Torkjel M Sandanger
Head of department
Job description
I am currently the head of the department and have been functioning in this four year term position since the first of january 2022. As the head of the department I focus on communication within the department, supporting all efforts to strenghten reserach and teaching activities at the department. I alos emphasise reserach communication and the fact that we should be a preferred partner when developing public health policies. I am proud to be the head of a department with novel and relevant reserach, education and dissemination. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about our department.
Dolley Charles,
Vivian Berg,
Therese Haugdahl Nøst,
Tom Wilsgaard,
Ingvar A. Bergdahl,
Sandra Huber
et al.:
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in type 2 diabetes mellitus cases and controls: Repeated measurements prior to and after diagnosis
Sairah Lai Fa Chen,
Therese Haugdahl Nøst,
Edoardo Botteri,
Pietro Ferrari,
Tonje Braaten,
Torkjel M Sandanger
et al.:
Overall lifestyle changes in adulthood are associated with cancer incidence in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC) - a prospective cohort study
BMC Public Health 2023 DOI
Ashley Ahimbisibwe,
Morten Valberg,
Adele C. Green,
Reza Ghiasvand,
Corina Silvia Rüegg,
Raju Rimal
et al.:
Nevus Count, Pigmentary Characteristics, and Melanoma-specific Mortality among Norwegian Women with Melanoma >1.0 mm Thick
Acta Dermato-Venereologica 2023 DOI
Dusan Petrovic,
Barbara Bodinier,
Sonia Dagnino,
Matthew Whitaker,
Maryam Karimi,
Gianluca Campanella
et al.:
Epigenetic mechanisms of lung carcinogenesis involve differentially methylated CpG sites beyond those associated with smoking
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
Christian Magnus Page,
Therese Haugdahl Nøst,
Vera Djordjilović,
Magne Thoresen,
Arnoldo Frigessi,
Torkjel M Sandanger
et al.:
Pre-diagnostic DNA methylation in blood leucocytes in cutaneous melanoma; a nested case–control study within the Norwegian Women and Cancer cohort
Alessandra Allione,
Clara Viberti,
Ilaria Cotellessa,
Chiara Catalano,
Elisabetta Casalone,
Giovanni Cugliari
et al.:
Blood cell DNA methylation biomarkers in preclinical malignant pleural mesothelioma: The EPIC prospective cohort
Flavie Perrier,
Reza Ghiasvand,
Simon Lergenmuller,
Trude Eid Robsahm,
Adele C. Green,
Kristin Benjaminsen Borch
et al.:
Life-Course Trajectories of Physical Activity and Melanoma Risk in a Large Cohort of Norwegian Women
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
Lara Cioni,
Vladimir Nikiforov,
Ana Carolina Miranda Fernandes Coelho,
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Dorte Herzke
:
Total oxidizable precursors assay for PFAS in human serum
Wendy Yi-Ying Wu,
Zahra Haider,
Xiaoshuang Feng,
Alicia K. Heath,
Anne Tjønneland,
Antonio Agudo
et al.:
Assessment of the EarlyCDT-Lung test as an early biomarker of lung cancer in ever-smokers: A retrospective nested case-control study in two prospective cohorts
Marie Breeur,
Pietro Ferrari,
Laure Dossus,
Mazda Jenab,
Mattias Johansson,
Sabina Rinaldi
et al.:
Pan-cancer analysis of pre-diagnostic blood metabolite concentrations in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
Therese Haugdahl Nøst,
Anne Heidi Skogholt,
Ilona Halva Urbarova,
Robin Mjelle,
Erna-Elise Paulsen,
Tom Dønnem
et al.:
Increased levels of microRNA-320 in blood serum and plasma is associated with imminent and advanced lung cancer
Roland Wedekind,
Joseph A. Rothwell,
Vivian Viallon,
Pekka Keski-Rahkonen,
Julie A. Schmidt,
Veronique Chajes
et al.:
Determinants of blood acylcarnitine concentrations in healthy individuals of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
Alicia K. Heath,
David C. Muller,
Piet A. van den Brandt,
Elena Critselis,
Marc Gunter,
Paolo Vineis
et al.:
Diet-wide association study of 92 foods and nutrients and lung cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study and the Netherlands Cohort Study
Abhik Ghosh,
Erica Ponzi,
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Magne Thoresen
:
Robust sure independence screening for nonpolynomial dimensional generalized linear models
Dolley Charles,
Vivian Berg,
Therese Haugdahl Nøst,
Ingvar A. Bergdahl,
Sandra Huber,
Pierre Ayotte
et al.:
Longitudinal changes in concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (1986–2016) and their associations with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Erik Eik Anda,
