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Researcher Department of Community Medicine rebecca.hetland@uit.no +4777649168 Tromsø You can find me here

Rebecca A. Hetland

Job description

I am a physician and researcher at the Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, where I am completing my PhD. My research is affiliated with the Tromsø Study, and investigates social inequality in non-communicable diseases and risk factors.

I also take part in the methodological work of the Tromsø Study. From 2023 to 2025 I was editor for the questionnaire in Tromsø8, the eighth wave of the study, and I am currently involved in compiling background material from Tromsø8.

  • Rebecca A. Hetland, Tom Wilsgaard, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Inger Kristine Holtermann Ariansen, Jonas Johansson, Bjarne Koster Jacobsen et al.:
    Life-course social and economic inequalities in non-communicable disease prevalence: the Tromsø Study (2015–2016)
    Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 01. January 2026 DOI / ARKIV
  • Audun Hetland, Rebecca Anne Hetland, Tarjei Tveito Skille, Hanna Andrea Mannberg :
    Review article: A scoping review of human factors in avalanche decision-making
    Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 2025 DOI / ARKIV / FULLTEKST
  • 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 DOI / ARKIV / ARKIV

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    Research interests

    Social inequality in health, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and risk factors, life-course epidemiology, life-course adversity and somatic health, chronic pain and medically unexplained symptoms, the Tromsø Study.

    Teaching

    I teach at the medical programme at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, including as a mentor in Professional Competence in the Medical Programme (PROFKOM).

    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6998-9697

    Member of research group / centre

    CARE   English content Kroniske sykdommers epidemiologi   Norsk innhold Epidemiology of chronic diseases   English content

    Member of project

    Life After an Avalanche Accident
    MH øst L10.142


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