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Reality-Connected Machine Simulation of Heavy Machinery

The RealSim project proposal aims to connect machine simulation to reality in the framework of heavy machinery, which is an interdisciplinary application. The results of this project are expected to optimize machine performance, accurately and reliably predict machine failure, and reduce overall development and operation costs, thus, serving the Europe’s priority of green transformation and the United Nation’s sustainable development goal 9. The RealSim project will close the gaps of: (1) Onboard estimations of force and pressure components of heavy machinery; (2) Estimating deformability, cylinder friction, leakage, and valve dynamics of heavy machinery using independent nonlinear Kalman filters; (3) Employing dependent nonlinear Kalman filters in state estimators of heavy machinery; (4) Tuning algorithms for the covariance matrix of plant noise in the state estimation of heavy machinery. 

I will consolidate and leverage my research career and position as a leading researcher in the field through integration in Assoc. Prof. Mohammad Poursina’s group at the Department of Engineering Sciences of the University of Agder (UiA), Norway. Here, I will acquire hands-on experience of working with actual mechatronic systems and develop efficient control algorithms. I will improve my knowledge of fluid power designing, control theory, instrumentation, and develop efficient coding skills. I will also develop entrepreneurial skills. The skills, knowledge, and international network that I will develop during this fellowship will put me in an excellent position to achieve my long-term goal of becoming a professor with my own independent research group at an esteemed university in EU. This fellowship will help me to prepare a strong ERC Starting Grant application in the future. It will also cater my additional goal of setting-up a research-related start-up in the future.

Algebraic Theory of Information Quantities

Information theory is a discipline at the intersection of statistics, engineering and computer science. As the study of information quantities, such as compression or communication capacities, information content or measures of statistical dependency, it is one of the theoretical underpinnings of data science.

Computational problems in information theory are highly non-linear. The goal of this project is to transfer state-of-the-art methods of computational non-linear algebra to information theory, to study the inherent algebraic complexity of information-theoretical problems and to provide tools for solving them in practice. The algebraic point of view has proven to be fruitful in seemingly unrelated areas, as witnessed by a surge of recent work in algebraic statistics, in particular on likelihood geometry. However, maximizing the likelihood function is the same as minimizing relative entropy — a specific information quantity. Hence, this project also aims at generalizing the techniques developed in likelihood geometry.

One focus is on the practical computation of information quantities using numerical and differential algebraic geometry. Such quantities are defined via non-linear optimization problems and we aim to pinpoint the algebraic complexity of these problems in instances of general interest, such as common information measures. The final objective is finding fundamental laws and limits of data science imposed by non-linear inequalities constraining the entropic region. These inequalities provide, by duality, universal bounds for many of the optimization problems studied in information theory.

WHeelchair Activity Monitoring project (WHAM)

Wheelchair users (WCU) are three to five times more inactive than the general population, leading to a high risk of developing preventable secondary conditions. Although physical activity (PA) guidelines have been specifically developed for WCU, we lack systematic approaches to implement them in practice, as well as valid algorithms to monitor PA change in WCU through sensor-based solutions. Accordingly, the overall scientific aim of the WHeelchair Activity Monitoring project (WHAM) is to advance PA research and practice in WCU by developing valid digital markers for monitoring of and providing feedback on PA, paving the way for implementation and intervention. I will accomplish this through combining the complementary research fields of 1) behavioural intervention studies focusing on increasing PA in WCU (core competence University of British Columbia, UBC; outgoing phase) and 2) sensor-based PA monitoring (core competence Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU; returning phase – consolidated by non-academic placement at Maastricht Instruments, which develop research prototypes including PA monitors). WHAM’s scientific aim is achieved through three objectives: 1) Measure the effect of a pragmatic exercise intervention trial on self-reported physical activity levels and cardio-respiratory fitness, 2) Develop valid algorithms for tracking PA markers in WCU, and 3) Co-create a framework that outlines how PA can be conjointly monitored and provided feedback on in WCU. This fellowship will enable me to become established as an internationally recognized researcher in the field of “physical activity and disability”, while bringing together ongoing national disjointed research activities in this field. Altogether, my overall ambition is to contribute to reducing inequalities in daily-life participation among WCU compared to the rest of the population.