Tonje Bjørndal Braaten,
Kristin Benjaminsen Borch,
Therese Haugdahl Nøst,
Sairah Lai Fa Chen,
Marko Lukic
et al.:
Seroprevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in the adult population during the pre-vaccination period, Norway, winter 2020/21
Natassia Robinson,
John Casement,
Marc J. Gunter,
Inge Huybrechts,
Antonio Agudo,
Miguel Rodríguez Barranco
et al.:
Anti-cancer therapy is associated with long-term epigenomic changes in childhood cancer survivors
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
Edoardo Botteri,
Giulia Peveri,
Paula Berstad,
Vincenzo Bagnardi,
Sairah Lai Fa Chen,
Torkjel M Sandanger
et al.:
Changes in Lifestyle and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition
American Journal of Gastroenterology 2022 DOI
Miquel Porta,
Magda Gasull,
José Pumarega,
Hannu Kiviranta,
Panu Rantakokko,
Ole Raaschou-Nielsen
et al.:
Plasma concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and pancreatic cancer risk
Sonia Dagnino,
Barbara Bodinier,
Florence Guida,
Karl Smith Byrne,
Dusan Petrovic,
Matthew Whitaker
et al.:
Prospective Identification of Elevated Circulating CDCP1 in Patients Years before Onset of Lung Cancer
Cancer Research 2021 DOI
Jessica E Laine,
Inge Huybrechts,
Marc J Gunter,
Pietro Ferrari,
Elisabete Weiderpass,
Kostas Tsilidis
et al.:
Co-benefits from sustainable dietary shifts for population and environmental health: an assessment from a large European cohort study
Giles T. Hanley-Cook,
Inge Huybrechts,
Carine Biessy,
Roseline Remans,
Gina Kennedy,
Mélanie Deschasaux-Tanguy
et al.:
Food biodiversity and total and cause-specific mortality in 9 European countries: An analysis of a prospective cohort study
Ammar Eltayeb Ali Hassan,
Therese Haugdahl Nøst,
Magritt Brustad,
Torkjel M Sandanger
:
Concentrations and geographical patterns of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in meat from semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) in Norway
Sairah Lai Fa Chen,
Tonje Bjørndal Braaten,
Kristin Benjaminsen Borch,
Pietro Ferrari,
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Therese Haugdahl Nøst
:
Combined Lifestyle Behaviors and the Incidence of Common Cancer Types in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC)
Vivian Berg,
Dolley Charles,
Ingvar A. Bergdahl,
Therese Haugdahl Nøst,
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Andreas Tornevi
et al.:
Pre- and post-diagnostic blood profiles of chlorinated persistent organic pollutants and metabolic markers in type 2 diabetes mellitus cases and controls; a pilot study
Bryan Adlard,
Mélanie Lemire,
Eva Cecilie Bonefeld-Jørgensen,
Manhai Long,
Kristín Ólafsdóttir,
Jon Øyvind Odland
et al.:
MercuNorth–monitoring mercury in pregnant women from the Arctic as a baseline to assess the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention
Therese Haugdahl Nøst,
Karine Alcala,
Ilona Urbarova,
Karl Smith Byrne,
Florence Guida,
Torkjel M Sandanger
et al.:
Systemic inflammation markers and cancer incidence in the UK Biobank
Flavie Perrier,
Reza Ghiasvand,
Simon Lergenmuller,
Trude Eid Robsahm,
Adele C. Green,
Kristin Benjaminsen Borch
et al.:
Physical activity and cutaneous melanoma risk: A Norwegian population-based cohort study
Nikita Baiju,
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Pål Sætrom,
Therese Haugdahl Nøst
:
Gene expression in blood reflects smoking exposure among cancer-free women in the Norwegian Women and Cancer (NOWAC) postgenome cohort
Therese H. Nøst,
Marit Holden,
Tom Dønnem,
Hege Bøvelstad,
Charlotta Rylander,
Eiliv Lund
et al.:
Transcriptomic signals in blood prior to lung cancer focusing on time to diagnosis and metastasis
Lara Cioni,
Merle Plassmann,
Jonathan Benskin,
Ana Carolina Coelho,
Therese Haugdahl Nøst,
Karin Charlotta Maria Rylander
et al.:
Fluorine Mass-balance in Pooled Serum Samples from Northern Norwegian Men and Women Between 1986 and 2015
2023
Therese Haugdahl Nøst,
Ilona Halva Urbarova,
Anne Heidi Skogholt,
Robin Mjelle,
Erna Elise Paulsen,
Tom Dønnem
et al.:
Increased levels of mRNAs and miRNAs associated with imminent and advanced lung cancer
2022
Charlotte Wien,
Torkjel M Sandanger
:
Strategic Information Dissemination in the age of infodemic: Factors which influence young adults’ online health information seeking behaviour (OHIS).
