Liv Grimstvedt Kvalvik
Position
Professor, Medical doctor visiting scholar at university of north carolina, department of epidemiology during spring 2026
Affiliation
Research groups
Outreach
- Bergens Tidende:https://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/i/AdwkMn/Ny-UiB-forsking-Difor-er-nokre...
- UiB: https://www.uib.no/med/135575/komplikasjoner-i-f%C3%B8rste-svangerskap-gir-st%C3%B8rre-risiko-%C3%A5-f%C3%B8de-tidlig-neste-gang
- Fødselsnytt: https://www.fhi.no/contentassets/e69e482cda8045709e306af10854366d/fodsel...
- Kronikk BT: https://www.bt.no/btmeninger/debatt/i/Bywm7/skal-vi-la-tobakksindustrien...
- På Høyden: https://pahoyden.khrono.no/doktoravhandling-mor-og-barn-undersokelsen-ro...
- Forskning.no: https://forskning.no/universitetet-i-bergen-forebyggende-helse-royking/s...
- Lommelegen: https://www.lommelegen.no/graviditet-og-f%C3%B8dsel/graviditet/artikkel/...
Teaching
I teach medical students in topics suchs as social inequalties in health and social insurance medicine.
Publications
Liv G Kvalvik, Allen J Wilcox, Rolv Skjærven, Truls Østbye, professor, Quaker E Harmon. Term complications and subsequent risk of preterm birth: registry based study. BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1007 (Published 29 April 2020). Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m1007
Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt. Smoking among pregnant women in Norway. Prevalence, self-report validity, and associations to SGA and “early programming” using family and sibling design. : Universitetet i Bergen 2018 (ISBN 978-82-308-3794-8) PhD dissertation UiB
Grøtvedt, Liv; Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Grøholt, Else-Karin; Akerkar, Rupali; Egeland, Grace M. Development of social and demographic differences in maternal smoking between 1999 and 2014 in Norway. Nicotine & tobacco research 2017 ;Volum 19.(5) s. 539-546.
Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Haug, Kjell; Klungsøyr, Kari; Morken, Nils-Halvdan; deRoo, Lisa; Skjaerven, Rolv. Maternal smoking status in successive pregnancies and risk of having a small for gestational age infant. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2016 ;Volum 31.(1) s. 21-28.
Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Skjaerven, Rolv; Klungsøyr, Kari; Vollset, Stein Emil; Haug, Kjell. Can 'early programming' be partly explained by smoking? Results from a prospective, population-based cohort study. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2015 ;Volum 29.(1).
Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Skjaerven, Rolv; Vollset, Stein Emil; Midttun, Øivind; Ueland, Per Magne; Haug, Kjell. Self-reported smoking status and plasma cotinine concentrations among pregnant women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. Pediatric Research 2012 ;Volum 72.(1) s. 101-107.
Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Skjaerven, Rolv; Haug, Kjell. Smoking during pregnancy from 1999 to 2004: a study from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 2008 ;Volum 87.(3) s. 280-285.
Projects
HealthierWomen: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/833076/reporting
Eat2beNICE : Effects of Nutrition and Lifestyle on Impulsive, Compulsive, and Externalizing behaviours http://eat2benice.eu/ Blog: https://newbrainnutrition.com/