Group leader, Jennifer Harris, PhD, is senior researcher at NIPH where she leads the program in genetic epidemiology. She has interdisciplinary training in life-span development, genetics, behavior and epidemiology and has actively participated in twin research for 30 years. Since 2000 Dr. Harris has also been a consultant at the National Institute of Health, National Institute on Aging in the USA where she advises on the development of research agendas that integrate genetics/genomics with a broad behavioral and social science portfolio. She will lead the work of the Norwegian team.
Expertise: Human development, genetic epidemiology, twin studies, obesity
Role in the project: Twin studies and triads in relation to work in WP14, WP15 and WP16
E-mail: anina.saetre.bjornhaug@fhi.no
