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Inger Torhild Gram

Professor - research, teaching and dissemination

Job description

Professor, Preventive Medicine, Department of Community Medicine (ISM), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø (UIT), The Arctic University of Norway.

Professor, Norwegian Centre for E-healthresearch, University Hospital of  North Norway (UNN), WHO Collaborating Centre for Telemedicine

  • Clara García-Vicente, David Chushig-Muzo, Inmaculada Mora-Jiménez, Himar Fabelo, Inger Torhild Gram, Maja-Lisa Løchen et al.:
    Evaluation of Synthetic Categorical Data Generation Techniques for Predicting Cardiovascular Diseases and Post-Hoc Interpretability of the Risk Factors
    Applied Sciences 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Joanna L. Clasen, Rita Mabunda, Alicia K. Heath, Rudolf Kaaks, Verena Katzke, Matthias B. Schulze et al.:
    Reproductive and hormonal factors and risk of renal cell carcinoma among women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
    Cancer Medicine 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ziling Mao, Jacqueline Roshelli Baker, Masayoshi Takeuchi, Hideyuki Hyogo, Anne Tjønneland, Anne Kirstine Eriksen et al.:
    Prediagnostic serum glyceraldehyde-derived advanced glycation end products and mortality among colorectal cancer patients
    International Journal of Cancer 2023 DOI
  • Anna Morra, Nasim Mavaddat, Taru A. Muranen, Thomas U. Ahearn, Jamie Allen, Irene L. Andrulis et al.:
    The impact of coding germline variants on contralateral breast cancer risk and survival
    American Journal of Human Genetics 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Joe Dennis, Jonathan P. Tyrer, Logan C. Walker, Kyriaki Michailidou, Leila Dorling, Vessela N. Kristensen et al.:
    Rare germline copy number variants (CNVs) and breast cancer risk
    Communications Biology 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Reynalda Córdova, Ana-Lucia Mayén, Viktoria Knaze, Elom Kouassivi Aglago, Casper Schalkwijk, Karl-Heinz Wagner et al.:
    Dietary intake of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) and cancer risk across more than 20 anatomical sites: A multinational cohort study
    Cancer Communications 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Inger Torhild Gram, Song-Yi Park, Lynne R. Wilkens, Loïc Le Marchand, Veronica Wendy Setiawan :
    Smoking and pancreatic cancer: a sex-specific analysis in the Multiethnic Cohort study
    Cancer Causes and Control 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Niki Dimou, Wemimo Omiyale, Carine Biessy, Vivian Viallon, Rudolf Kaaks, Tracy A. O'Mara et al.:
    Cigarette Smoking and Endometrial Cancer Risk: Observational and Mendelian Randomization Analyses
    Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Karl Smith-Byrne, Agustin Cerani, Florence Guida, Sirui Zhou, Antonio Agudo, Krasimira Aleksandrova et al.:
    Circulating Isovalerylcarnitine and Lung Cancer Risk: Evidence from Mendelian Randomization and Prediagnostic Blood Measurements
    Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Inger Torhild Gram, Konstantinos Antypas, Silje C Wangberg, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Dillys Larbi :
    Factors associated with predictors of smoking cessation from a Norwegian internet-based smoking cessation intervention study
    Tobacco Prevention & Cessation 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ana-Lucia Mayén, Vivian Viallon, Edoardo Botteri, Cecile Proust-Lima, Vincenzo Bagnardi, Veronica Batista et al.:
    A longitudinal evaluation of alcohol intake throughout adulthood and colorectal cancer risk
    European Journal of Epidemiology (EJE) 2022 DOI
  • Leila Dorling, Sara Carvalho, Jamie Allen, Michael T. Parsons, Cristina Fortuno, Vessela N. Kristensen et al.:
    Breast cancer risks associated with missense variants in breast cancer susceptibility genes
    Genome Medicine 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Inger Torhild Gram, Guri Skeie, Sunday Oluwafemi Oyeyemi, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Maja-Lisa Løchen :
    A Smartphone-Based Information Communication Technology Solution for Primary Modifiable Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases: Pilot and Feasibility Study in Norway
    JMIR Formative Research 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Manon Cairat, Sabina Rinaldi, Anne-Sophie Navionis, Isabelle Romieu, Carine Biessy, Vivian Viallon et al.:
