Bilde av Erichsen, Marianne
Bilde av Erichsen, Marianne
PhD student Klinisk ernæring marianne.erichsen@uit.no Tromsø You can find me here

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 ARKIV / DOI
  • Marianne Erichsen :
    Parenteral nutrition therapy in patients with incurable cancer
    2025
  • Marianne Erichsen :
    Ernæring i palliasjon
    2025
  • 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
    2024 FULLTEKST
  • Marianne Erichsen, Trude Rakel Balstad, Ingvild Paur, Patrik Hansson, Ørnulf Paulsen, Erik Torbjørn Løhre et al.:
    Parenteral Nutrition in Advanced Cancer: Exploring the clinical landscape
    2024
  • Marianne Erichsen :
    IV ernæring til palliative pasienter
    2024

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    Research interests

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

    Member of research group