Doctoral Defence in Nursing

Friday, 14 November, Elín Arnardóttir will defend her doctoral thesis in Nursing at the University of Akureyri.

The doctoral thesis is entitled: Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Risk and the use of preventive strategies in Primary healthcare.

The defence will be conducted in English and will take place in the Ceremonial Hall of the University of Akureyri at 13:00. The event is open to everyone.

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The thesis was supervised by Dr Árún K. Sigurðardóttir, Professor at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Akureyri.

Other members of the doctoral committee were Dr Marit Graue, Professor at HVL University of Applied Sciences in Bergen, Norway; Dr Timothy Skinner, Professor at the University of Copenhagen and the Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes in Melbourne, Australia; and Dr Beate-Cristin Hope Kolltveit, Associate Professor at HVL University of Applied Sciences in Bergen, Norway.

Opponents will be Dr Ragnar Grímur Bjarnason, Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, and Consultant at Landspítali University Hospital, and Dr Åsa Hörnsten, Nurse and Professor at the Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Sweden.

The ceremony will be chaired by Dr Guðrún Rósa Þórsteinsdóttir, Director the Centre for Doctoral Studies, and Dr Brynjar Karlsson, Dean of the School of Health, Business and Natural Sciences.

Further information about the doctoral candidate and the defence can be found here.