Job description

Hilde Espnes is a doctoral research fellow in epidemiology with the PhD project titled "Risk Factors, Quality of Life, and Prognostic Outcomes Associated with Specific Types of Atrial Fibrillation." The purpose of the project is to examine the relationship between various risk factors for subtypes of atrial fibrillation and how these different types impact the risk of heart failure, mortality, and patients' quality of life. To provide answers to these questions, data from the Tromsø Study is used in combination with data from the University Hospital of North Norway (Tromsø). She is part of the research group Epidemiology of chronic diseases.

Besides being a doctoral research fellow, Hilde, together with Rebecca Hetland, serves as the questionnaire editor for Tromsø8, scheduled to be conducted in 2025-2026.