Lucy Robertson

Medlem av faggruppen for hygiene og smittestoffer. Professor.

Hygiene og smittestoffer

Lucy har doktorgrad i parasitologi og ernæring. Hennes nøkkelkompetanse innenfor VKMs fagområder er parasitologi (smittestoff).

Curriculum vitae

Stilling

Professor i parasittologi, NMBU-VET

Utdanning

1989: PhD, University of Glasgow, Storbritannia

1986 – 1989: Doktorgradstipendiat, Zoologisk institutt, University of Glasgow, Storbritannia

1983 – 1986: BSc, Hons 2:1 biokjemi, Queen Mary College, University of London, Storbritannia

Arbeidserfaring

2010 – dd: Professor, NVH & NMBU-VET, Oslo

2007 – 2010: Førsteamanuensis, Norges veterinærhøgskole, Oslo

1998 – 2006: Forsker, Norges veterinærhøgskole, Oslo

1990 – 1996: Post Doc.-stillinger, Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Laboratory, Glasgow, Storbritannia

Øvrig faglig bakgrunn

2004 - dd: Medlem i VKM

2012: Ekspert i FAO/WHO faggruppe for risikorangering av parasitter

2015 - 2019: Leder - COST Action «European Network for Foodborne Parasites

2015 - 2019: Medlem - BIOHAZ Panel, European Food Safety Authority

2020: Medlem - CLEFSA (Climate-related emerging risks for food and feed, nutrition, and plant
and animal health) ledet av EFSA

2021 - dd: Styremedlem - European Federation of Parasitologists

2021 - dd: Medlem -“Scientific Advisory Council”, ITM, Antwerp, Belgia

2021 - dd: Ekspert - WHO Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) –
“Parasitic Diseases” Task Force, “Impact” Task Force

Medlem - Global Waterborne Pathogen Project (GWPP)
https://www.waterpathogens.org/

Redaktor (AE) – Epidemiology & Infection (CUP) og Food and Waterborne Parasitology
(Elsevier). På styret av International Journal of Food Microbiology (Elsevier), Experimental
Parasitology (Elsevier), Trends in Parasitology (Cell Press)

Utvalgte publikasjoner

Lucy J Robertson - Google Scholar - H-index 55
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lucy-Robertson-2 H-index 49

Campbell, S.M., Pettersen, F.O., Brekke, H., Hanevik, K., Robertson, L.J. (2022). Transition
to PCR diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis in the Norwegian healthcare system:
could the increase in reported cases be due to higher sensitivity or a change in the
testing algorithm? Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 41 835-839

Temesgen, T.T., Stigum, V. Robertson, L.J. (2022). Surveillance of berries sold on the
Norwegian market for parasite contamination using molecular methods Food Microbiol.
104 103980

Johansen, Ø.H., Abdissa, A., Zangenberg, M., Mekonnen, Z., Eshetu, B., Bjørang, O.,
Alemu, Y., Sharew, B., Langeland, N., Robertson, L.J., Hanevik, K. (2021). Performance
and operational feasibility of two diagnostic tests for cryptosporidiosis in children
(CRYPTO-POC): a clinical, prospective, diagnostic accuracy study. Lancet Infect. Dis. 21(5)
722-730

van der Giessen, J., Deksne, G., Gómez-Morales M.A., Troell K., Gomes, J., Sotiraki, S.,
Rozycki, M., Kucsera, I., Djurković-Djaković, O., Robertson, L.J. (2021). Surveillance
systems of foodborne parasitic diseases in Europe in a One Health approach. Parasite
Epidemiol. Control. 13 e00205

Torgerson, P.R., Robertson, L.J. (2021). Tracing the source of infection of cystic and
alveolar echinococcosis: how shaky is the road of “evidence” gathering? PLoS Negl Trop
Dis 15(3) e0009296.