Bio
Professor Ostbye is Vice Chair (Research) in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Duke University. He is a chronic disease epidemiologist and public health researcher with a special interest in obesity and diseases of the elderly. He has led various health and longitudinal studies on chronic diseases across populations including those Pacific Islanders in New Zealand and elderly Canadians (Canadian Study of Health and Aging) as well as numerous global health projects in Sri Lanka.
In Singapore, his current research includes studies of health and lifestyles of the elderly, physical, mental and social facets of caregiving as well as studies of disease prevention in both the clinical setting and the community.
Education
Doctor of Medicine
University of Bergen, Norway
Master of Business Administration
Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
Master of Public Health
Harvard Univ, United States
Doctor of Medicine
University of Bergen, Norway