Hege R. Eriksen
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Hege R. Eriksen is the Research Director of Uni Health
Uni Health
Uni Health is a department in Uni Research, one of the largest research companies in Norway. Research Director of Uni Health is Professor Hege R...

 and Professor at the University of Bergen
University of Bergen
The University of Bergen is located in Bergen, Norway. Although founded as late as 1946, academic activity had taken place at Bergen Museum as far back as 1825. The university today serves more than 14,500 students...

, Norway.

Eriksen holds a Cand. Scient in Sport and Physical exercise from the Department of biology and medicine, Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education and an Msc.Epidemiology from the Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

In 1998 she became dr.philos at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen
University of Bergen
The University of Bergen is located in Bergen, Norway. Although founded as late as 1946, academic activity had taken place at Bergen Museum as far back as 1825. The university today serves more than 14,500 students...

, with the thesis ”Stress and coping: Does it really matter for subjective health complaints?”

Eriksen has published widely in international academic journals in areas like stress and coping, subjective health complaints, sick leave and rehabilitation. Together with her colleague professor Holger Ursin she has developed the Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress (CATS)

Hege R. Eriksen is the past president of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine.

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