Ingunn Björnsdottir
Associate Professor
School of Pharmacy
University of Oslo
Norway
Biography
CEO, Research Institute for Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of Iceland, November 2008 - March 2010 External lecturer, University of Iceland, 1993 - 2004 og 2009 - 2013 Icelandic Directorate of Health, August 2011- December 2012 Icelandic Medicine Pricing and Reimbursement Committee, April 2011-July 2011 Icelandic Ministry of Health/Welfare, May – Dec. 2008, April 2010 – March 2011 Associate Professor, The Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Københavns Universitet, August 2005 – July 2007 CEO, Iceland's Pharmacist Union / Pharmaceutical Society of Iceland, August 1998 - June 2005 (part time) Spesialist, The State Social Security Institute, February - July 1999 (40%) Chief pharmacist, Hospital & Nursing/Retirement Home, Akranes, Island, March 1996 – July 1998 (40%) Chief pharmacist, the pharmacy in Akranes Iceland, August 1987 – February 1996 Chief pharmacist, the pharmacy in Húsavík, Iceland, Augist 1984 – July 1987
Research Interest
My main interest is pharmaceutical policy, including rational use of medicines, health economics, pharmacist interventions and physicians' precscribing.
Publications
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Svensberg, Karin Anna Evelina; Sporrong, Sofia K & Björnsdottir, Ingunn (2015). A review of countries’ pharmacist-patient communication legal requirements on prescription medications and alignment with practice: Comparison of Nordic countries. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. ISSN 1551-7411. 11(6), s 784- 802 . doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2015.01.002
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Lupattelli, Angela; Spigset, Olav; Björnsdottir, Ingunn; Hämeen-Anttila, Katri; Mårdby, Ann-Charlotte; Panchaud, Alice; Juraski, Romana Gjergia; Rudolf, Gorazd; Odalovic, Marina; Drozd, Mariola; Twigg, Michael J.; Juch, Herbert; Moretti, Myla Emily; Kennedy, Debra; Rieutord, Andre; Zagorodnikova, Ksenia; Passier, Anneke & Nordeng, Hedvig Marie Egeland (2015). Patterns and factors associated with low adherence to psychotropic medications during pregnancy - a cross-sectional, multinational web-based study. Depression and Anxiety (Print). ISSN 1091-4269. 32(6), s 426- 436 . doi: 10.1002/da.22352
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Volmer, Daisy; Sokirskaja, Aleksandra; Laaksonen, Raisa; Vainio, Kirsti; Sandler, Niklas; Halvorsen, Kjell H.; Kjome, Reidun Lisbet Skeide; Gizurarson, Sveinbjørn; Muceniece, Ruta; Maurina, Baiba; Dauksiene, Jurgita; Ruuben, Lilian; Björnsdottir, Ingunn; Ratassepp, Tagne & Heinämäki, Jyrki (2016). Perception of the Professional Knowledge of and Education on the Medical Technology Products among the Pharmacists in the Baltic and Nordic Countries—A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Study. Pharmacy. ISSN 2226-4787. 4(4) . doi: 10.3390/pharmacy4040029