2022
Oluf Dimitri Røe,
I Fotopoulos,
Olav Toai Duc Nguyen,
Therese Haugdahl Nøst,
M Markaki,
Vincenzo Lagani
et al.:
Common MicroRNAs in Pre-diagnostic Serum Associated with Lung Cancer in Two Cohorts up to Eight Years Before Diagnosis: A HUNT Study
Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2022 DOI
Kristine M. Bratland,
Charlotte Wien,
Torkjel M Sandanger
:
Strategic Information Dissemination in the age of infodemic: Factors which influence young adults’ online health information seeking behaviour (OHIS).
2022
Therese Haugdahl Nøst,
Anne Heidi Skogholt,
Robin Mjelle,
Bjørn Henning Grønberg,
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Pål Sætrom
:
microRNA levels in serum at diagnosis are predictive for lung cancer
2021
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Frode Forland,
Julie Haugen Egge
:
Stor koronastudie viser lite smitte i befolkningen
25. March 2021 DATA
Flavie Perrier,
Reza Ghiasvand,
Simon Lergenmuller,
Trude Eid Robsahm,
Adele C. Green,
Kristin Benjaminsen Borch
et al.:
Physical activity and melanoma risk: a Norwegian population-based cohort study
2021
Flavie Perrier,
Reza Ghiasvand,
Simon Lergenmuller,
Trude Eid Robsahm,
Adele C Green,
Kristin Benjaminsen Borch
et al.:
Physical activity and cutaneous melanoma risk: A Norwegian population-based cohort study
2021
Charlotte Wien,
Sarah Ellen Rosenbaum,
Jo Røislien,
Audun Hetland,
torgunn WÆrÅs,
Julie Utler Gjengedal
et al.:
Disseminating Public Health Knowledge through novel science communication Novel Science communication – how to build public health knowledge across the social gradient. The Healthy Choices Project (WP5).
2021
Sairah Lai Fa Chen,
Tonje Braaten,
Kristin Benjaminsen Borch,
Pietro Ferrari,
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Therese Haugdahl Nøst
:
Combined lifestyle behaviours and the incidence of common cancers in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC)
2021
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Erik Eik Anda
:
Til deg som denne uken får en SMS fra UiT: Vi ønsker å
finne ut om akkurat du er immun mot korona
24. October 2021
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Elin Ludvigsen
:
Analyserte bloddråper fra 28.000 nordmenn – resultatet overrasker
28. March 2021
Julie Haugen Eggen,
Brita Garden,
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Erik Eik Anda,
Frode Forland
:
28.000 norske bloddråper ga forskere overraskende koronasvar
25. March 2021 DATA
Ellen Kathrine Bludd,
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Erik Eik Anda,
Kristin Benjaminsen Borch,
Tonje Braaten,
Sairah Lai Fa Chen
:
Smittesporerne har vært flinke!
25. March 2021 DATA
Ørjan Roland Hansen,
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Kristin Benjaminsen Borch,
Tonje Braaten,
Sairah Lai Fa Chen,
Erik Eik Anda
:
Lite skjult smitte
25. March 2021 DATA
Brita Garden,
Torkjel M Sandanger,
Kristin Benjaminsen Borch
:
Blodforskning på korona
25. March 2021 DATA
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Research interests
Currently I am focusing on the use of different “omics” to better study the effects of environmental stressors, as a link between exposure and health endpoints. Right now we are in the preparation of a paper on smoking and DNA methylation in two European Cohorts. We are also planning to combine gene expression data and DNA methylation data in order to improve our understanding of the observed effects and the possible biological understanding.
Before this my research focus the last 10 years has been on environmental contaminants and human health. Through my research I have been trying to merge environmental chemistry and epidemiology, where my students have been involved both in the laboratory and the statistical analysis.
Cross sectional and prospective designs have been utilised at both the smaller community based surveys and larger national as well as international populations based investigations.
Through this unique combination of research fields I have considerable insight into the chemistry of molecules and how contaminants potentially influence human health and at the same time keeping the public health perspective as an important and even essential part of the projects.
My major scientific contribution has been the development and combination of environmental chemistry and human epidemiology into new fields of research that more easily integrates the environmental exposure (both short term and long term) component in larger epidemiological studies. When including “omics” in these projects we are more likely to be able to study causality and not only associations in studies of risk factors and human health. Through the close collaboration with colleagues at the department we have also included the nutritional aspect in studies on diet and contaminants. This has been especially important in our projects on benefits and disadvantages with seafood.
