Professor

Roy Miodini Nilsen

Department of Health and Functioning
Roy Miodini Nilsen
Tel: +47 55 58 56 48
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Bergen
KRONSTAD F408
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Field of work

Roy Miodini Nilsen is a researcher and professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL). He has a PhD from the University of Bergen, where he wrote a dissertation on folate and reproductive health. In addition to his role at HVL, Nilsen is affiliated with Helse Bergen HF and Helse Fonna HF, where he works as a biostatistician.

Research areas

Nilsen has a wide range of research interests that include:

  • Public health
  • Epidemiology
  • Healthcare

He has published several scientific papers in these fields and has contributed to important studies related to various aspects of health, including:

  • Pregnancy
  • Birth
  • Overweight
  • Diabetes
  • Loneliness
  • Migration
  • Nutrition
  • Autism
  • Lung function
  • Balance and hearing

Methods

Nilsen is also active in methodological research, focusing on the following areas:

  • Selection biases
  • Direct and indirect effects
  • Causal modeling
  • Mixed effects models
Courses taught
  • HEL590, Master's Thesis, Fall 2025
  • MAFYS602, Master's Thesis, Fall 2025
  • MAJOR504, Philosophy of Science, Research Ethics and Methodology , Spring 2026
  • PHDH903, Research Design and Methods, Fall 2025, subject responsible
  • PHDH913, Introduction to longitudinal data analysis using mixed effects models, Fall 2025, subject responsible
  • PHDH913, Introduction to longitudinal data analysis using mixed effects models, Spring 2026, subject responsible

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