Bilde av Brenn, Tormod
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Bilde av Brenn, Tormod
emeriti Department of Community Medicine tormod.brenn@uit.no +4777644823 You can find me here

Tormod Brenn


Job description

Professor Emeritus


  • Natia Skhvitaridze, Amiran Gamkrelidze, Tinatin Manjavidze, Tormod Ola Brenn, Karin Charlotta Maria Rylander :
    SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy and the risk of adverse maternal outcomes in the Republic of Georgia: a national birth registry-based cohort study
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ola Løvsletten, Tormod Ola Brenn :
    Social isolation and loneliness and their association with all-cause mortality. A population-based longitudinal study in Norway: The Tromsø Study 1994–2023
    Preventive Medicine Reports 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Amir Rad, Sveinung Sørbye, Tormod Brenn, Sweta Tiwari, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Finn Egil Skjeldestad :
    13-Type HPV DNA Test versus 5-Type HPV mRNA Test in Triage of Women Aged 25–33 Years with Minor Cytological Abnormalities–6 Years of Follow-Up
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ekaterina Anatoljevna Krieger, Ekaterina Sharashova, Alexander V Kudryavtsev, Olga Samodova, Anna Kontsevaya, Tormod Brenn et al.:
    COVID-19: seroprevalence and adherence to preventive measures in Arkhangelsk, Northwest Russia
    Infectious Diseases 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Celina Janene Cathro, Tormod Brenn, Sairah Lai Fa Chen :
    Education Level and Self-Reported Cardiovascular Disease in Norway—The Tromsø Study, 1994–2016
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ekaterina Anatoljevna Krieger, Alexander V Kudryavtsev, Ekaterina Sharashova, Vitaly Postoev, Natalia Belova, Leonid Shagrov et al.:
    Seroprevalence of SARS-Cov-2 Antibodies in Adults, Arkhangelsk, Russia
    Emerging Infectious Diseases 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ola Løvsletten, Tormod Brenn :
    Healthy Choices in Midlife Predict Survival to Age 85 in Women: The Tromsø Study 1979–2019
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Tormod Brenn, Ola Løvsletten :
    Mid-life alcohol consumption and survival to age 90 in men: The Tromsø Study 1979–1980 with follow-up to 2019
    Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Erlend Hoftun Farbu, Martin Rypdal, Morten Skandfer, Olöf Anna Steingrimsdottir, Tormod Brenn, Audun Stubhaug et al.:
    To tolerate weather and to tolerate pain: two sides of the same coin? The Tromsø Study 7
    Pain 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Natia Skhvitaridze, Erik Eik Anda, Tormod Brenn, Nikoloz Kintraia, Amiran Gamkrelidze :
    Scoping maternal care through the lens of maternal deaths: A retrospective analysis of maternal mortality in Georgia
    Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Erlend Hoftun Farbu, Anje Christina Höper, Tormod Brenn, Morten Skandfer :
    Is working in a cold environment associated with musculoskeletal complaints 7–8 years later? A longitudinal analysis from the Tromsø Study
    International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Svein Arne Pettersen, Tormod Brenn :
    Activity Profiles by Position in Youth Elite Soccer Players in Official Matches
    Sports Medicine International Open 28. May 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Erlend Hoftun Farbu, Morten Skandfer, Christopher Sivert Nielsen, Tormod Brenn, Audun Stubhaug, Anje Christina Höper :
    Working in a cold environment, feeling cold at work and chronic pain: a cross-sectional analysis of the Tromsø Study
    BMJ Open 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Tormod Brenn :
    Survival to age 90 in men: The tromsø study 1974–2018
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anton Alexandrovich Kovalenko, Tormod Brenn, Jon Øyvind Odland, Evert Nieboer, Alexandra Krettek, Erik Eik Anda :
    Risk Factors for hypospadias in Northwest Russia: A Murmansk County Birth Registry Study
    PLOS ONE 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sergei Drachev, Tormod Brenn, Tordis A Trovik :
    Prevalence of and factors associated with dental anxiety among medical and dental students of the Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, North-West Russia
    International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2018 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Sergei Drachev, Tormod Brenn, Tordis A Trovik :
    Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Young Adults: A Survey of Russian Undergraduate Students
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 2018 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Anton Alexandrovich Kovalenko, Erik Eik Anda, Jon Øyvind Odland, Evert Nieboer, Tormod Brenn, Alexandra Krettek :
    Risk Factors for Ventricular Septal Defects in Murmansk County, Russia: A Registry-Based Study
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 2018 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sergei Drachev, Tormod Brenn, Tordis A Trovik :
    Dental caries experience and determinants in young adults of the Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, North-West Russia: a cross-sectional study
    BMC Oral Health 2017 ARKIV / DOI
