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Professor of epidemiology Department of Community Medicine bjarne.koster.jacobsen@uit.no +4777644833 992 55 645 You can find me here

Bjarne Koster Jacobsen

Job description

Bjarne K. Jacobsen is a professor of epidemiology at the Department of Community Medicine. This includes research and teaching of descriptive and analytical epidemiology. 

 

  • Bård Erling Uleberg, Kaare Harald Bønaa, Ragna Elise Støre Govatsmark, Frank Olsen, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Eva Stensland et al.:
    Exploring variation in timely reperfusion treatment in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Norway: A national register-based cohort study
    BMJ Open 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Rebecca Anne Hetland, Tom Wilsgaard, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Inger Ariansen, Jonas Lars Johansson, Bjarne K. Jacobsen et al.:
    Social inequality in prevalence of NCD risk factors: a cross-sectional analysis from the population-based Tromsø Study 2015-2016
    BMJ Open 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Eline B. Rognli, Ina Heidi Heiberg, Bjarne Koster Jacobsen, Anne Høye, Jørgen Gustav Bramness :
    Transition From Substance-Induced Psychosis to Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder or Bipolar Disorder
    American Journal of Psychiatry 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Maria Averina, Sandra Huber, Bjørg Almås, Jan Brox, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Anne-Sofie Furberg et al.:
    Early menarche and other endocrine disrupting effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in adolescents from Northern Norway. The Fit Futures study
    Environmental Research 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Torill Miriam Enget Jensen, Tonje Bjørndal Braaten, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Daniel B. Ibsen, Guri Skeie :
    Replacing red and processed meat with lean or fatty fish and all-cause and cause specific mortality in Norwegian women. the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC): A prospective cohort study
    British Journal of Nutrition 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Torill Miriam Enget Jensen, Tonje Bjørndal Braaten, Bjarne Koster Jacobsen, Guri Skeie :
    Non‑linear associations between healthy Nordic foods and all‑cause mortality in the NOWAC study: a prospective study
    BMC Public Health 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Frank Olsen, Bård Erling Uleberg, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Ivar Heuch, Pål Morten Tande, Einar Bugge et al.:
    Socioeconomic and geographic differences in ablation of atrial fibrillation in Norway - a national cohort study
    BMC Public Health 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ekaterina Sharashova, Eva Gerdts, Jocasta Ball, Hilde Espnes, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Simon Kildal et al.:
    Sex-specific time trends in incident atrial fibrillation and the contribution of risk factors: the Tromsø Study 1994-2016
    European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC) 14. October 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Marie Wasmuth Lundblad, Jonas Johansson, Bjarne Koster Jacobsen, Sameline Grimsgaard, Lene Frost Andersen, Tom Wilsgaard et al.:
    Secular and longitudinal trends in body composition: The Tromsø Study, 2001 to 2016
    Obesity 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Marie Wasmuth Lundblad, Bjarne Koster Jacobsen, Jonas Johansson, Sameline Grimsgaard, Lene Frost Andersen, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock :
    Anthropometric measures are satisfactory substitutes for the DXA‐derived visceral adipose tissue in the association with cardiometabolic risk—The Tromsø Study 2015–2016
    Obesity Science & Practice 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Astrid Eriksen, Marita Melhus, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Berit Schei, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad :
    Intimate partner violence and its association with mental health problems: The importance of childhood violence – The SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey
    Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Frank Olsen, Lise Balteskard, Bård Uleberg, Bjarne K Jacobsen, Ivar Heuch, Atle Moen :
    Impact of parents' education on variation in hospital admissions for children: a population-based cohort study
    BMJ Open 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anne Høye, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Jørgen Gustav Bramness, Ragnar Nesvåg, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ina Heidi Heiberg :
    Total and cause‑specific mortality in patients with personality disorders: the association between comorbid severe mental illness and substance use disorders
    Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Marie Wasmuth Lundblad, Bjarne Koster Jacobsen, Jonas Johansson, Emanuella de Lucia Rolfe, Sameline Grimsgaard, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock :
    Reference Values for DXA-Derived Visceral Adipose Tissue in Adults 40 Years and Older from a European Population: The Tromsø Study 2015–2016
