Kristin Benjaminsen Borch


Førsteamanuensis

Stillingsbeskrivelse

Førsteamanuensis i epidemiologi ved Institutt for Samfunnsmedisin

Forskningsgruppeleder Systemepidemiologi

 


  • Ida Løken Killie, Tonje Bjørndal Braaten, Geir Fagerjord Lorem, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch :
    Associations Between Self-Rated Health and Mortality in the Norwegian Women and Cancer (NOWAC) Study
    Clinical Epidemiology 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sairah Lai Fa Chen, Therese Haugdahl Nøst, Edoardo Botteri, Pietro Ferrari, Tonje Braaten, Torkjel M Sandanger m.fl.:
    Overall lifestyle changes in adulthood are associated with cancer incidence in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC) - a prospective cohort study
    BMC Public Health 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Alessandra Macciotta, Alberto Catalano, Maria Teresa Giraudo, Elisabete Weiderpass, Pietro Ferrari, Heinz Freisling m.fl.:
    Mediating Role of Lifestyle Behaviors in the Association between Education and Cancer: Results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
    Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Catalina Bonet, Marta Crous-Bou, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Marc J. Gunter, Rudolf Kaaks, Matthias B. Schulze m.fl.:
    The association between body fatness and mortality among breast cancer survivors: results from a prospective cohort study
    European Journal of Epidemiology (EJE) 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sondre Haakonson Arntsen, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Tom Wilsgaard, Inger Njølstad, Anne Helen Hansen :
    Time trends in body height according to educational level. A descriptive study from the Tromsø Study 1979-2016
    PLOS ONE 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Carlota Castro-Espin, Catalina Bonet, Marta Crous-Bou, Núria Nadal-Zaragoza, Anne Tjønneland, Lene Mellemkjær m.fl.:
    Association of Mediterranean diet with survival after breast cancer diagnosis in women from nine European countries: results from the EPIC cohort study
    BMC Medicine 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Sunday Oluwafemi Oyeyemi, Sarah Cook, Katrine Jonna Diab, Gerit Pfuhl :
    Mental health self-help apps for coping with COVID-19 : Lessons learnt
    Proceedings of the Paris Institute for advanced study 2022 FULLTEKST
  • Daniela Mariosa, Karl Smith-Byrne, Tom G. Richardson, Pietro Ferrari, Marc J. Gunter, Nikos Papadimitriou m.fl.:
    Body Size at Different Ages and Risk of 6 Cancers: A Mendelian Randomization and Prospective Cohort Study
    Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jae Jeong Yang, Danxia Yu, Emily White, Dong Hoon Lee, William Blot, Kim Robien m.fl.:
    Prediagnosis Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Lung Cancer Survival: A Pooled Analysis of 11 Cohorts
    JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Flavie Perrier, Reza Ghiasvand, Simon Lergenmuller, Trude Eid Robsahm, Adele C. Green, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch m.fl.:
    Life-Course Trajectories of Physical Activity and Melanoma Risk in a Large Cohort of Norwegian Women
    Clinical Epidemiology 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Melony C. Fortuin-de Smidt, Maquins Odhiambo Sewe, Camille Lassale, Elisabete Weiderpass, Jonas Andersson, José María Huerta m.fl.:
    Physical activity attenuates but does not eliminate coronary heart disease risk amongst adults with risk factors: EPIC-CVD case-cohort study
    European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC) 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Marko Lukic, Idlir Licaj, Maarit A. Laaksonen, Elisabete Weiderpass, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Charlotta Rylander :
    The burden of colon cancer attributable to modifiable factors—The Norwegian Women and Cancer Study
    International Journal of Cancer 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anja M. Sedlmeier, Vivian Viallon, Pietro Ferrari, Laia Peruchet-Noray, Emma Fontvieille, Amina Amadou m.fl.:
    Body shape phenotypes of multiple anthropometric traits and cancer risk: a multi-national cohort study
    British Journal of Cancer 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Inger Torhild Gram, Guri Skeie, Sunday Oluwafemi Oyeyemi, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Maja-Lisa Løchen :
    A Smartphone-Based Information Communication Technology Solution for Primary Modifiable Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases: Pilot and Feasibility Study in Norway
    JMIR Formative Research 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Erik Eik Anda, Tonje Bjørndal Braaten, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Therese Haugdahl Nøst, Sairah Lai Fa Chen, Marko Lukic m.fl.:
    Seroprevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in the adult population during the pre-vaccination period, Norway, winter 2020/21
    Eurosurveillance 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Antoine Alvarez, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Charlotta Rylander :
    Reproductive Factors, Use of Exogenous Hormones, and Pancreatic Cancer Incidence: The Norwegian Women and Cancer Study
    Clinical Epidemiology 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sairah Lai Fa Chen, Tonje Bjørndal Braaten, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Pietro Ferrari, Torkjel M Sandanger, Therese Haugdahl Nøst :
    Combined Lifestyle Behaviors and the Incidence of Common Cancer Types in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC)
    Clinical Epidemiology 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Flavie Perrier, Reza Ghiasvand, Simon Lergenmuller, Trude Eid Robsahm, Adele C. Green, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch m.fl.:
    Physical activity and cutaneous melanoma risk: A Norwegian population-based cohort study
    Preventive Medicine 20. april 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Bent Martin Eliassen, Marita Melhus, Elin Damsgård, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad :
    Physical activity in Sami and non-Sami populations in rural Northern Norway, the SAMINOR 2 Clinical Survey
    BMC Public Health 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Nathalie Kliemann, Vivian Viallon, Neil Murphy, Rebecca J. Beeken, Joseph A. Rothwell, Sabina Rinaldi m.fl.:
    Metabolic signatures of greater body size and their associations with risk of colorectal and endometrial cancers in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
