Elin is a PhD candidate in the CRCbiome project, which aims to improve colorectal cancer (CRC) prevention and increase the biomarker performance by investigating interactions between CRC, lifestyle and the gut microbiome. Elin`s research focuses on how prescription drug use influences the gut microbiome and CRC risk.
Elin has a background in computational biology and bioinformatics, with experience in programming and statistical analyses. As part of her PhD position, she has so far had teaching duties in the courses FARM2140 – Pharmaceutical Microbiology – Universitetet i Oslo and FARM1150 – Pharmaceutical Based Biochemistry – Universitetet i Oslo.