Anna-Simone Josefine Frank
Position
Senior Engineer
Affiliation
Research groups
Work
I am a Senior Engineer for the core facility in Biostatistics and Data Analysis (BIOS), Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS). My expertise spans biostatistics, pharmacoepidemiology, causal inference, and advanced statistical modelling, with a strong foundation in applied mathematics, and dynamical systems.
Professional Experience:
Senior Engineer (2025– )
Biostatistics and Data Analysis, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Bergen, Norway
Senior Advisor (2024–2025 )
Statistics Section, Directorate of Fisheries, Bergen, Norway
Adviser / Administrative Coordinator (2024)
NORBIS – National Research School in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics and Systems Biology, University of Bergen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2019–2024)
Computational Biology Unit, Department of Informatics, University of Bergen
Fields: Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Systems Biology
Education:
PhD in Biostatistics and Pharmacoepidemiology (2016–2019)
PharmaSafe, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Norway
Thesis: Thyroid hormone replacement therapy during pregnancy – Quantifying medication patterns
and associated outcomes in the offspring
MSc in Mathematics in Bioscience (2016)
Technical University of Munich, Germany
BSc in Mathematics (2013)
Technical University of Munich, Germany
International Experience:
- Visiting Scientist, Cornell University, USA (2, months, 2019)
- Visiting Research Fellow, Cornell University, USA (6 months, 2018)
- Erasmus Scholar, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, France (6 months, 2014–2015)
Outreach
UiB-webpage: The pulse of marine food chain models
Interview (in Norwegian): Takker fastelavnsris for ny kunnskap om svangerskap og trygg medisinbruk
Teaching
Teaching Experience*
Discrete Structures (MNF130)
Main course instructor — Spring 2024
Approximately 300 students
Department of Informatics, University of Bergen
Computational Systems Biology (BINF305)
Main course instructor — Autumn 2021 and 2022
5–7 students
Department of Informatics, University of Bergen
Parameter Estimation in Systems Biology (NORBIS PhD Summer School)
Assisted lecture design and teaching — 2021
M.Sc. Theses, Department of Mathematical Sciences
External examiner
- University of Agder, Norway — Two theses, Summer 2022
Course Exams, Department of Mathematical Sciences
External examiner
- NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), 2023–2024
*In 2023, I completed the the University of Bergen's Program for University Pedagogy (UPED)
Projects
Ongoing projects:
Multiple States and Transition Paths in Marine Ecosystems (SQuaRE, American Institute of Mathematics (AIM), Caltech)
Role: PI
Past projects:
A mathematical model of macrophage differentiation in the tumor microenvironment (SQuaRE, American Institute of Mathematics (AIM), Caltech)
Role: Participant (PostDoc)
Svangerskapsutfall og nevroutvikling hos barn av mødre med hypotyrose i svangerskapet
Role: Participant (Ph.D. student)