    BMC Medicine 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Krasimira Aleksandrova, Robin Reichmann, Rudolf Kaaks, Mazda Jenab, Hendrik Bastiaan Bueno-de-Mesquita, Christina C. Dahm m.fl.:
    Development and validation of a lifestyle-based model for colorectal cancer risk prediction: the LiFeCRC score
    BMC Medicine 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sondre Haakonson Arntsen, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Sameline Grimsgaard, Elin Benedikte Skog, Magnus Aamo Holte :
    Åpnet i nye lokaler – her skal titusenvis av tromsøværinger innom til neste år
    19. februar 2024 DATA
  • Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Ann Iren Solli, Marko Lukic, David Peyre-costa, Gerit Pfuhl, Iris Helene Borch :
    Piloting development and integration of “hands on” epidemiological research projects into the curriculum within health professional and public health study programs – students and academic staff co-creation
    2023
  • Ann Iren Solli, David Peyre Costa, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch :
    Stressnivå blant universitetsstudenter – en pilotstudie
    2023
  • Tonje Bjørndal Braaten, Geir Fagerjord Lorem, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch :
    Associations between self-rated health and mortality in the Norwegian Women and Cancer study
    2023
  • Ida Løken Killie, Tonje Bjørndal Braaten, Geir Fagerjord Lorem, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch :
    Associations between self-rated health and mortality in the Norwegian Women and Cancer study
    2023
  • Fjorida Llaha, Idlir Licaj, Ekaterina Sharashova, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Marko Lukic :
    Long-term alcohol consumption trajectories and associated factors in adult women. A Comprehensive analysis of the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study 1991-2011
    2023
  • Iris Helene Borch, Rannveig Grøm Sæle, Torstein Låg, Oda Bjørnsdatter, Anita Iversen, Maria Fredriksen Kvamme m.fl.:
    Strengthening first-year medical and health profession students' learning  
    2023
  • Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Maria Fredriksen Kvamme, Anita Iversen, Rannveig Grøm Sæle, Iris Helene Borch :
    Relationship-rich education learning for transitions in higher education. Students as partners in teaching, learning and research
    2023
  • Kristin Benjaminsen Borch :
    Trening og kreftoverlevelse
    2022
  • Jan Fredrik Frantzen, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch :
    Satser anonymt og analogt
    31. oktober 2022 SAMMENDRAG / FULLTEKST
  • Marko Lukic, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Guri Skeie, Ann Iren Solli, Sairah Lai Fa Chen, Patrik Hansson m.fl.:
    Slik introduserer vi forskning til studentene våre!
    31. mars 2022 DATA
  • Elin Glad, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Maria Fredriksen Kvamme, Irene Foss, Camilla Flåten :
    Vi må bort fra Netflix og chill!
    07. april 2022 PROSJEKT / FULLTEKST
  • Ann Iren Solli, Marko Lukic, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Guri Skeie, Sairah Lai Fa Chen, Patrik Hansson m.fl.:
    Bioingeniørstudenter bidrar i forskningsprosjekt om kaffe og kolesterol
    08. januar 2022 DATA
  • Sondre Haakonson Arntsen, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Tom Wilsgård, Inger Njølstad, Anne Helen Hansen :
    Secular trends in body height according to educational level -A descriptive study from The Tromsø Study 1979-2016
    2022
  • Flavie Perrier, Trude Eid Robsahm, Reza Ghiasvand, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Tonje Braaten, Elisabete Weiderpass m.fl.:
    No association between physical activity and primary melanoma thickness in a cohort of Norwegian women
    British Journal of Dermatology 21. desember 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kristin Benjaminsen Borch :
    Fysisk aktivitet, trening for kreftpasienter under og etter behandling
    2021
  • Flavie Perrier, Reza Ghiasvand, Simon Lergenmuller, Trude Eid Robsahm, Adele C. Green, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch m.fl.:
    Physical activity and melanoma risk: a Norwegian population-based cohort study
    2021
  • Flavie Perrier, Reza Ghiasvand, Simon Lergenmuller, Trude Eid Robsahm, Adele C Green, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch m.fl.:
    Physical activity and cutaneous melanoma risk: A Norwegian population-based cohort study
    2021
  • Sairah Lai Fa Chen, Tonje Braaten, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Pietro Ferrari, Torkjel M Sandanger, Therese Haugdahl Nøst :
    Combined lifestyle behaviours and the incidence of common cancers in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC)
    2021
  • Ellen Kathrine Bludd, Torkjel M Sandanger, Erik Eik Anda, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Tonje Braaten, Sairah Lai Fa Chen :
    Smittesporerne har vært flinke!
    25. mars 2021 DATA
  • Ørjan Roland Hansen, Torkjel M Sandanger, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Tonje Braaten, Sairah Lai Fa Chen, Erik Eik Anda :
    Lite skjult smitte
    25. mars 2021 DATA
  • Brita Garden, Torkjel M Sandanger, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch :
    Blodforskning på korona
    25. mars 2021 DATA
  • Inger Njølstad, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad, Sameline Grimsgaard, Torkjel M Sandanger, Tom Wilsgaard :
    Healthy Choices and the Social Gradient
    2021
  • Trude Haugseth Moe, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch :
    Vil hjelpe studenter å hjelpe seg selv
    09. februar 2021 FULLTEKST
  • Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Ola Henmo :
    Fortsatt behov for 8.mars tog - fysisk aktivitet og kreft
    08. mars 2021
  • Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Gerit Pfuhl, Sarah Cook, Sunday Oluwafemi Oyeyemi, Kathrine Jonna Diab :
    E-health: Self-help apps for sustaining students’ well-being during the Corona pandemic
    2021
  • Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Tove Jensen :
    App til studenter som sliter
    11. mars 2021 DATA
  • Inger Njølstad, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Torkjel M Sandanger :
    Healthy choices and the social gradient
    2020
  • Veronica Turnage, Tonje Hareland, Torkjel M Sandanger, Therese Haugdahl Nøst, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch :
    Få unge vil ta hjemmetest i stor koronastudie
    20. november 2020 DATA

