Marianne Erichsen


Job description

Clinical dietitian and PhD student in the research group for Clinical Nutrition under the Department of Clinical Medicine.

The title of my project is "Medical nutrition therapy and energy metabolism in patients with cancer cachexia". The main purpose of the project is to study different aspects of disease-related malnutrition in cancer patients. The project is a collaboration between UiT, NTNU and St. Olavs Hospital.

The position applies for a period of four years, of which 25% per year is dedicated to teaching and other tasks.


  • Trude Rakel Balstad, Marianne Bråtveit, Tora S Solheim, Lisa Heide Koteng, Asta Bye, Rasmus Dahl Jakobsen et al.:
    Validity of dietary intake methods in cancer cachexia
    Current opinion in supportive and palliative care 2024 DOI

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    Research interests

    • Disease-related malnutrition
    • Cancer cachexia 
    • Energy requirement and nutritional treatment of cancer

    Member of research group