Lene Frost Andersen

Deputy chairperson. Phd.

Nutrition, Dietetic Products, Novel Food and Allergy

Lene has a doctoral degree in nutrition. Her key competencies within VKM's subject areas are nutrition, dietary research, and epidemiology. Professor.

Stilling
Forsker, Folkehelseinstituttet

Utdanning
2000 – 2003: Bachelor i bioingeniørfag, Høyskolen i Østfold

2003 – 2005: Mastergrad i toksikologi, Universitetet i Oslo

2006 – 2010: Phd. i toksikologi, Universitetet i Oslo

Arbeidserfaring
2017 –: Forsker, avdeling for smitte fra mat, vann og dyr, Folkehelseinstituttet

2012 – 2016: Post doc./prosjektleder, avdeling for toksikologi og risiko, Folkehelseinstituttet

Øvrig faglig bakgrunn
2017 – dd: Medlem av EFSA`s arbeidsgruppe på aromastoffer

2018: Medlem av IARC`s arbeidsgruppe på monograph 122 «Isobutyl Nitrite, β-Picoline, and Some Acrylates»

2017: Medlem av IARC`s arbeidsgruppe på monograph 119 «Some chemicals that cause tumours of the urinary tract in rodents»

Utvalgte publikasjoner
Mosdøl A, Vist GE, Svendsen C, Dirven H, Lillegaard ITL, Mathisen GH, et al. (2018) Hypotheses and evidence related to intense sweeteners and effects on appetite and body weight changes: A scoping review of reviews. PLoS ONE 13(7): e0199558.

Høie AH, Svendsen C, Brunborg G, Glatt H, Alexander J, Meinl W, and Husøy T. (2015) Genotoxicity of three food processing contaminants in transgenic mice expressing human sulfotransferases 1A1 and 1A2 as assessed by the in vivo alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis assay. Environ Mol Mutagen; 56(8) 709-714.

Svendsen C, Høie AH, Alexander J, Murkovic M, Husøy T. (2016) The food processing contaminant glyoxal promotes tumour growth in the multiple intestinal neoplasia (Min) mouse model. Food Chem Toxicol.;94:197-202.

Huffman MP, Høie AH, Svendsen C, Brunborg G, Murkovic M, Glatt H, Husøy T. An in vitro study on the genotoxic effect of substituted furans in cells transfected with human metabolizing enzymes: 2,5-dimethylfuran and furfuryl alcohol. Mutagenesis. 2016 Sep;31(5):597-602.

Svendsen C, Meinl W, Glatt H, Alexander J, Knutsen HK, Hjertholm H, Rasmussen T, Husøy T. (2012) Intestinal carcinogenesis of two food processing contaminants, 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, in transgenic FVB min mice expressing human sulfotransferases. Mol Carcinog. ;51(12):984-92.