EOSC Beyond: advancing innovation and collaboration for research

EOSC Beyond overall objective is to advance Open Science and innovation in research in the context of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) by providing new EOSC Core capabilities allowing scientific applications to find, compose and access multiple Open Science resources and offer them as integrated capabilities to researchers. To do so, EOSC Beyond supports a new concept of EOSC: a federated and integrated network of Nodes operated at different levels, national, regional, international and thematic, to serve the specific scientific missions of their stakeholders. Further specific objectives of the project are to accelerate ‘time to product’ of new scientific applications with software adapters, enable Open Science with machine composability and dynamic deployment of shared resources, support innovation in EOSC with a testing and integration environment, and align the EOSC Core architecture and specifications to integrate with European dataspaces. The project extends the state of the art of the EOSC Core and adopts a co-design methodology, including requirements elicitation, software development and validation in collaboration with different use cases from EOSC national and regional initiatives (e-Infra CZ, Czechia, NFDI, Germany, and NI4OS, South East Europe region), thematic research infrastructures from Social Sciences and Humanities (CESSDA), Life Sciences (CNB-CSIC and Instruct-ERIC), Environmental Science (ENES and LifeWatch), and Health and Food (METROFood-RI). EOSC Beyond builds on the capacities of prospective EOSC Nodes and partners with multi-annual experience in developing solutions for large-scale federated digital infrastructures and aligns with the technical architecture and requirements of data spaces from different business sectors. Ultimately, EOSC Beyond supports Open Science in modern, data-intensive, and multidisciplinary research, facilitating resource discovery, access, and reuse across scientific communities, organisations, and countries.


Harmonization of Advanced Materials Ecosystems serving strategic Innovation Markets to pave the way to a Digital Materials & Product Passport

The overarching objective of DigiPass is to enhance the digital maturity of the European communities that develop materials and intermediate products. The project will develop recommendations and clear routes toward digitalized circular business models. The overarching key result of DigiPass is to create a sustainable platform which includes support for Digital Materials & Product Passport and for collaborative innovation-by-design processes in a circular economy served by advanced materials. A business model for operating such a platform completes the overarching objective.
DigiPass is harmonizing and synergizing collected materials data sources and digital infrastructures. This will enable interoperability of data exchange, and standardization of advanced materials knowledge representation at all maturity levels. Accelerating the design, development, and production of advanced, safe, and sustainable chemicals and materials, as they are necessary for innovative products, calls for a collaborative approach involving different stakeholders to support durability, repair and overhaul, reuse, and recyclability of products. DigiPass project impacts all materials development communities over the whole circular value chain. 


Enhanced X(cross)-disciplinary Community-driven Imaging Technologies for Earth and Environmental material research

The EXCITE² Network is revolutionizing Earth and environmental material science research by consolidating a critical mass of 18 research facilities in 12 European and associated partner countries into a unified infrastructure and providing transnational access to advanced imaging technologies. This enables scientists to decipher complex processes within Earth materials at scales from nanometres to hundreds of centimetres, gaining unparalleled insight into the chemical and physical processes that govern, among others, environmental toxicity and its impact on human health, critical metal extraction for renewable energies, and the utilisation of Earth materials as long-term storage for climate-altering gases. The consortium fosters knowledge-sharing and talent attraction, bolstering the problem-solving capacity of the European Research Area. Moreover, EXCITE² is driving interdisciplinary collaboration and cross-fertilisation across academic institutions, scientific disciplines, and industry, propelling Europe towards a sustainable future. The initiative offers dedicated training programmes to a new generation of researchers within the European open science landscape, paired with access to world-class imaging facilities and expertise for problem-solving research and innovation. EXCITE² is introducing innovative service developments, such as artificial intelligence and leading-edge imaging experiments, to increase the user's problem-solving capacity. In addition, the consortium is implementing customised project valorisation strategies to maximize the impact of research outcomes in academia, society, and the economy. Citizen science projects allow the public to participate directly within the EXCITE² Network, contributing to solving EU challenges. As such, EXCITE² is paving the way towards a sustainable future, driving scientific excellence, and creating positive societal impact.

