikler D, (eds). Inequalities in health: concepts, measures, and ethics. New York: Oxford University Press; 2013.
Norheim, Ole F.; Emanuel, Ezekiel J.; Millum, Joseph (eds). Global Health Priority-Setting: Beyond Cost-Effectiveness. Oxford University Press; 2020.
Norheim OF (Chair), Allgott B, Aschim B, Førde R, Gjul GK, Gundersen T, Kakad M, Kjellevold A, Kvinnsland S, Melberg HO, Moen A, Mæland Ø, Olsen JA, Sjøli S. Åpent og rettferdig - prioriteringer i helsetjenesten [Open and fair - priorities in the Norwegian healthcare services – in Norwegian]. Norges Offentlige Utredninger, NOU 14: 12.
Ottersen T, Norheim OF (Chair), Bona M Chitah BM, Cookson R, Daniels N, Defaye FB et al. Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Final report of the WHO Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage. Geneva: World Health Organization 2014.
Projects
See BCEPS
Kort biografi
Ole Frithjof Norheimer lege og professor i medisinsk etikk ved Institutt for global helse og samfunnsmedisin ved Universitetet i Bergen. Leder for Bergen Senter for etikk og prioritering (BCEPS), finansiert av UiB, Trond Mohn Stiftelse, Norad og NFR. Adjunct professor ved Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Medlem av Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi fra 2021.
Norheims forskningsinteresser er etikk og prioritering innen helse, nasjonalt og globalt. Han jobber både akademisk og praktisk med hvordan man kan utforme helsesystemer som gir effektiv og rettferdig ressursutnyttelse. Han har ledet det regjeringsoppnevnte utvalget for prioritering i helsetjenesten (Norheimutvalget) som la fram sin rapport Åpen og rettferdig – prioriteringer i helsetjenesten (NOU 2014: 12) og Verdens helseorganisasjons rådgivende gruppe for likhet og universelle helsetjenester som i 2014 la fram rapporten Making Fair Choices on the Path to Universal Health Coverage (WHO 2014). Tidligere leder av Bioteknologirådet (2019 – 2023).
Han har publisert mer enn 200 fagfellevurderte artikler i tidsskrift som Lancet, Science, BMJ, Bulletin of WHO, Health Policy and Planning, og Journal of Medical Ethics.