    Journal of Obesity 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Frank Olsen, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Ivar Heuch, Magne Kjell Tveit, Lise Balteskard :
    Equitable access to cancer patient pathways in Norway – a national registry-based study
    BMC Health Services Research 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Astrid Eriksen, Marita Melhus, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad :
    Mental distress in subjects who did, or did not, move from rural Sami core areas to cities in Norway: The impact of Sami ethnicity
    Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift (SMT) 2021 ARKIV / FULLTEKST
  • Ola Løvsletten, Inger Njølstad, Tom Wilsgaard, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Kaare Harald Bønaa et al.:
    Is the ongoing obesity epidemic partly explained by concurrent decline in cigarette smoking? Insights from a longitudinal population study. The Tromsø Study 1994–2016
    Preventive Medicine 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Susanna Ragnhild Siri, Bent Martin Eliassen, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad, Marita Melhus, Vilde Lehne Michalsen, Bjarne K. Jacobsen et al.:
    Coronary heart disease and stroke in the Sami and non-Sami populations in rural Northern and Mid Norway- the SAMINOR Study
    Open heart 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Nils Abel Aars, Sigurd Beldo, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Alexander Horsch, Bente Morseth, Nina Emaus et al.:
    Association between objectively measured physical activity and longitudinal changes in body composition in adolescents : the Tromsø study fit futures cohort
    BMJ Open 2020 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Ola Løvsletten, Bjarne Koster Jacobsen, Sameline Grimsgaard, Inger Njølstad, Tom Wilsgaard, Maja-Lisa Løchen et al.:
    Prevalence of general and abdominal obesity in 2015–2016 and 8-year longitudinal weight and waist circumference changes in adults and elderly: the Tromsø Study
    BMJ Open 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Edvard Hamnvik Sagelv, Ulf Ekelund, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Nils Abel Aars, Marius Steiro Fimland, Bjarne K. Jacobsen et al.:
    Do declines in occupational physical activity contribute to population gains in body mass index? Tromsø Study 1974–2016
    Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ina Heidi Heiberg, Ragnar Nesvåg, Lise Balteskard, Jørgen Gustav Bramness, Christina M. Hultman, Øyvind Næss et al.:
    Diagnostic tests and treatment procedures performed prior to cardiovascular death in individuals with severe mental illness
    Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Gary E. Fraser, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Synnøve Fønnebø Knutsen, Andrew Mashchak, Jan I. Lloren :
    Tomato consumption and intake of lycopene as predictors of the incidence of prostate cancer: the Adventist Health Study-2.
    Cancer Causes and Control 2020 DOI
  • Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Marita Melhus, Kirsti Kvaløy, Susanna Ragnhild Siri, Vilde Lehne Michalsen, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad :
    A descriptive study of ten-year longitudinal changes in weight and waist circumference in the multi-ethnic rural Northern Norway. The SAMINOR Study, 2003-2014
    PLOS ONE 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Gunn Kristin Øberg, Gay L Girolami, Suzann K. Campell, Tordis Ustad, Ivar Heuch, Bjarne K. Jacobsen et al.:
    Effects of a parent-administered exercise program in the neonatal intensive care unit: Dose does matter-a randomized controlled trial
    Physical Therapy 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Rune Hermann Hermansen, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Bente Morseth :
    Leisure time and occupational physical activity, resting heart rate, and mortality in the Arctic region of Norway. The Finnmark Study
    European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC) 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Trond Isaksen, Line Holtet Evensen, Stein Harald Johnsen, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Kristian Hindberg, Sigrid Kufaas Brækkan et al.:
    Dietary intake of marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and future risk of venous thromboembolism
    Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis (RPTH) 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ina Heidi Heiberg, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Lise Balteskard, Jørgen Gustav Bramness, Øyvind Næss, Eivind Ystrøm et al.:
    Undiagnosed cardiovascular disease prior to cardiovascular death in individuals with severe mental illness
    Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2019 FULLTEKST / ARKIV / DOI
  • Susanna Ragnhild Siri, Bent Martin Eliassen, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Marita Melhus, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad, Vilde Lehne Michalsen et al.:
    Changes in conventional cardiovascular risk factors and the estimated 10-year risk of acute myocardial infarction or cerebral stroke in Sami and non-Sami populations in two population-based cross-sectional surveys: The SAMINOR Study
