Trygve Ottersen
Associate Professor
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Department of Community Medicine and Global Health

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Phone
+47 22850537
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Visiting address
Kirkeveien 166
Fredrik Holsts hus
0450 Oslo
Postal address
Postboks 1130 Blindern
0318 Oslo
Academic interests
Research interests within global health policy:
- Health systems strengthening, including priority setting and public health interventions
- Global health security, including pandemic preparedness and antimicrobial resistance
- Development assistance for health
Background
- MD, PhD
- Currently Executive Director at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Associate Professor at the University of Oslo; and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa.
- Directs the Oslo Group on Global Health Policy
- Previously worked with the Norwegian Committee on Priority Setting in the Health Sector; the WHO Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage; the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and the UN Special Envoy on Ebola.
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Partners
- Department of International Public Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
- Global Health Priorities Research Group, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen
- Global Strategy Lab, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania
- Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, US
Publications
- Emanuel, Ezekiel J.; Persad, Govind; Kern, Adam; Buchanan, Allen; Fabre, Cécile; Halliday, Daniel; Heath, Joseph; Herzog, Lisa; Leland, R.J.; Lemango, Ephrem Tekle; Luna, Florencia; McCoy, Matthew S.; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Ottersen, Trygve; Schaefer, G. Owen; Tan, Kok-Chor; Wellman, Christopher Heath; Wolff, Jonathan & Richardson, Henry S. (2020). An ethical framework for global vaccine allocation. Science. ISSN 0036-8075. 369(6509), s 1309- 1312 . doi: 10.1126/science.abe2803
- Dieleman, Joseph L.; Cowling, Krycia; Agyepong, Irene Akua; Alkenbrack, Sarah; Bollyky, Thomas J.; Bump, Jesse B.; Chen, Catherine S.; Grépin, Karen A.; Haakenstad, Annie; Harle, Anton C.; Kates, Jennifer; Lavado, Rouselle F.; Micah, Angela E.; Ottersen, Trygve; Tandon, Ajay; Tsakalos, Golsum; Wu, Junjie; Zhao, Yingxi; Zlavog, Bianca S. & Murray, Christopher J. L. (2019). The G20 and development assistance for health: historical trends and crucial questions to inform a new era. The Lancet. ISSN 0140-6736. 394(10193), s 173- 183 . doi: 10.1016/ S0140-6736(19)31333-9
- Gouglas, Dimitrios; Hoyt, Kendall; Peacocke, Elizabeth Fleur; Kaloudis, Aris; Ottersen, Trygve & Røttingen, John-Arne (2019). Setting strategic objectives for the coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations: An exploratory decision analysis process. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics (IJAA). ISSN 2644-0865. 49(6), s 430- 446 . doi: 10.1287/inte.2019.1011 Full text in Research Archive.
- Tschirhart, Naomi Anne; Diaz, Esperanza & Ottersen, Trygve (2019). Accessing public healthcare in Oslo, Norway: The experiences of Thai immigrant masseuses. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 19(1) . doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4560-9 Full text in Research Archive.
- Tschirhart, Naomi Anne; Straiton, Melanie Lindsay; Ottersen, Trygve & Winkler, Andrea Sylvia (2019). “Living like I am in Thailand”: stress and coping strategies among Thai migrant masseuses in Oslo, Norway. BMC Women's Health. ISSN 1472-6874. 19, s 1- 11 . doi: 10.1186/s12905-019-0836-9 Full text in Research Archive.
- Gopinathan, Unni; Hoffman, Steven J & Ottersen, Trygve (2018). Scientific Advisory Committees at the World Health Organization: A Qualitative Study of How Their Design Affects Quality, Relevance, and Legitimacy. Global Challenges. ISSN 2056-6646. . doi: 10.1002/gch2.201700074 Full text in Research Archive.
- Grépin, Karen A.; Pinkstaff, Crossley B.; Hole, Arne Risa; Henderson, Klara; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Røttingen, John-Arne & Ottersen, Trygve (2018). Allocating external financing for health: A discrete choice experiment of stakeholder preferences. Health Policy and Planning. ISSN 0268-1080. 33, s i24- i30 . doi: 10.1093/heapol/czx017 Full text in Research Archive.
