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 BCEPS email: bceps@uib.no

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

NEW ROLES FROM SEPTEMBER 2023 - NOT ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN UPDATED

 

BCEPS Director:
Ole Frithjof Norheim

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BCEPS Deputy Director:
Ingvild Sandøy

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Administrative Lead:
Maria Sollohub

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University of Bergen Staff and PhD Candidates

Norheim, Ole Frithjof
Professor
BCEPS Director
SFF Group Leader
Priority Setting Research Team Leader

 

Sandøy, Ingvild
Professor
BCEPS Deputy Director
SFF Group Leader

 

Miljeteig, Ingrid
Professor
Clinical Ethics Research Team Leader

 

Johansson, Kjell Arne
Professor
SFF Group Leader
FairChoices Research Team Leader
Co-PI for Zanzibar Team

 

Haaland, Øystein
Professor
FairChoices Research Team

 

Sommerfelt, Halvor
Professor
SFF Group Leader

 

Kaarbøe, Oddvar
Professor
PI for Essential NCDs Tanzania Team

 

Økland, Jan-Magnus
Senior Engineer
FairChoices Research Team

 

Sollohub, Maria
BCEPS Head of Administration

 

Wilbricht, Jana
BCEPS Head of Communications

 

Ipek, Filiz
BCEPS Financial Officer

 

Davis, Austen
BCEPS Policy Advisor

 

Heggheim, Ricky
Communication Officers,Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care
EquiFinance Team Coordinator

 

Hailu, Alemayehu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Cross-cutting theme: Distribution

 

Hangoma, Peter
Postdoctoral Researcher
Cross-cutting theme: Implementation

 

Msemburi, William
Postdoctoral Researcher
FairChoices Research Team

 

Melberg, Andrea
Postdoctoral Researcher
Clinical Ethics Research Team

 

Aryal, Krishna
Researcher
Essential NCDs Nepal Team

 

Mori, Amani
Researcher
Essential NCDs Tanzania Team
 
 

Ruhago, George
Researcher
Essential NCDs Tanzania Team

 
Chola, Lumbwe
Researcher
PI for Essential NCDs Ghana Team
 
 

Akazili, James
Researcher
Essential NCDs Ghana Team

 

Kiros, Mizan (due to complete in 2023)
PhD Candidate

 

Bhopal, Anand
PhD Candidate

 

Horn, Sindre
PhD Candidate
Collaboration with SEVPRI (Severity and Priority Setting in Health Care)

 

McLean, Emily
PhD Candidate

 

Choudhary, Tarun
PhD Candidate
EquiFinance - Collaboration with CISMAC (Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health)

 

Aftab, Wafa
PhD Candidate

 

Twea, Pakwanja
PhD Candidate
Malawi Team

 

Mwalim, Omar
Co-PI for BCEPS Zanzibar
PhD Candidate
Zanzibar Team

 

Kleven-Madsen, Nina
PhD Candidate

  
Bolongaita, Sarah
PhD Candidate
FairChoices Research Team
 

Willilo, Ritha
PhD Candidate
Essential NCDs Tanzania Team

 

Aduo-Adjei, Kofi
PhD Candidate
Essential NCDs Ghana Team

 

Khanal, Pratik
PhD Candidate
Essential NCDs Nepal Team

 

Minwyelet, Marta
PhD Candidate
Essential NCDs Africa-CDC Team

 

Brendbekken, Audun
PhD Candidate

 
Azevedo, Ingrid
Research Assistant
 
 

 

 

Affiliated Researchers

- listed in alphabetical order

Ahmed, Sali
University of Washington
PhD student in implementation science
Barra, Mathias
Akershus University Hospital - Health Services Research Unit
Collaboration with SEVPRI (Severity and Priority Setting in Health Care)
Bump, Jesse
Harvard University
Cross-cutting support
Chakrabarti, Averi
University of Harvard
Postdoctoral researcher
Cookson, Richard
University of York
Cross-cutting support
Fekadu, Lelisa
Takemi Scholar 2022-23
Harvard University
Gopinathan, Unni
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Equitable Financing Team
Jamison, Dean
University of California San Francisco
Cross-cutting theme: DCP4
Kaur, Gunjeet
Affiliated Researcher
FairChoices
Lamu, Admassu
Inclusive Evaluation of Public Health Interventions
Memirie, Solomon
Addis Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (ACEPS)
PI for Disease Control Priorities (DCP) Ethiopia and ACEPS Team
Onarheim, Kristine
University College London
Cross-cutting support: Ethics & Deliberation
Ottersen, Trygve
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Co-PI for Equitable Financing Team (World Bank/NIPH)
Co-PI for Inclusive Evaluation of Public Health Interventions
Robinson, Lisa A.
Deputy Director, Center for Health Decision Science
Senior Research Scientist
Center for Health Decision Science and Center for Risk Analysis
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Schaufel, Margrethe Aase
Haukeland University Hospital
Said, Sanaa
BCEPS Zanzibar Team
Taddesse, Mieraf
Addis Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (ACEPS)
Tamiru, Hailu
Addis Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (ACEPS)
Verguet, Stéphane
Harvard University
PI for BCEPS Core Analytics Team
Voorhoeve, Alex
London School of Economics
Cross-cutting support
Watkins, David
University of Washington
PI for BCEPS Process and Translation Team
PI for BCEPS Malawi Team
Wong, Brad
Director Mettalytics
Yamin, Alicia
Harvard University
Cross-cutting support
Young, Sven
Helse Bergen
BCEPS Malawi Team