  • Erik Eik Anda, Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg, Charlotta Rylander, Amiran Gamkrelidze, Alexander Turdziladze, Finn Egil Skjeldestad et al.:
    Implementing a birth registry in a developing country - experiences from Georgia
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2017 DOI
  • Ekaterina Sharashova, Tom Wilsgaard, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, Inger Njølstad, Tormod Brenn :
    Resting heart rate trajectories and myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, ischaemic stroke and death in the general population: The Tromso Study
    European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC) 2017 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anton Alexandrovich Kovalenko, Tormod Brenn, Jon Øyvind Odland, Evert Nieboer, Alexandra Krettek, Erik Eik Anda :
    Under-reporting of major birth defects in Northwest Russia: a registry-based study
    International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2017 ARKIV / DOI
  • Yury Sumarokov, Tormod Brenn, Alexander Valerievich Kudryavtsev, Oleg Sidorenkov, Odd Nilssen :
    Alcohol and suicide in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
    International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2016 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ekaterina Sharashova, Tom Wilsgaard, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Inger Njølstad, Tormod Brenn :
    Resting heart rate predicts incident myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, ischaemic stroke and death in the general population: the Tromsø Study
    Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2016 DOI
  • Tormod Brenn, Elinor Ytterstad :
    Increased risk of death immediately after losing a spouse: Cause-specific mortality following widowhood in Norway
    Preventive Medicine 2016 DOI
  • Ekaterina Sharashova, Tom Wilsgaard, Tormod Brenn :
    Resting heart rate on the decline: the Tromsø Study 1986–2007
    International Journal of Epidemiology 2015 DOI
  • Morten Skandfer, Erlend Hoftun Farbu, Tormod Brenn, Anje Christina Höper :
    Associations between feeling cold at work and work performance in a cold-exposed working population from the Tromsø 6 study
    2021
  • Erlend Hoftun Farbu, Anje Christina Höper, Tormod Brenn, Morten Skandfer :
    Working in cold environment and future musculoskeletal complaints
    2021
  • Erlend Hoftun Farbu, Anje Christina Höper, Christopher Sivert Nielsen, Tormod Brenn, Audun Stubhaug, Morten Skandfer :
    Working in cold environments and chronic pain lasting ≥ 3 months, a cross-sectional study from The Tromsø Study 6
    2019
  • Anette Vårvik, Tormod Brenn, Elinor Ytterstad :
    Sa dei ikkje hadde meir å leve for - Studie gjorde forskarar nysgjerrige
    21. December 2019
  • Trond Karlstrøm, Ronald Johansen, Tormod Brenn, Inger Njølstad, Olav Helge Førde :
    Livsstilen i slutten av 40-årene har stor betydning for hvor gammel du blir
    25. June 2019
  • Tormod Brenn, Sameline Grimsgaard, Alexander V Kudryavtsev :
    Dugnad i Tromsø bedrer russisk hjertehelse
    21. September 2019
  • Elinor Ytterstad, Tormod Brenn :
    When the spouses dies - A frailty survival model
    2018
  • Sergei Nikolaevich Drachev, Tormod Brenn, Tordis A Trovik :
    Oral health-related quality of life in a group of young university students in North-West Russia
    2018
  • Turid Austin Wæhler, Tormod Brenn :
    Hjertelig utdanningssamarbeid over landegrensene
    UiT Helseblogg 2018
  • Tormod Brenn :
    Høyere dødelighet etter tap av ektefelle
    12. August 2016
  • Tormod Brenn, Elinor Ytterstad :
    Høyere dødelighet
    12. August 2016
  • Tormod Brenn, Elinor Ytterstad :
    Høyere dødelighet etter tap av ektefelle
    11. August 2016
  • Tormod Brenn, Elinor Ytterstad :
    Mister ektefellen - får økt dødsrisiko
    12. August 2016
  • Line Brustad, Tormod Brenn, Elinor Ytterstad :
    Mange dør av kreft kort tid etter at de mister sitt livs kjærlighet
    10. August 2016
  • Anatoly Rubanenko, Tormod Brenn :
    Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases and medical statistics: international experience and education
    27. April 2016
  • Marit Garfjeld, Tormod Brenn :
    Ikke engang døden skulle skille dem
    21. August 2016
  • Line Brustad, Tormod Brenn, Elinor Ytterstad :
    Dødelig livskrise
    11. August 2016
  • Tormod Brenn, Elinor Ytterstad :
    Dør uka etter at ektefelle dør
    12. August 2016
  • Tormod Brenn :
    The Tromsø Study - PhD in Tromsø
    2016
  • John Strandmo, Tormod Brenn, Elinor Ytterstad :
    Når en livsledsager dør, dør enker og enkemenn av kreft kort tid etter
    10. August 2016
  • Espen Arnold Hansen, Tormod Brenn :
    Derfor dør flere eldre om vinteren
    21. January 2016
  • Astrid Helen Holm, Tormod Brenn :
    Du kan dø av hjertesorg
    24. May 2016
  • Svein Vestrum Olsson, Tormod Brenn :
    Dett er den dødeligste dagen i året
    01. January 2016
  • Ekaterina Sharashova, Tom Wilsgaard, Tormod Brenn :
    Resting heart rate in the general population is going down, the Tromsø Study 1986-­2007
    2015

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    Research interests

    The Tromsø Study.

    The Arkhangelsk Study.

    Coronary heart disease in families.

    Public health in Russia.

    International cooperation in higher eduaction and research.


    Member of research group