Background
Rønningen, Kjersti Skjold was born on January 3, 1959 in Bergen, Norway.
Rønningen, Kjersti Skjold was born on January 3, 1959 in Bergen, Norway.
Doctor of Medicine, University Oslo, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oslo, 1991.
Resident general practice, Haugenstua Health Center, Oslo, 1986;
research fellow, Norwegian Research Council, Institute Transplantation Immunology, Oslo, 1987-1990;
postdoctoral research fellow, Norwegian Research Council, Institute Transplantation Immunology, Oslo, 1991-1992, 94;
senior scientist, head diabetes research group, Norwegian Research Council, Institute Transplantation Immunology, Oslo, 1994-1996;
project leader, senior physician, National Institute Public Health, Oslo, since 1996. Senior physician, senior scientist, project leader Norwegian Bio-Bank, Type1 Diabetes Study. Visiting scientist U. Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1993.
Member of advisory county Eurodiab Tiger, since 1994. Member of advisory group European Nicotinamide Diabetes Interrvention Trial, since 1994.
Member Norwegian Diabetes Association (member medical council since 1995, Herta Bjerkedals award 1993).
Parents Gunnar and Astrid (Skjold) R. Married Trond Sundby Halstensen, June 30, 1984 (divorced 2000). Children: Victoria Skjold, Christian Fredrik Skjold, Carl Henrik Skjold, Rasmus Oscar Skjold.