Christine Louise Parr
Senior advisor, PhD
Secretariat
Christine Louise is senior advisor working with risk-benefit assessments and systematic knowledge summaries. She has a doctoral degree in nutritional epidemiology.
Position
Senior Advisor epidemiology, VKM Secretariat
Education
2023: Basic project management, Holte Academy
2022: Risk-benefit assessment of foods: methods for quantifying health effects. PhD course 23839, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
2022: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. PhD course NRS8002, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)/Norwegian Research School of Global health
2022: Risk assessment in nutrition. BTSF academy, European Commission
2017: Teaching and Learning in Professional Education-Introduction for Academic Staff,
Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
2003 – 2008: PhD nutritional epidemiology, Dept of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
1998 – 2001: Master’s degree in public nutrition, Dept of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
Work experience
2020 – present: Senior advisor epidemiology, VKM Secretariat
2019 – 2020: Researcher, Dept of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
2017-2020: Subject matter expert. Scientific panel on "Nutrition, Dietetic Products, Novel Food and Allergy", Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM)
2017 – 2019: Associate Professor public nutrition, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
2013 – 2016: Postdoctoral researcher, Dept of Non-communicable Diseases, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
2008 – 2014: Postdoctoral researcher, Dept of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
Other work experience
2015: Guest researcher, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NC, USA
2008: Guest researcher, George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia
Select publications
Andersen, Lene Frost; Berstad, Paula; Bukhvalova, Barbara Alexandra; Carlsen, Monica Hauger; Dahl, Lisbeth Jane; Goksøyr, Anders; Sletting Jakobsen, Lea; Knutsen, Helle Katrine; Kvestad, Ingrid; Lillegaard, Inger Therese Laugsand; Mangschou, Bente; Meyer, Haakon Eduard; Parr, Christine Louise; Rakkestad, Kirsten Eline; Rasinger, Josef; Sengupta, Sayantan; Skeie, Guri; Starrfelt, Jostein; Ulven, Stine Marie. Benefit and risk assessment of fish in the Norwegian diet - Scientific Opinion of the Steering Committee of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. VKM Report 2022 ;Volum 2022: 17.(17) s. 1-1082. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3010941
Parr CL, Nystad W, Karlstad Ø, Øymar K, Langhammer A, Nafstad P, Wisløff T. Ten-year trends of national healthcare costs of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic eczema in 3 million Norwegians. Allergy. 2022 May;77(5):1614-1616.
Mullee A, Romaguera D, Pearson-Stuttard J, Viallon V, Stepien M, Freisling H, Fagherazzi G, Mancini FR, Boutron-Ruault MC, Kühn T, Kaaks R, Boeing H, Aleksandrova K, Tjønneland A, Halkjær J, Overvad Henjum, Sigrun; Brantsæter, Anne Lise; Holvik, Kristin; Lillegaard, Inger Therese Laugsand; Mangschou, Bente; Parr, Christine Louise; Starrfelt, Jostein; Stea, Tonje Holte; Strand, Tor A; Andersen, Lene Frost; Dahl, Lisbeth; Dalen, Knut Tomas; Løvik, Martinus; Ulven, Stine Marie
Benefit and risk assessment of iodization of household salt and salt used in bread and bakery products. Scientific opinion of the Panel on Nutrition, Dietetic Products, Novel Food and Allergy of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. VKM Report 2020 ;Volum 2020.(5) s. 1-312. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3010945
K, Weiderpass E, Skeie G, Parr CL, Quirós JR, Agudo A, Sánchez MJ, Amiano P, Cirera L, Ardanaz E, Khaw KT, Tong TYN, Schmidt JA, Trichopoulou A, Martimianaki G, Karakatsani A, Palli D, Agnoli C, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, Panico S, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Verschuren WMM, Boer JMA, Vermeulen R, Ramne S, Sonestedt E, van Guelpen B, Holgersson PL, Tsilidis KK, Heath AK, Muller D, Riboli E, Gunter MJ, Murphy N. Association Between Soft Drink Consumption and Mortality in 10 European Countries. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Nov 1;179(11):1479-1490.
Parr CL, Magnus MC, Karlstad Ø, Holvik K, Lund-Blix NA, Haugen M, Page CM, Nafstad P, Ueland PM, London SJ, Håberg SE, Nystad W, 2018, Vitamin A and D intake in pregnancy, infant supplementation, and asthma development: the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort. 2018. Am J Clin Nutr; 107(5):789-798.