Cand.psychol (clinical psychologist), University of Bergen

Master of Public Health, University of Edinburgh

PhD in Mental Health Epidemiology, University of Bergen

• 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.