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Guro F. Giskeødegård (Chair of the Board) is an Associate Professor in biostatistics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She received her PhD in Medical Technology in 2011. Her main research areas are metabolomics and multi-omics analyses within the area of cancer research, with a focus on statistical analysis and modelling of large -omics data sets. She has experience from working with large biobank materials of cancer tissue, and has through this work investigated molecular patters of prognostic potential, related to diagnosis and treatment response. The last years, she has shifted the focus towards large-scale metabolomics analyses of biofluids and gut microbiota profiling within cancer, aiming for early detection, treatment monitoring and understanding the negative effects of cancer treatment. She is also involved in ongoing projects within lifestyle, exercise and cardiovascular health. Dr. Giskeødegård is employed at the HUNT Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology, NTNU, leading the Metabolomics group within the center.