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    Forskningsinteresser

    Forskningsinteresser:

    Kreftepidemiologi, trening og kreft, fysisk aktivitet, livsstil og kreft, folkehelse, studenthelse, helsepedagogisk forskning

    Pågående prosjekter inkluderer:

    • Studier på tarmkreft, bukspyttkjertel og nyrekreft og assosiasjoner med modifiserbare livsstilsfaktorer
    • Bruk av en sunn livsstilsindeks og kreftforekomst
    • Selvvurdert helse og overlevelse etter sosioøkonomiske forhold og modifiserbare livsstilsfaktorer
    • Kroppshøyde som markør for sosial ulikhet i helse
    • Arbeidspakkeleder i «Sunne valg og den sosiale gradienten» med ansvar for et studenthelse- og trivsel og systematisk integrering av forskningsaktiviteter i undervisningen med studenter som partnere.
    • Potensielle traumatiske hendelser opplevelser, psykiske plager hos kreftoverlevere.
    • Kreeftregisterstudie av kreftforekomst i Georgia.
    • Bygge akademisk kapasitet innen global helse i Øst-Europa-Sentral-Asia-regionen samarbeid på tvers av Europa og i Georgia, Ukranie og Khasakstan.
    • Andre prosjekter involverer i European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) studien

     

    Undervisning

    Underviser på master i folkehelse, klinisk ernæring, medisin-Viten, bachelor program i fysioterapi, ernæring, idrett.

     




    CV

    2017-: Førsteamanuensis i Epidemiologi ved Institutt for samfunnsmedisin

    2017-2021: Programstyreleder for master program in Public Health

    2017-2017: Førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for Helse-og omsorgsfag

    2015-2016: Forsker i Systemepidemiologi ved Institutt for samfunnsmedisin

    2013-2015: Post doctorforsker ved Institutt for samfunnsmedisin

    2013: PhD in Kreftepidemiologi, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

    2007-2008: Senior forskningsteknikker ved Institutt for samfunnsmedisin

    2004-2006: Høyskolelærer ved Fysioterapiutdanningen, Helsefaghøyskolen, Tromsø, Norge

    1997-2004: Fysioterapeut i Tromsø kommune

    1996-1997: Turnuskandidat Fysioterapi Tromsø kommune/Universitetssykehuset i Nord-Norge, Tromsø, Norge