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Public Health and Health-Related Research Panel 5 Public Health and Health-related Research Panel 5 Evaluation Division for Science Molecular Biology Botany, Zoology Panel 3 and Ecology-related Diciplines Panel 1 Public Health and Clinical Research Health-related Panel 4B Research Panel 5 Clinical Research Physiology-related Panel 4A Disciplines Panel 2 Psychology and Psychiatry Panel 6 Evaluation of biology, medicine and health research in Norway (2011) Public Health and Health-related Research – Panel 5 Public health, community dentistry and community nutrition. Epidemiology and medical statistics. Health services research, preventive medicine, nursing research, physiotherapy, occupational medicine, behavioural research and ethics, other health related research Evaluation of biology, medicine and health research in Norway (2011) © The Research Council of Norway 2011 The Research Council of Norway P.O.Box 2700 St. Hanshaugen N–0131 OSLO Telephone: +47 22 03 70 00 Telefax: +47 22 03 70 01 [email protected] www.rcn.no/english The report can be ordered at: www.forskningsradet.no/publikasjoner or green number telefax: +47 800 83 001 Design: Agendum as Printing: 07 Gruppen AS Number of copies: 500 Oslo, November 2011 ISBN 978-82-12-02997-2 (print) ISBN 978-82-12-02998-9 (pdf) Evaluation of biology, medicine and health research in Norway (2011) Preface from the Research Council of Norway The Research Council of Norway (RCN) is given the task by the Ministry of Education and Research to perform subject-specific evaluations. According to the plan for these evaluations the RCN carried during 2010 and 2011 out a comprehensive evaluation of Norwegian research within biology, medicine and health in Norwegian universities, hospitals, relevant university colleges and relevant research institutes. Evaluations have previously been performed within these subjects/fields, in biology in 2000 and medicine and health in 2004. Due to the large span in disciplines and the number of scientific groups involved in the evaluation, seven international panels of experts were established; each of them reviewed one of the following subfields: Panel 1 Botany, Zoology and Ecology-related Disciplines Panel 2 Physiology-related Disciplines Panel 3 Molecular Biology Panel 4a Clinical Research – Selected Disciplines Panel 4b Clinical Research – Selected Disciplines Panel 5 Public Health and Health-related Research Panel 6 Psychology and Psychiatry The Research Council of Norway would like to thank the panel for the comprehensive work the panel has performed. Oslo, October 2011 Hilde Jerkø (sign.) Mari K. Nes (sign.) Director Director Division for Science Division for Society and Health 1 Evaluation of biology, medicine and health research in Norway (2011) Statement from the Panel This is the report from Panel 5 in the Evaluation of Biology, Medicine and Health covering Public health and health- related research. The conclusion and recommendations in this report are based on self-evaluations and hearings with representatives from the units evaluated. The hearings took place in April 2011 in Oslo. The views expressed in this report are the consensus view of the panel members. The members of the panel are in collective agreement with the assessments, conclusions and recommendations presented. Some of the panel members had conflicts of interest with one evaluation unit. Nancy Pedersen reported conflicts of interest with the unit of epidemiology at Norwegian Institute of Public Health, David Leon with Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø and Michael Væth with Department for Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen. Therefore, these panel members did not take part in the hearing nor the discussion or the grading of the unit/department where there was conflict of interest. Professor Peter C. Croft of Keele University contributed to the initial evaluation of the submitted self-evaluation documents but did not attend the Panel hearings and has not signed the report. 2 Evaluation of biology, medicine and health research in Norway (2011) Table of contents PREFACE FROM THE RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NORWAY ............................................................................. 1 STATEMENT FROM THE PANEL.................................................................................................................. 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WITH GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................... 7 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE FIELD AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................ 9 THE NORWEGIAN RESEARCH SYSTEM IN GENERAL ................................................................................................... 9 RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 10 PARTICULARLY STRONG RESEARCH AREAS ............................................................................................................ 11 Aetiological epidemiology .................................................................................................................... 11 Global health ........................................................................................................................................ 12 STRONG RESEARCH AREAS ................................................................................................................................ 13 Occupational health ............................................................................................................................. 13 LESS STRONG RESEARCH AREAS ......................................................................................................................... 14 Health-care system research ................................................................................................................ 14 Care/Nursing sciences .......................................................................................................................... 14 THE EVALUATION PROCESS ............................................................................................................................... 16 EVALUATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL UNITS ................................................................................................ 17 UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, FACULTY OF MEDICINE ........................................................................................ 19 INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES ............................................................................................................. 19 1. Biostatistics....................................................................................................................................... 19 2. Nutrition II ........................................................................................................................................ 21 UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, FACULTY OF MEDICINE ........................................................................................ 23 INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND SOCIETY ................................................................................................................... 23 1. Department of Health Sciences ........................................................................................................ 23 2. Department of Health Management and Health Economics ........................................................... 25 3. Department of Nursing Sciences ...................................................................................................... 26 4. Centre for Medical Ethics .................................................................................................................. 27 5. Department of Community Medicine ............................................................................................... 28 6. Department of General Practice/Family Medicine ........................................................................... 29 UNIVERSITY OF OSLO AND OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ......................................................................... 30 INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL MEDICINE ..................................................................................................................... 30 1.Center for Shared Decision Making and Nursing Research ............................................................... 30 2. Unit of Biostatistics and Epidemiology ............................................................................................. 32 UNIVERSITY OF OSLO AND AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ................................................................ 34 INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL MEDICINE ..................................................................................................................... 34 1. Health Services Research Group ...................................................................................................... 34 UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN, FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY .......................................................... 36 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE............................................................................... 36 1. General Practice ............................................................................................................................... 37 2. Occupational and Environmental Medicine ..................................................................................... 38 3.Physiotherapy Research Group ........................................................................................................
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