Simon Øverland
Stilling
Professor
Tilhørighet
- E-post
- simon.overland@uib.no
- Telefonnummer
- +4795236392
- +47 55586190
- Besøksadresse
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Alrek helseklynge Årstadveien 21
5009 Bergen - Postadresse
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Postboks 7804
5020 Bergen
Simon Øverland
Stilling
Professor
Tilhørighet
Kort info
Psychologist, public health expert and leader with wide experience from research and use of knowledge in policy and practice. Main interests in population health and global disease burden, mental health and social determinants of health as well as occupational and environmental health.
Publikasjoner
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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- Simon Nygaard Øverland (2026). The link between education and research is indispensable to Africa-Europe cooperation on health. (ekstern lenke)
2025
- Jan Oddvar Skisland; Ingrid Hjort; Simon Nygaard Øverland (2025). Slik kan vi bedre prioritere folkehelse. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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). (ekstern lenke)
2024
- Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy; Bente Elisabeth Moen; Simon Nygaard Øverland et al. (2024). Forskere føler seg lurt. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- Nicole G. Hammond; Børge Sivertsen; Jens Christoffer Skogen et al. (2022). The gendered relationship between illicit substance use and self-harm in university students. (ekstern lenke)
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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- Miriam Evensen; Søren Toksvig Klitkou; Mette Christophersen Tollånes et al. (2021). Parental income gradients in adult health: a national cohort study. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
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.