    Circulating inflammatory biomarkers, adipokines and breast cancer risk—a case-control study nested within the EPIC cohort
    BMC Medicine 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Trasias Mukama, Renée Turzanski Fortner, Verena Katzke, Lucas Cory Hynes, Agnese Petrera, Stefanie M. Hauck et al.:
    Prospective evaluation of 92 serum protein biomarkers for early detection of ovarian cancer
    British Journal of Cancer 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Nagisa Mori, Pekka Keski-Rahkonen, Audrey Gicquiau, Sabina Rinaldi, Niki Dimou, Sophia Harlid et al.:
    Endogenous Circulating Sex Hormone Concentrations and Colon Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women: A Prospective Study and Meta-Analysis
    JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Elom Kouassivi Aglago, Neil Murphy, Inge Huybrechts, Geneviève Nicolas, Corinne Casagrande, Veronika Fedirko et al.:
    Dietary intake and plasma phospholipid concentrations of saturated, monounsaturated and trans fatty acids and colorectal cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort
    International Journal of Cancer 2021 DOI
  • Michèle Matta, Inge Huybrechts, Carine Biessy, Corinne Casagrande, Sahar Yammine, Agnès Fournier et al.:
    Dietary intake of trans fatty acids and breast cancer risk in 9 European countries
    BMC Medicine 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Julia Butt, Mazda Jenab, Jill Werner, Veronika Fedirko, Elisabete Weiderpass, Christina C. Dahm et al.:
    Association of Pre-diagnostic Antibody Responses to Escherichia coli and Bacteroides fragilis Toxin Proteins with Colorectal Cancer in a European Cohort
    Gut microbes 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jacqueline Roshelli Baker, Sushma Umesh, Mazda Jenab, Lutz Schomburg, Anne Tjønneland, Anja Olsen et al.:
    Prediagnostic Blood Selenium Status and Mortality among Patients with Colorectal Cancer in Western European Populations
    Biomedicines 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ziling Mao, Elom K. Aglago, Zhiwei Zhao, Casper C Schalkwijk, Li Jiao, Heinz Freisling et al.:
    Dietary Intake of Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) and Mortality among Individuals with Colorectal Cancer
    Nutrients 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Carlota Castro-Espin, Antonio Agudo, Catalina Bonet, Verena Katzke, Renée Turzanski-Fortner, Aleksandrova Krasimira et al.:
    Inflammatory potential of the diet and risk of breast cancer in the European Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study
    European Journal of Epidemiology (EJE) 2021 DOI
  • Inger Torhild Gram, Arne Bastian Wiik, Eiliv Lund, Idlir Licaj, Tonje Bjørndal Braaten :
    Never-smokers and the fraction of breast cancer attributable to second-hand smoke from parents during childhood: the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study 1991–2018
    International Journal of Epidemiology 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Niki Dimou, James Yarmolinsky, Emmanouil Bouras, Konstantinos K Tsilidis, Richard M Martin, Sarah J. Lewis et al.:
    Causal Effects of Lifetime Smoking on Breast and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Mendelian Randomization Study.
    Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2021 DOI
  • Rosie K. Singleton, Alicia K. Heath, Joanna L. Clasen, Ghislaine Scelo, Mattias Johansson, Florence Le Calvez-Kelm et al.:
    Risk prediction for renal cell Carcinoma: Results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition (EPIC) prospective cohort study
    Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2021 DOI
  • Merete Ellingjord-Dale, Sofia Christakoudi, Elisabete Weiderpass, Salvatore Panico, Laure Dossus, Anja Olsen et al.:
    Long-term weight change and risk of breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study
    International Journal of Epidemiology 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Elom K. Aglago, Casper G. Schalkwijk, Heinz Freisling, Veronika Fedirko, David J. Hughes, Li Jiao et al.:
    Plasma concentrations of advanced glycation end-products and colorectal cancer risk in the EPIC study
    Carcinogenesis 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jakob Linseisen, Nina Grundmann, Dorothee Zoller, Tilman Kühn, Eugéne H.J.M. Jansen, Veronique Chajes et al.:
    Red blood cell fatty acids and risk of colorectal cancer in the European Prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC)
    Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2021 DOI
  • Catalina Londono, Valerie Cayssials, Izar de Villasante, Marta Crous-Bou, Augustin Scalbert, Elisabete Weiderpass et al.:
    Polyphenol Intake and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Study
    Antioxidants 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Laure Dossus, Eirini Kouloura, Carine Biessy, Vivian Viallon, Alexandros P. Siskos, Niki Dimou et al.:
    Prospective analysis of circulating metabolites and endometrial cancer risk
    Gynecologic Oncology 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Elom K. Aglago, Ana-Lucia Mayén, Viktoria Knaze, Heinz Freisling, Veronika Fedirko, David J. Hughes et al.:
    Dietary advanced glycation end-products and colorectal cancer risk in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC) study
    Nutrients 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Merethe Selnes Hansen, Idlir Licaj, Tonje Braaten, Eiliv Lund, Inger Torhild Gram :
    The fraction of lung cancer attributable to smoking in the Norwegian Women and Cancer (NOWAC) Study
    British Journal of Cancer 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Inger Torhild Gram, Song-Yi Park, Lynne R Wilkens, Christopher A. Haiman, Loïc Le Marchand :
    Smoking-Related Risks of Colorectal Cancer by Anatomical Subsite and Sex
    American Journal of Epidemiology 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Annika Idahl, Charlotte Le Cornet, Sandra González Maldonado, Tim Waterboer, Noemi Bender, Anne Tjønneland et al.:
    Serologic markers of Chlamydia trachomatis and other sexually transmitted infections and subsequent ovarian cancer risk: Results from the EPIC cohort
    International Journal of Cancer 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Minouk J. Schoemaker, Hazel B. Nichols, Lauren B. Wright, Mark N. Brook, Michael E. Jones, Katie M. O'Brien et al.:
    Adult weight change and premenopausal breast cancer risk: A prospective pooled analysis of data from 628,463 women
    International Journal of Cancer 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Inger Torhild Gram, Randi Laukli :
    Snuser du? Da er sjansen stor for å mislykkes med å stumpe røyken for godt
    01. January 2023 FULLTEKST
  • Kristine Thrane, Inger Torhild Gram :
    Ekspertene krangler om snus gjør det lettere å stumpe røyken
    04. January 2023 FULLTEKST
  • Inger Torhild Gram, Sondre Opedal :
    Metoden som hjelper deg å kutte røyken
    08. February 2023
  • Inger Torhild Gram :
    Snus og røykeslutt
    2023
  • Inger Torhild Gram :
    Rökare bör varnas för snus som rökavvänjning
    2023 DATA
  • Inger Torhild Gram, Song-Yi Park, Lynne R Wilkens, Loïc Le Marchand, Veronica W. Setiawan :
    Smoking and Pancreatic Cancer in the Multiethnic Cohort study
    Norsk Epidemiologi, Supplement 26. October 2022
  • Clara García-Vicente, David Chushig-Muzo, Mora-Jiménez Inmaculada, Inger Torhild Gram, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Himar Fabelo et al.:
    Clinical synthetic data generation to predict and identify risk factors for cardiovascular diseases
    2022
  • Inger Torhild Gram :
    Hazards of smoking and benefits of smoking cessation by sex and pancreatic cancer; the Multiethnic Cohort
    2022
  • Inger Torhild Gram :
    Smoking and Pancreatic Cancer in the Multiethnic Cohort study
    2022
  • Inger Torhild Gram, Maja-Lisa Løchen :
    Smarttelefoner kan enkelt bidra til å redusere dødeligheten blant voksne i Norge og de fleste andre land.
    UiT Forskerhjørnet 20. April 2022 DATA
  • Inger Torhild Gram, Anne Lise Stranden :
    Jenter som utsettes for passiv røyking, har økt risiko for brystkreft som voksen
    25. September 2021
  • Ida Rønning, Inger Torhild Gram :
    Ny forskningsrapport slår kreftalarm etter alkoholfunn.
    15. July 2021 DATA
  • Inger Torhild Gram, Eiliv Lund, Tonje Bjørndal Braaten :
    Burden of mortality attributable to exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) among never smokers The Norwegian Women and Cancer study 1991-2018.
    2021
  • Inger Torhild Gram, Arne Bastian Wiik, Eiliv Lund, Idlir Licaj, Tonje Bjørndal Braaten :
    Never smokers and exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) from parents during childhood and risk of Breast Cancer. The Norwegian Women and Cancer study 1991-2018
    2021
  • Ida Rønning, Inger Torhild Gram :
    Slår kreftalarm etter alkoholfunn
    15. July 2021

