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Bilde av Balstad, Trude Rakel
Associate Professor Metabolisme og klinisk ernæring trude.r.balstad@uit.no Tromsø

Trude Rakel Balstad

Job description

Clincial Dietitian and Associate Professor (50 % position) affiliated with the Metabolsim and Clinical Nutrition Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine. 

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Research interests

  • Cancer cachexia, malnutrition, and nutritional therapy in cancer
  • Prehabilitation, rehabilitation, and perioperative nutrition
  • Energy and protein metabolism in cancer and surgery

Teaching

Responsible for master course in clinical nutrition ERN-3000.

Teaching:

  • Malnutrition
  • Nutrition and cancer
  • Cancer cachexia 
ResearchGate
ORCID: 0000-0002-5715-4268

Member of research group / centre

Clinical Nutrition Research Group   English content