Engineering carbon quantum dots for zinc ion hybrid capacitors

Zinc ion hybrid capacitors (ZIHCs) integrate two energy storage mechanisms of battery-type electrode and capacitive electrode, bearing the advantages in energy density, power density, and safety. Until now, the cycle retention rate of ZIHC's capacity reported is still not more than 80%, restricting its development and commercial application severely. Focusing on the issue, the project aims at overcoming the limitation of traditional electrode materials and re-defining the designing concept to construct Carbon Quantum Dots (C-QDs) for ZIHCs. Advanced methods will be used to harvest carbon quantum dots from coal tar pitch (a sort of industrial solid castoff). The bulk sp2-carbon network, innumerable edge sites, profuse surface functional groups, and regular size ensures that as-synthesis C-QDs have high electrical conductivity, sufficient ion transport channels and rich adsorption sites. Moreover, the new concept of dynamic evolution is introduced for insight into the structure and interface failure of ZIHC's electrode. The interface-reconstruction mechanism and the attenuation model of capacity will be established for the first time. Further, the methods to strengthen structures of C-QD electrode will be developed based on a trade-off strategy. The ultimate goal is to improve the energy storage efficiency of ZIHCs by 20% and to increase their cycle performance more than 95% unprecedentedly. This research will develop long-running high performance ZIHCs, for contributing European energy storage industry. The ER will achieve abundant research experience and scientific skills from the project and the capability to launch her own research group in future.

IMProving User experience, Long-term sustainability and Services of EU-OPENSCREEN

EU-OPENSCREEN (EU-OS), the distributed European Research Infrastructure for Chemical Biology and early drug discovery, provides world-class services in high-throughput compound screening and medicinal chemistry to users from academia and industry. As one of the largest open-access initiative globally, EU-OPENSCREEN plays an increasingly important role in facilitating early stage drug discovery in Europe. It recently integrated fragment-based drug discovery and chemoproteomics as two new services, but the increasing complexity of modern drug discovery projects requires an even more comprehensive portfolio and integration of emerging technologies. To ensure that EU-OS continues to offer a comprehensive suite of relevant services and support a growing user community to conduct forefront research, IMPULSE will develop, validate and integrate new services in AI/ML, new chemical modalities, and innovative disease-relevant cell models combined with CRISPR-Cas9/RNAi-based genetic screening. IMPULSE will work towards the implementation of common operational and data standards to increase data reproducibility and FAIRness. Bespoke outreach and training activities will raise awareness among key user groups of its new services and advance operational excellence and reproducibility in pre-clinical drug discovery. New models for pre-competitive drug discovery with industry or charities, and growing ERIC member community will reinforce the sustainability and accessibility of EU-OPENSCREEN.

Aqua Research Infrastructure Services for the health and protection of our unique, oceans, seas and freshwater ecosystems

AQUARIUS will provide a highly comprehensive suite of integrated research infrastructures appropriate to addressing significant challenges for the long-term sustainability of our unique oceans, seas and freshwater ecosystems. For the first time, diverse research infrastructures will be combined to facilitate the work of researchers and key stakeholders focused on challenges and opportunities for both marine and freshwater systems. An impressive range of 57 research infrastructure services will be made available to include research vessels, mobile marine observation platforms, aircraft,  drones, satellite, sensors, fixed freshwater and marine observatories and test sites, experimental facilities, and sophisticated data infrastructures. AQUARIUS will support the development phase of the EU Mission to Restore our Ocean and waters by 2030, the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership, the European Green Deal, and international climate initiatives. It will also be an essential component in achieving the European Digital Twin of the Ocean and the UN Decade for Ocean Sciences. The needs of researchers will be met through a robust and transparent system of transnational access funding Calls, facilitated by centralised user-friendly access portal. The Call programme will be informed through stakeholder engagement and brokerage events. Projects to be selected for Access must convincingly integrate multiple infrastructures and contribute to the core policy objectives of Mission Ocean, that is, to protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity; to prevent and eliminate pollution of our oceans, seas and waters; and to ensure a sustainable, carbon-neutral and circular blue economy. A thematic and geographic focus will be the hallmark of the proposed transnational Calls, aligning with the Lighthouse Regions, that is, the Baltic and the North Sea Basins, Black Sea, Atlantic/Arctic, and Mediterranean Sea along with their associated rivers.