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    Research interests

    • Epidemiology and prevention of cancer. Specifically: Smoking related cancers as breast- and colorectal cancer. Possible sex differences in smoking related cancer risk.  
    • Tobacco control. 
    • Quit smoking programs

    • Use of eHealth, spesifically Smartphones,  as a measure in Preventive Medicine and in Public Health

    •  Reduce premature mortality from Non Communicable Diseases

    Projects 

    Principal Investigator 

    Investigator
    Researcher profile in Cristin
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0031-4152

    Member of research group

    Systemepidemiologi   Norsk innhold Systems Epidemiology   English content

    CV

     SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE 

    Name: Inger Torhild Gram, M.D. Ph.D.

    Position titles:  Professor, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    Professor, University Hospital of North Norway

    Degrees:  University of Tromsø, Norway, M.D. 1982,

                     University of Tromsø, Norway, Ph.D., 1992, Epidemiology

    Dissertation title: “Aspects of breast and cervical cancer screening.” 1992.

     CURRENT POSITIONS

    1999:          Professor, Preventive Medicine, Department of Community Medicine (ISM), Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.

    2016:          Professor, University Hospital of North Norway (UNN), National Centre for E-Health Research, Tromsø, Norway

     UNIVERSITY POSITIONS HELD

    1984-1989   Research Fellow, Department of Social Medicine, ISM, UiT, Norway

    1989-1991   Visiting Scholar, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at    

                         Birmingham, School of Public Health; Birmingham, AL, USA (2,5 years)

    1991-1992   Adjunct Scientist, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham, AL, USA

    1992-1999   Associate Professor, Dep of Preventive Medicine/Epidemiology, ISM, UiT, Tromsø, Norway

    1997-1998   Visiting Scholar, Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine,

                         University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    2003-2004   Visiting Scholar, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, Hormone

                       and Cancer Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France (6 months)/

    2004           Visiting Scholar, University of Hawaii, Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA (6 months).

    2007    2008 Visiting Scholar, University of Hawaii, Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA (12 months).

    2012    2013 Visiting Scholar, University of Hawaii, Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA (12 months).

    2017    2018 Visiting Scholar, University of Hawaii, Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA (12 months).

    2021    2022 Visiting Scholar, University of Hawaii, Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA (6 months).