    BMJ Open 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Torill Miriam Enget Jensen, Tonje Bjørndal Braaten, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Runa Borgund Barnung, Anja Olsen, Guri Skeie :
    Corrigendum to: Adherence to the Healthy Nordic Food Index in the Norwegian Women and Cancer (NOWAC) cohort (Food Nutr Res 2018; 62: 1339. 10.29219/fnr.v62.1339)
    Food & Nutrition Research (FNR) 2024 DOI
  • Siv Eli Vuolab, Anne Sameline Grimsgaard, Torill Miriam Enget Jensen, Ina Midttun, Guri Skeie, Ragnhild Holten Nergaard et al.:
    Lek og lær med de nye kosholdsrådene
    Forskningsdagene 2024, åpent arr på Tromsø museum 2024
  • Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri, Gunnhild Skjold, Marie Wasmuth Lundblad, Inger Dagsvold, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad :
    Perspektiv på covid-19 i samiske samfunn i Norge
    2022
  • Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri, Tonje Braaten, Bjarne K. Jacobsen :
    Risikofaktorer og risiko for hjerte- og karsykdommer
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri, Tonje Braaten, Bjarne K. Jacobsen :
    Riskka varra- ja váibmosuotnasivaide
    2022
  • Rune Hermann Hermansen, Bjarne K. Jacobsen :
    Fysisk aktivitet, risikofaktorer for hjerte- og karsykdommer og risiko for tidlig død blant samer og nordmenn i Finnmark
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Marita Melhus, Kirsti Kvaløy, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad :
    Vekt og overvekt i SAMINOR
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022 FULLTEKST / ARKIV / DOI
  • Ann Ragnhild Broderstad, Ali Naseribafrouei, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Marita Melhus :
    Diabetes mellitus i SAMINOR-kommunene
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Gunnhild Skjold, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri, Marie Wasmuth Lundblad, Inger Dagsvold :
    Perspectives on COVID-19 in Sami communities in Norway
    2022
  • Frank Olsen, Bård Erling Uleberg, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Ivar Heuch, Pål Morten Tande, Einar Bugge et al.:
    Erratum: Correction to: Socioeconomic and geographic differences in ablation of atrial fibrillation in Norway - a national cohort study (BMC public health (2022) 22 1 (303))
    BMC Public Health 2022 DOI
  • Gunnhild Skjold, Marie Wasmuth Lundblad, Inger Dagsvold, Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri, Bjarne Koster Jacobsen, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad :
    Perspektiv på covid-19 i samiske samfunn i Noreg
    2022
  • Gunnhild Skjold, Marie Wasmuth Lundblad, Inger Dagsvold, Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad :
    Perspectives on COVID-19 in Sami communities in Norway
    2022
  • Anne Høye, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Jørgen Gustav Bramness, Ragnar Nesvåg, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ina Heidi Heiberg :
    Correction to: Total and cause-specific mortality in patients with personality disorders: the association between comorbid severe mental illness and substance use disorders
    Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2021 DOI
  • Ann Ragnhild Broderstad, Inger Dagsvold, Susanna Ragnhild Siri, Bjarne K. Jacobsen :
    The Sami Covid-19 Case Study in Norway
    2021
  • Ola Løvsletten, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Sameline Grimsgaard, Inger Njølstad, Tom Wilsgaard, Maja-Lisa Løchen et al.:
    Has the prevalence of obesity increased? Distribution of waist circumference and body mass index in the Tromsø Study 2015-2016
    2021
  • Ola Løvsletten, Inger Njølstad, Kaare Harald Bønaa, Anne Elise Eggen, Anne-Sofie Furberg, Sameline Grimsgaard et al.:
    Is the ongoing obesity epidemic partly explained by concurrent decline in cigarette smoking? Insights from a longitudinal population study. the Tromsø Study 1994-2016
    2021
  • Gunn Kristin Øberg, Gay L. Girolami, Suzann K. Campbell, Tordis Ustad, Ivar Heuch, Bjarne Koster Jacobsen et al.:
    Erratum: Øberg GK, Girolami GL, Campbell SK, et al. Effects of a Parent-Administered Exercise Program in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Dose Does Matter-A Randomized Controlled Trial.
    Physical Therapy 2020 DOI
  • Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Marita Melhus, Kirsti Kvaløy, Susanna Ragnhild Siri, Vilde Lehne Michalsen, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad :
    Vekt og midjeomkrets økte mer for yngre enn for eldre voksne i løpet av en tiårsperiode
    2020 DATA
  • Inger Njølstad, Kaare Harald Bønaa, Anne Elise Eggen, Anne-Sofie Furberg, Sameline Grimsgaard, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock et al.:
    Is the ongoing overweight/obesity epidemic partly explained by concurrent decline in smoking?
    2019
  • Rune Hermann Hermansen, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Bente Morseth :
    Leisure time and occupational physical activity, resting heart rate, and mortality in the Arctic region of Norway
    2019 FULLTEKST
  • Marie Wasmuth Lundblad, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Sameline Grimsgaard, Lene Frost Andersen, Monica Hauger Carlsen, Jonas Johansson et al.:
    Total energy and macronutrient intake according to body mass index, fat mass index and body fat percentage: The seventh Tromsø Study 2015-16
    2019