EOSC-ENTRUST: A European Network of TRUSTed research environments

The mission of EOSC-ENTRUST is to create a European network of trusted research environments for sensitive data and to drive European interoperability by joint development of a common blueprint for federated data access and analysis. 
Countries and institutions have made significant investments in secure and trusted data environments to meet the need for research and policy-driven analysis of sensitive datasets such as people's health and socio-economic status, the habitats of vulnerable species and geo-spatial locations of protected sites. There are now a large number of such secure environments in operation - linked to national centres, individual organisations or specific research communities. This fragmented landscape poses challenges for both users and providers: researchers are faced with a large number of different systems and access procedures; providers need to manage federated access across multiple, potentially incompatible, technology and governance frameworks.
EOSC-ENTRUST brings together providers of operational Trusted Research Environments from 15 European countries with a shared goal to implement, validate and promote their capabilities through a common European framework using shared standards and common legal, operational and technical language. This blueprint for interoperability is anchored in the EOSC Interoperability Framework spanning the four dimensions of Legal, Organisational, Technical and Semantic interoperability. EOSC-ENTRUST has identified four driver projects covering Genomics, Clinical trials, Social science, and public-private partnerships to benchmark capabilities, inform blueprint design and demonstrate secure  data analysis using federated workflows.
Targeted outreach activities will expand this open network with further providers and develop policy papers and guidelines for the full range of stakeholders to create a long-term operational TRE framework within the European Open Science Cloud.


Verneverdige bygninger og respons på klimaendringer fra et brukerperspektiv

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CulClim - Cultural valuable buildings and climate change in a user perspective, is an interdisciplinary research collaboration project between the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) and SINTEF Building and Infrastructure. CulClim is part of the research program "People's climate research". In this program, the Norwegian Research Council has asked the public to define research questions that they wanted climate researchers to answer: http://www.forskningsradet.no/prognettklimaforsk/Folkets_klimaforskning/1254008369561
The CulClim project focuses on cultural valuable buildings and climate change responses from a user perspective. Its overarching ambition is to generate knowledge on how society and the public can engage in challenges related to climate change, as well as to contribute to both mitigation and adaptation of historic buildings and environments. Together with the users, researchers from SINTEF and NIKU have investigated decisions processes for technical measures, and user related measures aiming at improving the climate adaptation and decreasing the users' climate impact and energy consumption. 
In order to identify relevant climate change strategies from a user perspective, the CulClim project provides a case study of an apartment building from around 1890 in an area with protected heritage buildings in Oslo, Norway. The building is in need of renovation to withstand the impacts of climate strain, with increasing temperatures and amounts of precipitation. However, the protection status of the buildings, the need for maintenance, legal framework and, feasibility, are some of several conflicting issues. Based on the building and the related issues, NIKU has developed a technical analysis pointing at different recommended measures that the residents are advised to deal with. This analysis/report is also based on an early survey that we did to map the needs of the residents when it comes to their building and apartments. Further, SINTEF has conducted focus groups and individual interviews with the residents in order to understand how they cope with their building, what their experiences with cultural heritage are, and their understandings of climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. 
Findings demonstrate that many Norwegians believe that energy efficiency is important regardless of cultural heritage status or building age. Our focus groups and interviews reveal that becoming aware of the meaning of the heritage status leads to confusion and insecurity among residents. The responsibility of finding information on renovation and sustainable renovation establish contact with the city cultural heritage authorities is the owners'. They do however find this difficult. There is a risk that mixed messages from different public bodies concerning sustainability (that do not necessarily consider heritage status), leave the residents incapable of action which again leads to building degradation. Further, our project reveals severe communication challenges between the public authorities' and the residents' perspectives, creating risks for degradation of historic buildings instead of sustainability. Physical building damage caused by technical building measures aiming at energy efficiency and climate adaptation is seen as a realistic threat to the cultural valuable building stock.
Accordingly, we identify a need for more outreaching communication between the actors involved. Apparently, better cooperation between The Directorate for Cultural Heritage and ENOVA could result in easier access to information and less confusing advices for the residents. ENOVA's counselling service could also include advices for cultural heritage buildings or direct these queries to the Directorate for Cultural Heritage. We would also suggest that information strategies from ENOVA to the public should point to the fact that cultural heritage buildings are to be treated in different ways than buildings from 1950 and up.
Based on the previously performed interviews, vi have developed the contents to a new guidance booklet. It has been quality assured/tested by a selection of potential users and is revised based on their input. The guidance booklet will be produced as a downloadable pdf file and presents a summary of some of the most important findings in the project.

