Simon Øverland
Position
Professor, Director at Centre for International Health
Affiliation
- simon.overland@uib.no
- Phone number
- +4795236392
- +47 55586190
- Visitor address
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Alrek helseklynge
5009 Bergen - Postal address
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P.O. Box 7804NO-5020 BergenNorway
Simon Øverland
Position
Professor, Director at Centre for International Health
Affiliation
Short info
Clinical psychologist, public health expert and leader with wide experience from research and use of knowledge in policy and practice. Research: Epidemiology and general population health, global disease burden and mental health - extended to health systems and services design.
Publications
2026
- Megan Knight; Kelly Bienhoff; Bhoomadevi A et al. (2026). Measuring the composition and availability of human resources for health by sex in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023, and workforce gaps for universal health coverage: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. (external link)
- Damian F. Santomauro; Paul Anthony Miller; Jamileh Shadid et al. (2026). Updated trends in the global prevalence and burden of mental disorders, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. (external link)
- Simon Nygaard Øverland (2026). The link between education and research is indispensable to Africa-Europe cooperation on health. (external link)
2025
- Jan Oddvar Skisland; Ingrid Hjort; Simon Nygaard Øverland (2025). Slik kan vi bedre prioritere folkehelse. (external link)
- Yves Miel H. Zuniga; Alimuddin Zumla; Liesl J. Zuhlke et al. (2025). Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
- Nicole G. Hammond; Børge Sivertsen; Jens Christoffer Skogen et al. (2025). Correction to: The gendered relationship between illicit substance use and self-harm in university students (Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, (2022), 57, 4, (709-720), 10.1007/s00127-021-02209-3). (external link)
2024
- Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy; Bente Elisabeth Moen; Simon Nygaard Øverland et al. (2024). Forskere føler seg lurt. (external link)
- Melissa Rajini Balthasar; Mathieu Roelants; Bente Brannsether-Ellingsen et al. (2024). Evaluating national guidelines for monitoring early growth using routinely collected data in Bergen, Norway. (external link)
2022
- Dietrich Plass; Henk Hilderink; Heli Lehtomäki et al. (2022). Estimating risk factor attributable burden – challenges and potential solutions when using the comparative risk assessment methodology. (external link)
- Oleguer Plana-Ripoll; Nanna Weye; Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen et al. (2022). The association between mental disorders and subsequent years of working life: a Danish population-based cohort study. (external link)
- Ingrid Revheim; Melissa Rajini Balthasar; Rupali Rajendra Akerkar et al. (2022). Trends in the prevalence of breastfeeding up to 6 months of age using structured data from routine child healthcare visits. (external link)
- Nicole G. Hammond; Børge Sivertsen; Jens Christoffer Skogen et al. (2022). The gendered relationship between illicit substance use and self-harm in university students. (external link)
2021
- Jonas Minet Kinge; Simon Nygaard Øverland; Martin Flatø et al. (2021). Parental income and mental disorders in children and adolescents: prospective register-based study. (external link)
- Guttorm Raknes; Marianne Sørlie Strøm; Gerhard Sulo et al. (2021). Lockdown and non-COVID-19 deaths: Cause-specific mortality during the first wave of the 2020 pandemic in Norway: A population-based register study. (external link)
- Miriam Evensen; Søren Toksvig Klitkou; Mette Christophersen Tollånes et al. (2021). Parental income gradients in adult health: a national cohort study. (external link)
- Siri Høivik Storeng; Simon Nygaard Øverland; Vegard Skirbekk et al. (2021). Trends in Disability-Free Life Expectancy (DFLE) from 1995 to 2017 in the older Norwegian population by sex and education: The HUNT Study. (external link)
- Camilla Margrethe Sigvaldsen Løvvik; Simon Nygaard Øverland; Morten Birkeland Nielsen et al. (2021). Associations between workplace bullying and later benefit recipiency among workers with common mental disorders. (external link)
- Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen; Kim Stene-Larsen; Kristin Gustavson et al. (2021). Prevalence of mental disorders, suicidal ideation and suicides in the general population before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: A population-based repeated cross-sectional analysis. (external link)
- Einar Rørstad Bredeli; Cecilie Lund Vestergaard; Børge Sivertsen et al. (2021). Intraindividual variability in sleep among people with insomnia and its relationship with sleep, health and lifestyle factors: an exploratory study. (external link)
- Aapo Hiilamo; Anna Huttu; Simon Nygaard Øverland et al. (2021). Pain in Multiple Sites and Clusters of Cause-Specific Work Disability Development among Midlife Municipal Employees. (external link)
Education and degrees
Cand.psychol (clinical psychologist), University of Bergen
Master of Public Health, University of Edinburgh
PhD in Mental Health Epidemiology, University of Bergen
Previous work experience
- Professor at Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen.
- Nearly ten years of experience from various leadership roles at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, including head of the Centre for Disease Burden and Specialist Director for Mental Health and Addicitons.
- Project manager at Haukeland University Hospital including field placement at Kidongo Chekundu Hospital in Zanzibar.