- Groux, Gaëlle; Hoffman, Steven J. & Ottersen, Trygve (2018). A Typology of Scientific Advisory Committees. Global Challenges. ISSN 2056-6646. . doi: 10.1002/gch2.201800004 Full text in Research Archive.
- Hoffman, Steven J.; Ottersen, Trygve; Tejpar, A; Baral, Prativa & Fafard, Patrick (2018). Towards a Systematic Understanding of How to Institutionally Design Scientific Advisory Committees: A Conceptual Framework and Introduction to a Special Journal Issue.. Global Challenges. ISSN 2056-6646. 2(9) . doi: 10.1002/gch2.201800020
- Martinsen, Lene; Ottersen, Trygve; Dieleman, Joseph; Hessel, Philipp; Kinge, Jonas Minet & Skirbekk, Vegard Fykse (2018). Do less populous countries receive more development assistance for health per capita? Longitudinal evidence for 143 countries, 1990–2014. BMJ Global Health. ISSN 2059-7908. 3:e000528, s 1- 8 . doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000528
- Ooms, Gorik; Ottersen, Trygve; Jahn, Albrecht & Agyepong, Irene Akua (2018). Addressing the fragmentation of global health: the Lancet Commission on synergies between universal health coverage, health security, and health promotion.. The Lancet. ISSN 0140-6736. 392(10153), s 1098- 1099 . doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32072-5
- Ottersen, Trygve; Grépin, Karen A.; Henderson, Klara; Pinkstaff, Crossley Beth; Norheim, Ole Frithjof & Røttingen, John-Arne (2018). New approaches to ranking countries for the allocation of development assistance for health: Choices, indicators and implications. Health Policy and Planning. ISSN 0268-1080. 33, s i31- i46 . doi: 10.1093/heapol/czx027 Full text in Research Archive.
- Tranvåg, Eirik Joakim; Norheim, Ole Frithjof & Ottersen, Trygve (2018). Clinical decision making in cancer care: a review of current and future roles of patient age. BMC Cancer. ISSN 1471-2407. 18 . doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4456-9 Full text in Research Archive.
- Hernæs, Ulrikke Johanne Voltersvik; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2017). Distribution-Weighted Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Using Lifetime Health Loss. PharmacoEconomics (Auckland). ISSN 1170-7690. 35(9), s 965- 974 . doi: 10.1007/s40273-017-0524-2
- Ooms, Gorik; Beiersmann, Claudia; Flores, Walter; Hanefeld, Johanna; Müller, Olaf; Mulumba, Moses; Ottersen, Trygve; Sarker, Malabika & Jahn, Albrecht (2017). Synergies and tensions between universal health coverage and global health security: why we need a second ‘Maximizing Positive Synergies’ initiative. BMJ Global Health. ISSN 2059-7908. . doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000217
- Ottersen, Trygve; Elovainio, Riku; Evans, David B.; McCoy, David; McIntyre, Di; Meheus, Filip; Moon, Suerie; Ooms, Gorik & Røttingen, John-Arne (2017). Towards a coherent global framework for health financing: recommendations and recent developments. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 12(2), s 285- 296 . doi: 10.1017/S1744133116000505 Full text in Research Archive.
- Ottersen, Trygve; Kamath, Aparna; Moon, Suerie; Martinsen, Lene & Røttingen, John-Arne (2017). Development assistance for health: what criteria do multi- and bilateral funders use?. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 12(2), s 223- 244 . doi: 10.1017/S1744133116000475 Full text in Research Archive.
- Ottersen, Trygve; Moon, Suerie & Røttingen, John-Arne (2017). Distributing development assistance for health: Simulating the implications of 11 criteria. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 12(2), s 245- 263 . doi: 10.1017/S1744133116000487 Full text in Research Archive.
- Ottersen, Trygve; Moon, Suerie & Røttingen, John-Arne (2017). The challenge of middle-income countries to development assistance for health: recipients, funders, both or neither. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 12(2), s 265- 284 . doi: 10.1017/S1744133116000499 Full text in Research Archive.
