Oddrun Samdal [SEP] date of birth
Oddrun Samdal
Oddrun Samdal (born 1967 in Bergen, Norway) is Professor in health promotion/health psychology at the University of Bergen and has been a pioneer for implementation of health promoting schools in Norway and for development of research based implementation components for health promoting schools.
Biography.
Samdal was certified as a teacher at Bergen University College in 1990, and in 1992 she completed her master studies in Nutrition, health and environmental issues at Stabekk University College (now University College of Oslo and Akershus ). In 1999
has studied correlates of physical activity in young people. Samdal has also taken a special interest in intervention studies addressing both implementation and effect studies of health promotion initiatives in schools and adolescents' leisure settings.
Oddrun Samdal has volunteered at several occasions to community service at the University of Bergen. During 2004-2005 she was the department chair at the Department of Health and Education that was established the same year. The following year she was asked to become the vise dean of education at the Faculty of Psychology and served in this