     RESEARCH INTERESTS

    Epidemiology and prevention of cancer. Specifically: Smoking related cancers, sex differences. Alcohol consumption, physical activity, dietary factors, and cancers. Tobacco control, quit smoking programs, use of eHealth, especially Smartphones, as measures in Preventive Medicine and in Public Health. Mammographic density as surrogate measure for breast cancer. Reduce premature mortality from Non-Communicable Diseases.

     Principal Investigator and founder   

    ·         The Tromsø Mammography and Breast Cancer study.

    ·         Smoking and Cancer Cohort study. Smoking and socio-economy explaining inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality in Norway 

    ·         Text Messaging as support to an internet based smoking cessation intervention Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT011030427

    ·         Developing an Information and Communications Technology solution to obtain annual, national, representative health indicator. 269882/H10

    Co- Investigator

    ●    The Norwegian Women and Cancer Study

    ○    Lead researcher for studies on smoking.

    ●    The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) http://epic.iarc.fr

    ○    Member lung-, breast, colorectal, endometrial- and ovarian cancer working groups.

    Collaborator/member

    ●    The Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) Study.  

    ●    Collaborative Group on Epidemiological Studies of Ovarian Cancer

    ●    The International Collaboration of Epidemiological Studies of Cervical Cancer.

    ●    Richard Doll Epidemiological Studies Consortium.

    ●    Premenopausal Breast Cancer Collaborative Group

    ●    Horizon 2020. EU collaboration. “Watching the risk factors: Artificial intelligence and the personalized prevention and management of chronic conditions”.

    SELECTED HONOURS/AWARDS

    1991    Nominee, Outstanding Visiting Scholar, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA

    2003    Recipient, Sasakawa Foundation Scandinavian Scholarship Award, Stockholm, Sweden. 

    2006    Nominee, Research Dissemination Prize, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

    2006    Recipient, International Research Promotion Council; World Scientists Forum International

    Awards in Cancer Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Eminent Scientist of the year 2006, Scandinavia, University of Tromsø, Norway.

    2016    Recipient, Visiting Scientist Award Grant, the University of Tromsø, Norway

     2023 Recipient, Visiting Scientist Award Grant, the University of Tromsø, Norway

    SELECTED PAST MEMBERSHIPS/ ADVISORY COMMITTEES

    1985-1987       1993-1997, 1999-2002, Member, Board, Institute of Community Medicine, UiT. 

    1994-1998   Treasurer. Board. The Norwegian Epidemiological Association.

    1994-2005 Scientific collaborator. The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association

    1994-1996 Member. Scientific Committee. NOU 1997: 20. Care and knowledge! The Norwegian cancer plan

    1997-2003, 2015-2017 Member, National Advisory Board on Tobacco Control, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs

    1998-2000   Member. Scientific Committee. NOU 2000: 16. The tobacco industry's liability for damages.

    2000-2003    Mentor. Mentor project for female Associate Professors at UiT

    2000-2004    Member. Scientific Council. The Norwegian Cancer Society.  

    2000-2005    Member. Scientific Evaluation group on Public Health. The Research Council of Norway

    2001-2006   Member. Member, National Advisory Board on the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening   Program Ministry of Health and Social Affairs

    2008-2012     External Peer Reviewer, South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, Oslo.

    2009- 2012    Juror, European Union Contest for Young Scientists, European Commission, Research

                          Directorate-General, Brussels, Belgium.

    2012-2015     Member, Scientific Council, World Health Organization, International Agency for research on                          Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France.

     PUBLICATIONS PUBMED, GOOGLE SCHOLAR h-INDEX & CITATIONS

    Total publications (219) First author (36) Last author (23) h-index (64) Citations (12 192)


     RUNNING GRANTS. 2021-2024 .  6 000 000 Euros. Horizon 2020. Project (# 101017385) call: H2020-SC1-DTH-2018-2020, (Digital transformation in Health and Care), Topic: SC1-DTH-02-2020. Proposal number: 101017385.Member in WP2, WP3, WP7.