- Skirbekk, Vegard; Ottersen, Trygve; Hamavid, Hannah; Sadat, Nafis; Sadat, Nafis & Dieleman, Joseph (2017). Vast majority of development assistance for health funds target those below age sixty. Health Affairs. ISSN 0278-2715. 36(5), s 926- 930 . doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1370 Full text in Research Archive.
- Voorhoeve, Alex; Edejer, Tessa Tan-Torres; Kapiriri, Lydia; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Snowden, James; Basenya, Olivier; Bayarsaikhan, Dorjsuren; Chentaf, Ikram; Eyal, Nir; Folsom, Amanda; Hussein, Rozita Halina Tun; Morales, Cristian; Ostmann, Florian; Ottersen, Trygve; Prakongsai, Phusit; Saenz, Carla; Saleh, Karima; Sommanustweechai, Angkana; Wikler, Daniel & Zakariah, Afisah (2017). Three case studies in making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage.. Health and Human Rights: An International Journal. ISSN 1079-0969. 18(2), s 11- 22
- Ottersen, Trygve; Førde, Reidun; Kakad, Meetali; Kjellevold, Alice; Melberg, Hans Olav; Moen, Atle; Ringard, Ånen & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2016). A new proposal for priority setting in Norway: Open and fair. Health Policy. ISSN 0168-8510. 120(3), s 246- 251 . doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.01.012
- Ottersen, Trygve; Hoffman, Steven J. & Groux, Gaëlle (2016). Ebola again shows the International Health Regulations are broken: What can be done differently to prepare for the next epidemic?. American Journal of Law & Medicine (AJLM). ISSN 0098-8588. 42(2–3), s 356- 392 . doi: 10.1177/0098858816658273 Show summary
- Voorhoeve, Alex; Edejer, Tessa Tan-Torres; Kapiriri, Lydia; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Snowden, James; Basenya, Olivier; Bayarsaikhan, Dorjsuren; Chentaf, Ikram; Eyal, Nir; Folsom, Amanda; Tun Hussein, Rozita Halina; Morales, Cristian; Ostmann, Florian; Ottersen, Trygve; Prakongsai, Phusit; Saenz, Carla; Saleh, Karima; Sommanustweechai, Angkana; Wikler, Daniel & Zakariah, Afisah (2016). Three case studies in making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Health and Human Rights: An International Journal. ISSN 1079-0969. 18(2), s 11- 22
- Voorhoeve, Alex; Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2016). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage: a précis. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 11(01), s 71- 77 . doi: 10.1017/S1744133114000541
- Voorhoeve, Alex; Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2016). Response to our critics. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 11(01), s 103- 111 . doi: 10.1017/S1744133114000590
- Hoffman, Steven J. & Ottersen, Trygve (2015). Addressing antibiotic resistance requires robust international accountability mechanisms. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. ISSN 1073-1105. 43, s 53- 64 . doi: 10.1111/jlme.12275
- Ottersen, Trygve; Mæstad, Ottar & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2014). Lifetime QALY prioritarianism in priority setting: Quantification of the inherent trade-off. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. ISSN 1478-7547. 12:2 . doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-12-2 Full text in Research Archive.
- Voorhoeve, Alex; Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2014). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage: A précis. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 11(1), s 71- 77 . doi: 10.1017/S1744133114000541
- Ottersen, Trygve (2013). Lifetime QALY prioritarianism in priority setting. Journal of Medical Ethics. ISSN 0306-6800. 39(3), s 175- 180 . doi: 10.1136/medethics-2012-100740
- Ottersen, Trygve; Mbilinyi, Deogratius; Mæstad, Ottar & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2008). Distribution matters: Equity considerations among health planners in Tanzania. Health Policy. ISSN 0168-8510. 85(2), s 218- 227 . doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.07.012
- Gopinathan, Unni; Peacocke, Elizabeth Fleur; Gouglas, Dimitrios; Ottersen, Trygve & Røttingen, John Arne (2020). R&D for Emerging Infectious Diseases of Epidemic Potential: Sharing Risks and Benefits Through a New Coalition. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-39819-4. 28 s.
