People
Sanna Bostad KvaalAssistant Professor
Sanna Bostad Kvaal – Assistant Professor
Contact:
Position: Assistant Professor
E-mail: sanna.kvaal@uit.no
Work phone: +4777646235
Gunn Kristin Øbergemeriti
Gunn Kristin Øberg – emeriti
Contact:
Position: emeriti
E-mail: gunn.kristin.oeberg@uit.no
Private phone: +4746661552
Helle Rønn SmidtAssociate Professor
Helle Rønn Smidt – Associate Professor
Research interests:
Norwegian psychomotor physiotherapy, mind/body, mental health, identity, motivation, patient autonomy, aquired brain injury.
Contact:
Position: Associate Professor
E-mail: helle.ronn.smidt@uit.no
Work phone: +4777644198
Ragnhild B. HåkstadAssociate Professor (Group leader)
Ragnhild B. Håkstad – Associate Professor
Research interests:
Conducts research in pediatric physical therapy, with emphasis on play as a therapeutic tool and family centered care in primary healthcare settings.
Contact:
Position: Associate Professor
E-mail: ragnhild.hakstad@uit.no
Work phone: +4777660711
Private phone: +4790640515
Ida Helene YksnøyDoctoral Research Fellow
Ida Helene Yksnøy – Doctoral Research Fellow
Contact:
Position: Doctoral Research Fellow
E-mail: ida.h.yksnoy@uit.no
Work phone: +4777646411
Anne Gretlandemeriti
Anne Gretland – emeriti
Contact:
Position: emeriti
E-mail: anne.gretland@uit.no
Work phone: +4777660694
Filip MaricAssociate Professor
Filip Maric – Associate Professor
Research interests:
Research interests:
- Planetary Health, EcoHealth, One Health, sustainable healthcare, environmental physiotherapy
- Critical theory, ethics, environmental post/humanities
- Post/qualitative research
Current research projects:
- The Environmental Physiotherapy Agenda 2027; cross-curricular implementation of planetary health, environmental and sustainability education in global physiotherapy training. Environmental Physiotherapy Association; Role: Project lead / Principal Investigator
- The Posthuman Walking Project: The multiplicity of walking with pain in diverse landscapes of care. Project leads: Dr Shirley Chubb, University of Chichester, UK, & Dr Clair Hebron, University of Brighton, UK. Role: Partner university/researcher.
Past projects:
- The Environmental Physiotherapy Agenda 2023; implementing planetary health, environmental and sustainability education in global physiotherapy training. Environmental Physiotherapy Association; Role: Project lead / Principal Investigator
- Advancing Knowledge of Methane in the Arctic (AKMA): https://en.uit.no/project/akma. Role: Co-researcher in AKMA 2 OceanSenses 2022 cruise: Exploring extreme environments with a focus on science and education. Publications list: https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2528466
Current international supervision:
- Ntinga, M.N. (PhD study, ongoing). “Izandla Ze-wele ziyaphilisah” A decolonial co-autoethnography of professional identity formation in South African physiotherapy. University of Cape Town, South Africa (Role: Co-supervisor).
- Struthers, N. (PhD study, ongoing). Nature-based prescriptions to reduce the personal, social, environmental, and global burdens of rehabilitation. Western University, Ontario, Canada (Role: Advisory committee member).
- Food access and food systems mapping with people with disabilities in Nellmapius (University of Pretoria, South Africa / project member)(Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Students combined Bachelor thesis, University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Past supervision
- Faartoft, C., Bach-Svendsen, N. S., Juul, B., & Mikkelsen, A. L. (2024). Physical and perceived barriers to nature experiences for people with mobility impairments (Bachelor Thesis). VIA University College Denmark. Winner of the VIA Aarhus University College Professional Innovation Award. Gevers, T. (2023). Who is the patient? Re-envisioning the patient based on Bruno Latour’s Actor-Network-Theory (Bachelor Thesis). Hogeschool voor Toegepaste Filosofie / HTF University of Applied Philosophy, Netherlands.
- Ingilæ, E.J., & Eikrem, S. (2023) Physiotherapists' experiences with the use of nature in treatment: A qualitative interview study (Bachelor Thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway).Plaisant, M. (2022). A discourse analysis of sustainability in physiotherapy (Bachelor thesis, University of Furtwangen, Germany)
- Andreassen, A. & Pedersen, S. (2022). How well is Tromsø designed to support active transportation? (Bachelor thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway).
- Grønvold, H. (2022). Measures for improving the environmental sustainability of Norwegian physiotherapy practice (Bachelor thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway).
- Lund, K. & Klæboe Enevoldsen, A. (2022). How (much) is 'the social' of the biopsychosocial model represented in Norwegian physiotherapy education (Bachelor thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway).
- Indgjerdingen, S. & Henriksen, S. (2022). Does outdoor walking have better physical and physiological effects than indoor walking on a treadmill? (Bachelor thesis, Oslo Metropolitan University)
- The knowledge, attitudes and practices of health professionals regarding environmental sustainability - (Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Students combined Bachelor thesis, University of Pretoria, South Africa)
- Spencer, J. (2021). The UN Agenda 2030 SDGs and physiotherapy clinics (BHSc excellence track project, Saxion University, Netherlands)
- Ytreberg, E. & Bøen Grave, N.M. (2021). Klinisk håndtering av overvektige artosepasienter i fysioterapipraksis. Bachelor thesis. NFF studentprisen 2021
- Schüssler, R. (2021). Embodied and experiential planetary health education (Bachelor thesis, University of Osnabrück, Germany)
Contact:
Position: Associate Professor
E-mail: filip.maric@uit.no
Work phone: +4777645903
Vegard HorneAssistant Professor
Vegard Horne – Assistant Professor
Contact:
Position: Assistant Professor
E-mail: vegard.horne@uit.no
Work phone: +4777645901
Gry SkogheimAssistant Professor
Gry Skogheim – Assistant Professor
Contact:
Position: Assistant Professor
E-mail: gry.skogheim@uit.no
Work phone: +4777660740
Anniken Elisabet Bjørndalen GöthnerAssistant Professor
Anniken Elisabet Bjørndalen Göthner – Assistant Professor
Contact:
Position: Assistant Professor
E-mail: anniken.gothner@uit.no
Work phone: +4777645886
Charlotte TaanevigAssistant Professor
Charlotte Taanevig – Assistant Professor
Contact:
Position: Assistant Professor
E-mail: charlotte.taanevig@uit.no
Work phone: +4777645924
Cathrine Maria Boge-OlsnesAssociate Professor
Cathrine Maria Boge-Olsnes – Associate Professor
Contact:
Position: Associate Professor
E-mail: cathrine.boge-olsnes@uit.no
Work phone: +4777660723
Mona Skjeklesæther-PettersenAssistant Professor
Mona Skjeklesæther-Pettersen – Assistant Professor
Contact:
Position: Assistant Professor
E-mail: mona.i.pettersen@uit.no
Work phone: +4777620849