Kristine Pape is an associate professor in public health and a medical doctor at the Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU. She holds a PhD in community medicine, with research focusing on social epidemiology, health services research, and the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents. Her work combines academic research with clinical practice, as she is also a specialist in community medicine while working part-time as an advisor and physician in Trondheim Municipality. Kristine leads and contributes to a range of national and international research projects, particularly those using Norwegian registry data and the HUNT Study.