The project will increase knowledge amongst the general public on mitigation and adaptation to climate change in culturally valuable building environments. This will be pursued through a user perspective, aiming at improving the climate adaptation of cult ural valuable buildings and decreasing the users' climate impact and energy consumption. The main focus will be on user behaviour and decision processes. The outcome of the project shall be plain, easy implementable climate adaptation and emission reducti on measures, with evident, measurable impact and effect, in cooperation with the attending general public.
The theoretical framework is based on a multidisciplinary social science approach where science and technology are seen as social and cultural pract ices. The results will be based on action research and group interviews.
The project will be divided into three work packages. 
1) International perspectives: Describe and analyse climate mitigation and adaptation measures in a targeted culturally valuabl e building environment, in a model city with great transfer value to Oslo. Develop state of the art of pro-environmental behaviour related to culturally valuable buildings and related social and technical challenges.  
2) National case, urban living lab,  Grünerløkka: Mapping of climate change response related user behaviour in culturally valuable building environments in an "urban living lab". In interaction with the users: Find the best climate mitigation and adaptation measures, both technical and user  related. Develop decision guidelines for the chosen measures (app, web site, booklet etc.). Test the recommended measures in the case study.
3) Dissemination and dissemination testing: The guidelines and decision tools will be tested on the users in the l iving lab before they will be spread to a broader public. The aim is also to make a TV-program.
The researchers have an agreement about cooperation with the EU-project "Climate for Culture" and Uppsala university.

Cultural valuable buildings and climate change responses in a user perspective

Demografiske endringer fører til at andelen av befolkningen som er arbeidsfør er fallende. I tillegg til teknologisk utvikling og import av arbeidskraft vil det å beholde unge voksne i arbeidsstyrken i flere tiår være viktig for å kunne opprettholde en sterk velferdsstat. Samtidig viser studier en økende forekomst av psykiske plager blant unge vokse – spesielt depresjon og angst. Denne utviklingen gir grunn til bekymring, både for de unges helsetilstand og deres evne til å stå i arbeidsstyrken over tid.
Det finnes mange ulike forklaringer på økningen i rapporterte psykiske plager blant unge, som for eksempel bruk av sosiale medier, økt skolepress og et mer krevende arbeidsmarked. Samtidig har det blitt hevdet at økningen også kan reflektere et redusert stigma knyttet til psykiske helseproblemer, bedre behandlingstilbud og en økende tilbøyelighet til å søke medisinsk hjelp for psykisk ubehag som tidligere ble ansett som «normalt» , såkalt medikalisering.
YoungPsych-prosjektet vil undersøke om samfunnet har blitt mer eller mindre inkluderende for unge med psykiske helseproblemer, samt om unge voksne med psykiske problemer i dag har større (eller mindre) sannsynlighet for å fullføre utdanning og være aktive i arbeidsstyrken. Videre vil prosjektet belyse i hvilken grad skolepress, stressende arbeidsforhold og bruk av sosiale medier bidrar til økningene i psykiske helseproblemer blant unge. Ikke minst vil prosjektet undersøke i hvilken grad mer åpenhet om psykiske problemer og en økende tilbøyelighet til å søke medisinsk hjelp bidrar til den observerte økning i psykiske diagnoser.
For å besvare disse spørsmålene vil prosjektet benytte seg av norske registerdata og store befolkningsundersøkelser. Resultatene fra prosjektet vil kunne hjelpe beslutningstakere, forskere og den interesserte offentligheten til å bedre forstå de nylige økningene i psykiske helseproblemer hos ungdom og unge voksne, samt i hvilken grad dette kan forventes å påvirke arbeidsmarkedene i fremtiden.