- Feiring, Eli; Førde, Reidun; Holm, Søren; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Solberg, Berge; Solberg, Carl Tollef; Wester, Gry; Littmann, Jasper & Ottersen, Trygve (red.) (2020). Råd om prioriterte grupper for koronavaksinasjon i Norge. Ekspertgruppe i etikk og prioritering 15. november 2020. Full text in Research Archive.
- Hoffman, Steven J.; Ottersen, Trygve; Baral, Prativa & Fafard, Patrick (2018). Designing Scientific Advisory Committees for a Complex World. Global Challenges. ISSN 2056-6646. 2(1800075), s 1- 2 . doi: 10.1002/gch2.201800075
- Røttingen, John-Arne & Ottersen, Trygve (2018). Supra‐SAC: Need and Role for an All‐of‐Government Scientific Advisory Committee. Global Challenges. ISSN 2056-6646. 2(1700075) . doi: 10.1002/gch2.201700075
- Gopinathan, Unni & Ottersen, Trygve (2017). Evidence-informed deliberative processes for universal health coverage: broadening the scope. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. ISSN 2322-5939. 6(8), s 473- 475 . doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.148 Full text in Research Archive.
- Ottersen, Trygve; Evans, David B.; Mossialos, Elias & Røttingen, John-Arne (2017). Global health financing towards 2030 and beyond. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 12(2), s 105- 111 . doi: 10.1017/S1744133116000372 Full text in Research Archive.
- Ottersen, Trygve & Schmidt, Harald (2017). Universal health coverage and public health: ensuring parity and complementarity. American Journal of Public Health. ISSN 0090-0036. 107(2), s 248- 250 . doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303590
- Ottersen, Trygve; Grépin, Karen; Pinkstaff, Crossley B.; Clift, Charles; Norheim, Ole Frithjof & Røttingen, John-Arne (2016). Health and development: an explicit approach to the design and assessment of country classification frameworks. Final report for the Equitable Access Initiative by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
- Ottersen, Trygve (2015). Sharing financial responsibilities, In Julio Frenk & Steven J. Hoffman (ed.), To save humanity: what matters most for a healthy future. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190221546. Chapter.
- Ottersen, Trygve; Kamath, Aparna; Moon, Suerie & Røttingen, John-Arne (2014). Development assistance for health: quantitative allocation criteria and contribution norms. Centre on Global Health Security Working Group Papers. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House).
- Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2014). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. ISSN 0042-9686. 92(6), s 389 . doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139139
- Ottersen, Trygve; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Chitah, Bona M; Richard, Cookson; Daniels, Norman; Defaye, Frehiwot Berhane; Eyal, Nir; Flores, Walter; Gosseries, Alex; Hausman, Daniel; Hurst, Samia A.; Kapiriri, Lydia; Ord, Toby; Segall, Shlomi; Sen, Gita; Voorhoeve, Alex; Wikler, Daniel & Yamin, Alicia E. (2014). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Final report of the WHO Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage..
- Røttingen, John-Arne; Ottersen, Trygve; Ablo, Awo; Arhin-Tenkorang, Dyna; Benn, Christoph; Elovainio, Riku; Evans, David B.; Fonseca, Luiz Eduardo; Frenk, Julio; McCoy, David; McIntyre, Di; Moon, Suerie; Ooms, Gorik; Palu, Toomas; Rao, Sujatha; Sridhar, Devi; Vega, Jeanette; Wibulpolprasert, Suwit; Wright, Simon & Yang, Boon-Min (2014). Shared responsibilities for health: a new global framework for sustainable health financing. Final report of the Centre on Global Health Security Working Group on Health Financing. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House).
- Voorhoeve, Alex; Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2014). Response to our critics. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 11(1), s 103- 111 . doi: 10.1017/S1744133114000590
- Ottersen, Trygve (2013). Greater benefits and the worse off: Specifying and balancing priority-setting principles in health.
- Bærøe, Kristine; Ottersen, Trygve; Eide, Kristiane Tislevoll; Engjom, Hilde Marie; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Miljeteig, Ingrid; Onarheim, Kristine Husøy & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2011). Priorities in global health. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 131(17) . doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.11.0743
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