Dolley Dixil Charles

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her

The doctoral thesis

Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 10.15, samme sted

“What can we do to prevent harmful chemical exposures in our daily life? - The roles of individuals, institutions, companies, and governmental policies”

Prøveforelesningen vil også bli strømmet/the trail lecture will also be streamed

Disputasen vil bli strømmet her

Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn

The defense will be streamed here

A recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are chemicals that are ubiquitous in the environment, degrade slowly, and accumulate in fatty tissues of living organisms. They have been shown to have adverse effects on human health and investigated as possible risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This thesis aimed to study if POPs are causal factors of T2DM and assess the time trends of POPs in relation to the development and progression of T2DM using repeated measurements from the same individuals. We included participants from the NOWAC and Tromsø studies to achieve these aims. The overall results from this thesis suggest that certain POPs have slower elimination rates in people at risk of developing T2DM leading to increased concentrations of POPs in the body. However, the results do not support POPs being causal factors of T2DM.

Hovedveileder

Professor Charlotta Rylander, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Bedømmelseskomité

Professor Miquel Porta, ​Hospital del Mar, Institute of Medical Research (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain ​– 1. Opponent

Seniorforsker Anne Lise Brantsæter, Folkehelseinstituttet - 2. opponent

Professor Anne Elise Eggen, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité

Disputasleder: professor Inger Torhild Gram, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet