Sonja Lynn Myhre
Senior advisor
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Send email {model.translations.sendEmailTo} SonjaLynn.Myhre@fhi.no
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Public health researcher with a master's (MsPH) and doctorate (PhD) in public health from UCLA, Los Angeles, a bachelor's degree (BA) in anthropology and sociology at Carleton College, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University (Stanford Prevention Research Center). Her work portfolio focuses on a broad range of global health challenges, including research on public health communication, climate change and health, health system strengthening, maternal health, data privacy, migration health, and strengthening national public health institutes in low- and middle-income countries.
Projects and publications
- Sonja Lynn Myhre, Michelle Scobie, Eija Meriläinen, Ilan Kelman, Unni Gopinathan, (2023). Climate Change, Community Action, and Health in the Anglophone Caribbean: A Scoping Review. Public Health Reviews (PHR) s. 1-13. doi: 10.3389/phrs.2023.1605843
- Irene Agyepong, Neil Spicer, Gorik Ooms, Albrecht Jahn, Till Bärnighausen, Claudia Beiersmann, Hannah Brown Amoakoh, Günter Fink, Yan Guo, Lisa Hennig, Mahlet Kifle Habtemariam, Bocar A. Kouyaté, Rene Loewenson, Angela Micah, Suerie Moon, Mosa Moshabela, Sonja Lynn Myhre, Trygve Ottersen, Walaiporn Patcharanarumol, Malabika Sarker, Gita Sen, Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Francisco Songane, Devi Sridhar, Freddie Ssengooba, Jeanette Vega, Deisy Ventura, Maike Voss, David Heymann, (2023). Lancet Commission on synergies between universal health coverage, health security, and health promotion. The Lancet s. 1964-2012. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01930-4
- Michelle Scobie, Unni Gopinathan, Ilan Kelman, Sonja Lynn Myhre, (2023). The agency of community groups in health and climate change adaptation governance and policy in SIDS: The case of in Toco, Trinidad and Tobago. Environmental Science and Policy s. 116-125. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2023.05.006
- Luke J. Matthews, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Michelle Scobie, Laura E.R. Peters, Unni Gopinathan, Anuszka Mosurska, Katy Davis, Sonja Myhre, Saskia Hirsch, Eija Meriläinen, Ilan Kelman, (2023). Collective action by community groups: solutions for climate change or different players in the same game?. Climate and Development s. 679-691. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2022.2149254
- Sonja Lynn Myhre, Mahlet Kifle Habtemariam, David Heymann, Trygve Ottersen, Camilla Stoltenberg, Deisy de Freitas Lima Ventura, Eirik Frønæs Vikum, Anne Bergh, (2022). Bridging global health actors and agendas: the role of national public health institutes. Journal of Public Health Policy s. 251-265. doi: 10.1057/s41271-022-00342-0
- Elizabeth Peacocke, Sonja Lynn Myhre, Hakan Foss, Unni Gopinathan, (2022). National adaptation and implementation of WHO Model List of Essential Medicines: A qualitative evidence synthesis. Nature Methods doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003944
- Sonja Lynn Myhre, Steve Diaz French, Anne Bergh, (2021). National public health institutes: A scoping review. Global Public Health doi: 10.1080/17441692.2021.1910966
- Marit Synnøve Berg, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Eirik Vikum, Sonja Lynn Myhre, Anders Skyrud Danielsen, Unni Gopinathan, (2020). Asylsøkeres helse og bruk av helsetjenester i Norge. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet) s. 363-367. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0470
- Yvette Louise Schein, Brita Askeland Winje, Sonja Lynn Myhre, Ingunn Nordstoga, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2019). A qualitative study of health experiences of Ethiopian asylum seekers in Norway. BMC Health Services Research s. 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4813-7
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Sonja Myhre, (2017). Learning to navigate the healthcare system in a new country: a qualitative study. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care s. 352-359. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2017.1397320
- Vicki Flenady, Aleena M. Wojcieszek, Ingvild Fjeldheim, Ingrid Friberg, Victoria Nankabirwa, Jagrati Jani-Bølstad, Sonja Myhre, Philippa Middleton, Caroline Crowther, David Ellwood, David Tudehope, Robert Pattinson, Jacqueline Ho, Jiji Matthews, Aurora Bermudez Ortega, Mahima Venkateswaran, Doris Chou, Lale Say, Garrett Mehl, Frederik Frøen, (2016). eRegistries: indicators for the WHO Essential Interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-1049-y
- Sonja Myhre, Jane Kaye, Lee Andrew Bygrave, Margunn Aanestad, Buthaina Ghanem, Patricia Mechael, Frederik Frøen, (2016). eRegistries: governance for electronic maternal and child health registries. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-1063-0
- Frederik Frøen, Sonja Myhre, Michael James Frost, Doris Chou, Garrett Mehl, Lale Say, Socheat Cheng, Ingvild Fjeldheim, Ingrid Friberg, Steve French, Jagrati Jani-Bølstad, Jane Kaye, John Lewis, Ane Kathrine Lunde, Kjersti Mørkrid, Victoria Nankabirwa, Linda Nyanchoka, Hollie Stone, Mahima Venkateswaran, Aleena M. Wojcieszek, Marleen Temmerman, Vicki J. Flenady, (2016). eRegistries: Electronic registries for maternal and child health. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-0801-7
- June Flora, Sonja Lynn Myhre, (2000). HIV/AIDS Communication Campaigns: Progress and Prospects. Journal of health communication s. 29-45. doi: 10.1080/108107300126731
- Anne Bergh, Sonja Myhre, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Ragnhild Magelssen, Charlott Nordström, Kjetil Berg Veire, Thor Indseth, Ram Eivind Gupta, Steve French, (2017). Informasjon om helse, helserettigheter og helsetjenester til beboere i ankomstsenter og transittmottak.
- Elina Dale, Mahima Venkateswaran, Ingvild Fjeldheim, Eleni Zoumpoulia Papadopoulou, Sonja Lynn Myhre, Unni Gopinathan, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, (2023). Globalt helsearbeid og bærekraft – ingen er trygge før alle er trygge. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet) doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0499
- Jagrati Jani-Bølstad, Mahima Venkateswaran, Ingvild Fjeldheim, Sonja Myhre, Frederik Frøen, (2016). eRegistries: A Framework for Electronic Registries for Maternal and Child Health.
- Linda Nyanchoka, Hollie Stone, Sonja Myhre, Jagrati Jani-Bølstad, Frederik Frøen, (2015). Status of Maternal and Child Health Registries in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review of Literature.