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    Research interests

    The research is within the descriptive and analytical epidemiology of chronic diseases with some emphasis on cardiovascular diseases, but also many other non-communicable diseases (e.g., cancer, osteoporosis, mental distress and disorders). He has approximately 200 publications registered in PubMed.  

    See the attachment for a description of the research activity during the last 25 years.

    Teaching

    Bjarne K. Jacobsen has taught epidemiology in various graduate and post-graduate study programs, mainly at the University of Tromsø and supervised MPH-students and PhD-students (main supervisor for six PhD students and co-supervisor for another 8 PhD students who have defended their thesis and have also taken active part in supervision of several other PhD-students).

    PhD student supervision (formal assignments):

    Siri Forsmo: (1997) Aspects and consequences of opportunistic screening for cervical cancer: Results based on data from three Norwegian counties (One of two supervisors)

    Tove Riise (2001) Rheumatoid arthritis in Northern Norway: a clinical and epidemiological survey (One of two supervisors)

    Kulbir Singh (2005) Abdominal aortic aneurysms: diagnosis and epidemiology : the Tromsø Study (main supervisor)

    Lone Jørgensen (2001) Fragile bones in patients with stroke? Bone mineral density in acute stroke patients and changes during one year of follow up (main supervisor)

    Signe Forsdahl (2010) Abdominal aortic aneurysms: Risk factors and cardiovascular consequences. The Tromsø Study. (main supervisor)

    Jan-Magnus Kvamme (2011) Body mass index and risk of malnutrition in community-living elderly men and women: relationships with morbidity, mortality and health- related quality of life. The Tromsø and HUNT studies (main supervisor)

    Sweta Tiwari (2018) Atrial Fibrillation: A prospective population study of risk factors and complications. The Tromsø Study (co-supervisor)

    Ina Heiberg (2019) Mortality, substance use disorder and cardiovascular health care in persons with severe mental illness (co-supervisor)

    Rune Hermansen (2020) Physical activity, cardiovascular risk factors, and mortality in ethnic groups in the Arctic region of Norway. Results from two population-based studies: The Finnmark 3 study 1987-1988 and SAMINOR 1 2003-2004 (co-supervisor)

    Nils Abel Aars (2021) Physical Activity and Body Composition in Norwegian Adolescents. Results from The Tromsø Study: Fit Futures (co-supervisor)

    Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri (2021) Cardiovascular risk factors and incidence of acute myocardial infarction and cerebral stroke in Sami and non-Sami populations — The SAMINOR Study (co-supervisor)

    Marie Wasmuth Lundblad (2021) The obesity epidemic; population levels of visceral adipose tissue and trends in body composition. Insights from The Tromsø Study (co-supervisor)

    Frank Olsen (2022) Geographic and socioeconomic variation in the utilisation of specialist health care services in Norway – Three selected health care services (co-supervisor)

    Torill M. Enget Jensen (2024) Healthy Nordic Diet and mortality (co-supervisor)

     

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    Perspectives on COVID-19 in Sami communities in Norway    English content Perspektiv på covid-19 i samiske samfunn i Noreg    Norsk innhold Perspektijve COVID-19-pandemijese saemien seabradahkine Nöörjesne    Norsk innhold

    CV

    Bjarne K. Jacobsen
    Born 1956,
    Professor in community medicine (epidemiology). Full time position
    Senior researcher. Part time (20 %) position

    Education and degrees
    1988: PhD (epidemiology) University of Tromsø
    Thesis: “The use of self-administered questionnaires about food habits. Relationships
    with risk factors for coronary heart disease and associations between coffee drinking
    and mortality and cancer incidence”.
    1981: MSc (nutrition) University of Oslo
    1979: Nutritionist, University of Oslo

    Research positions held
    1992 to present: Professor in community medicine (epidemiology) (full time), Department of Community Medicine (ISM), University of Tromsø (during 1995-1996 Head of Department)

    2009 to present: Senior researcher (part time), Center of Clinical Documentation and Evaluation, Regional Health Authority of Northern Norway, Tromsø

    1996-97, 2011-12 & 2016-17 : Visiting professor, Loma Linda University, California, USA.
    1989-91 :           Senior researcher, ISM, University of Tromsø
    1988 :                Associate professor, ISM, University of Tromsø
    1985-87 :           Research fellow, ISM, University of Tromsø
    1984 :                 Research assistant, ISM, University of Tromsø
    1981-83 :            Research assistant, University of Bergen

     

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