A high rate of labor force participation is an important foundation of the Norwegian welfare state. At the same time, an increasing share of young adults is not participating in the labor market due to mental health problems. Moreover, the share of young adults seeking help for mental health problems is strongly increasing. Together with a demographic shift towards an older population during the next decades, these developments have stirred concerns regarding future cohorts' ability to participate in the workforce. Work force participation is both important for the welfare state and for an individual’s social and economic integration into society. 

Against that background, the YoungPsych-project will provide the best to-date knowledge about (i) the relationship between early-life mental health problems, educational attainment and labor market attachment; (ii) the impact of academic pressure and job characteristics on the likelihood of developing mental health problems; (iii) the extent to which a lower threshold for seeking help and a more widespread use of social media can explain the increase in mental health diagnoses.

With a highly competent interdisciplinary project team, the project will produce new knowledge that is highly likely to move the field forward. The empirical foundation of the project is a uniquely comprehensive register linkage, linked to population wide survey data from the Armed Forces' selection process, and large register-linked longitudinal population-based surveys. These data sources allow for examining changes during the past two decades and to take into account different aspects of mental health, including self-perceived mental health, help-seeking behavior and doctors’ diagnoses. The strength of the project lies in the combination of exceptionally rich longitudinal data, creative research designs, modern data analysis, and important and timely research questions.

Young adults’ mental health and labor market exclusion - causes, consequences, and trends

Forekomsten av overvekt og fedme har økt de siste 30 årene. Likevel vet man lite om byrden av fedme i Norge og årsakssammenhengene er komplisert. Dette prosjektet utnyttet rike og unike registerdata i Norge kombinert med statistiske metoder som potensielt kan brukes til å estimere konsekvenser av fedme. Nasjonale registerdata ble koblet til store befolkningsstudier med opplysninger om antropometri, genetiske markører osv. Vi brukte genetiske markører i instrument variabel analyser og undersøkte om det kunne brukes til å studere kausaleffekter av overvekt på diverse utfallsvariabler. Vi satt sammen en tverrfaglig gruppe med ulik kompetanse på genetisk epidemiologi og helseøkonomi. Det ble ansatt en PhD og en PostDoc. Prosjektdeltagerne har publisert flere artikler i fagfellevurderte tidsskrift og deltatt på diverse konferanser. Nylige resultater har også fått en del medieoppmerksomhet. PhD-stipendiaten har fullført doktorgraden.

Vi fant at økte fedme og overvekt sannsynligvis vil lede til økt press på helsetjenesten. Men de effektene vi fant var noe mindre enn tidligere studier viser. Videre fant vi at en økt kroppsmasseindeks reduserer inntekten til kvinner, men ingen effekt for menn. En del analyse ble også gjort på validiteten av analysestrategien vår. Vi kunne ikke endelig konkludere med at bruk av gener i instrumentvariabelmodeller er en valid måte å beregne kausale effekter av overvekt og fedme på ulike utfall.

Obesity levels have escalated dramatically the past 30 years resulting in increased disease burden and major cost consequences. Nevertheless, little is known about the burden of obesity in Norway, and the identification of causal patterns is complex due to the multidimensional concept of obesity. We will use the rich and unique infrastructure for health data research in Norway along with improved statistical methods to provide comprehensive and valid estimates of the burden of obesity in Norway. Linking national register data to large scale population studies that contain obesity measures and genetic markers provides an exceptional research opportunity in a global perspective. Furthermore, applying genetic markers in instrumental variable analyses may advance causal inference by avoiding residual confounding and reverse causality. The aim of our project is to study the impact of obesity on morbidity, mortality, health service use and social insurance benefits in Norway. Two sets of analyses will be conducted. Firstly, we aim to gain an understanding of the total burden of obesity in Norway by estimating individual trajectories and cost of illness by different demographic and social characteristics. Secondly, we aim to assess the causal impact of obesity on health and health service use by the use of genetic markers as natural experiments. To achieve this we have assembled an interdisciplinary team of complementary strength, primarily from two institutions in Norway consisting of genetic epidemiology and health economics. Our results will be important to inform future health policies and obesity prevention strategies.

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VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Young adults’ mental health and labor market exclusion - causes, consequences, and trends

Tildelt: kr 12,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2024-2028

Sted: Oslo

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

The burden of obesity in Norway: morbidity, mortality, health service use and productivity loss

Tildelt: kr 6,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2016-2021

Sted: Oslo