Bilde av Llaha, Fjorida
Bilde av Llaha, Fjorida
Department of Community Medicine fjorida.llaha@uit.no

Fjorida Llaha


Job description

PhD candidate in cancer epidemiology at the Department of Community Medicine. The goal of my PhD project is to describe the long-term alcohol consumption trajectories among Norwegian women and to test and quantify the effect of alcohol consumption on cancer risk and mortality. 

 


  • Fjorida Llaha, Idlir Licaj, Ekaterina Sharashova, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Marko Lukic :
    Long-term alcohol consumption trajectories and associated factors in adult women. A Comprehensive analysis of the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study 1991-2011
    2023

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    Publications outside Cristin

    Castañeda J, Gil-Lespinard M, Almanza-Aguilera E, Llaha F, Gómez JM, Bondonno N, Tjønneland A, Overvad K, Katzke V, Schulze MB, Masala G, Claudia Agnoli, Santucci de Magistris M, Tumino R, Carlotta Sacerdote, Skeie G, Brustad M, Lasheras C, Molina-Montes E, Chirlaque MD, Barricarte A, Sonestedt E, da Silva M, Johansson I, Hultdin J, May AM, Forouhi NG, Heath AK, Freisling H, Weiderpass E, Scalbert A, Zamora-Ros R. Association between classes and subclasses of polyphenol intake and 5-year body weight changes in the EPIC-PANACEA study. Obesity. 2023. doi: 10.1002/oby.23689

    Llaha F, Cayssials V, Farràs M, Agudo A, Sandström M, Eriksen AK, Tjønneland A, Boutron-Ruault MC, Laouali N, Truong T, Le Cornet C, Katzke V, Schulze M, Palli D, Krogh V, Signoriello S, Tumino R, Ricceri F, Skeie G, Jensen TME, Chen SLF, Lasheras C, Rodriguez-Barranco M, Amiano P, Huerta JM, Guevara M, Almquist M, Nilson LM, Hennings J, Papier K, Heath A, Weiderpass E, Rinaldi S, Zamora-Ros R. Adherence to mediterranean diet and the risk of differentiated thyroid cancer in a European cohort: The EPIC study. Front Nutr. 2022. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.982369

    Llaha F, Gil-Lespinard M, Unal P, de Villasante I, Castañeda J, Zamora-Ros R. Consumption of Sweet Beverages and Cancer Risk. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. Nutrients. 2021. doi: 10.3390/nu13020516

    Llaha F, Ribalta A, Arribas L, Bellver M, Roura E, Guillén-Rey N, Megias-Rangil I, Alegret-Basora C, Tresserra-Rimbau A, Zamora-Ros R. A Review of Web-Based Nutrition Information in Spanish for Cancer Patients and Survivors. Nutrients. 2022. doi: 10.3390/nu14071441

    Llaha F, Zamora-Ros R. The Effects of Polyphenol Supplementation in Addition to Calorie Restricted Diets and/or Physical Activity on Body Composition Parameters: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials. Front Nutr. 2020. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.00084

    Almanza-Aguilera E, Bars-Cortina D, Llaha F, Zamora-Ros R. Blood and Urinary Flavonoids. In: Patel, V.B., Preedy, V.R. (eds) Biomarkers in Nutrition . Biomarkers in Disease: Methods, Discoveries and Applications. Springer, Cham. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81304-8_6-1

    Poncet G, Castañeda J, Llaha F, Gil-Lespinard M, Zamora-Ros R. Total Antioxidant Capacity Measurements in Food and Beverages. Food Chemistry and Analysis. Royal Scoiety of Chemistry. 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781839165337-00178

     


    Research interests

    Areas: Cancer Epidemiology, Nutritional Epidemiology. Special future interests (Postdoc?): Biomarkers of alcohol use. Alcohol, cholesterol and cancer incidence.                                                                                                                              Methods: Causal Inference, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Meta-Analysis. 

    Teaching

    • Epidemiology in the Master of Public Health.                                   
    • Statistics and epidemiology in medical studies.                                                                                                     
    • Food knowledge in bachelor nutrition studies.   
    • Supervisor for student in the Master of Public Health. 
    • Intern examiner for thesis in the Master of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition.                                                                                             

     



    CV

    Education

    2013 - Bachelor degree in Odontology, University of Medicine of Tirana. 

    2020 - Master degree in Nutrition and Chronic Disease, University of Barcelona. 

    2022 - Postgraduate diploma in Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Autonomous University of Barcelona. 

    2022 - 2026 - PhD in Cancer Epidemiology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. 

    Relevant training

    2022 - Epidemiology Deeper Understanding, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. 

    2022 - Mixed models with Jos Twisk, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. 

    2023 - Causal Inference in Epidemiology, Summer School on Modern Methods in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Italy, 

    2023 - Joint Modelling of Longitudinal and Survival Data, Summer School on Modern Methods in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Italy, 

    2023 - Teaching in higher education, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

    Other skills

    Languages: Albanian (native), English, Spanish (advanced), Italian, Catalan (intermediate), Norwegian (B1 level). 

    Computer skills: Stata, R, SPSS. 

    Prizes, Honours

    2020 - Award for Honours Degree of MSc thesis in nutrition and chronic diseases from University of Barcelona.