BCEPS Steering Group

The following Steering Group members have been appointed for the period 2022-24:

Rørtveit, Guri (Chair)
Head of Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (UiB)
Memirie, Solomon
Director of the Addis Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting - ACEPS (partner)
Ottersen, Trygve
Executive Director of the Division of Infection Control, Norwegian Institute of Public Health (partner)
McLean, Emily
BCEPS PhD candidate (faculty, rotating position)
Fife, Paul
Director of the Department for Human Development, Norad (external representative, observer status)
Kvinnsland, Stener
Trond Mohn Foundation (external representative, observer status)

Mandate and Composition of the BCEPS Steering Group:

• oversee and support the centre's professional development and goal achievement
• facilitate effective collaboration between UiB and BCEPS partners
• ensure anchoring of the centre in the University's strategic focus area for Global Challenges
• be briefed on and provide input to BCEPS’ strategies, overall budget, and plans for the future
• receive and acknowledge financial and progress reports
• provide input to the overall recruitment strategy

The Steering Group is formally appointed by the department board at IGS and has the following composition:

• Head of department, IGS (Chair)
• Two representatives of partners
• One representative of staff
• Two external representatives (observer status)

Steering Group meetings are scheduled to be held once a year, and additionally as a response to specific needs and opportunities. Participation may be in person or digitally. Presence of at least four Steering Group members is required to reach decisions. The Chair of the Steering Group has a double vote if a simple majority is not reached.

International Scientific Advisory Board

Chalkidou, Kalipso
International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI)
Cookson, Richard
University of York
Jamison, Dean
University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
Tan-Torres Edejer, Tessa
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Voorhoeve, Alex
London School of Economics (LSE)

Students

BCEPS provides a research environment for students at various stages of study:

  • MD PhD Track Students
    These are students following the Medical Student Research Programme at the University of Bergen. This programme is a special offer to a group of medical and dental students (up to 10 %) who have a special interest in medical and dental research and are willing to do research in parallel with their studies.
     
  • Master's Students
    Most of the Master's students connected to BCEPS are part of the Disease Control Priorities Ethiopia project and are studying for a Master's Degree in Global Health.
     
  • Student Assistants
    BCEPS has several student assistants who contribute to ongoing BCEPS activities.
     
  • PhD Candidates
    BCEPS provides supervision for PhD candidates who are part of the PhD Programme at the Faculty of Medicine. Former PhD Candidates who have completed their PhD studies at BCEPS are listed in the Former Students section below.

Current Students:

- in alphabetical order

Cetin, Kaya
MD PhD Track
Enden, Marta
MD PhD Track
Eriksen, Sara
MD PhD Track
Hubbers, Jessica
BCEPS Student Assistant
Master's Degree in Global Health
 
Olsen, Maria
MD PhD Track

Peter, Harrieth
Master's Degree in Global Health
BCEPS Essential NCDs Tanzania Team

Munish, Castory
Master's Degree in Global Health
BCEPS Essential NCDs Tanzania Team

Former Students & PhD Candidates:

- in alphabetical order

Argaw, Muluken
DCP Ethiopia / ACEPS
Master's Degree in Global Health (completed 2020)
Mwalim, Omar
BCEPS Zanzibar Team
Master's Degree in Global Health (completed 2020)
Nigatu, Wondesen
DCP Ethiopia / ACEPS
Master's Degree in Global Health
Shikur, Rahima
DCP Ethiopia / ACEPS
Master's Degree in Global Health
Tamiru, Hailu
DCP Ethiopia / ACEPS
Master's Degree in Global Health (completed 2020)
Wake, Mihirit
DCP Ethiopia / ACEPS
Master's Degree in Global Health (2019-2022)
Mulugeta, Genet
DCP Ethiopia / ACEPS
Master's Degree in Global Health (2019-2022)

Former PhD Candidates:

- in alphabetical order

Fekadu, Lelisa
PhD Candidate (completed 2021)
Disease Control Priorities (DCP) Ethiopia
Teshome, Getachew (completed 2021)
PhD Candidate
Disease Control Priorities (DCP) Ethiopia
Tranvåg, Eirik (completed 2021)
PhD Candidate
BCEPS Team


Former PhD Candidates (Global Health Priorities)

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