Marit Helen Andersen, professor

Andersen is a senior researcher at the Clinic for Surgery and specialized medicine, and Transplantation at Oslo University Hospital and holds a part-time professorship at the Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at the University of Oslo. She has extensive experience in clinical research within the field of transplantation, and has particularly developed and led research and professional development among the nursing staff, many of whom have completed master's and PhD degrees under her leadership.

Andersen’s research, spanning more than 20 years, has largely focused on patient-reported outcome measures (PROM). She currently leads the Research Group for Patient-Reported Outcomes and Health Economics at Oslo University Hospital. She is also a collaborator in PROMiNET, which is a PROM research infrastructure in the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority.

Over many years, Andersen has specifically worked with patient education and communication related to the field of transplantation. In recent years, she has focused this research on health literacy and knowledge translation.