Rate My Professor Dagfinn Aune

Dagfinn Aune is a Research Fellow at the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. He concurrently holds positions as Associate Professor at Oslo New University College and Senior Researcher at the Cancer Registry of Norway in Oslo. Aune completed his MSc in Nutrition at the University of Oslo in 2008 and his PhD at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2016. From 2010 onwards, he has worked extensively on the Continuous Update Project of the World Cancer Research Fund, performing systematic reviews and meta-analyses that support updates to the seminal report "Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Risk of Cancer: A Global Perspective," originally published in 2007. His research experience also includes analyses from the EPIC cohort study and participation in South American case-control studies examining chronic disease risks.

Aune's primary research specializations encompass dietary factors and their relation to chronic diseases and mortality; the roles of adiposity, physical activity, and smoking in chronic disease and mortality risks; factors influencing pregnancy complications including adiposity, diabetes, physical activity, and diet; and the impacts of diabetes and insulin resistance on chronic diseases and mortality. With over 310 publications to his name, Aune has made substantial contributions through high-impact systematic reviews and dose-response meta-analyses. Notable works include: "Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality—a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies" published in the International Journal of Epidemiology in 2017; "Dietary fibre, whole grains, and risk of colorectal cancer: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies" in the BMJ in 2011; "Whole grain consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all cause and cause specific mortality" in the BMJ in 2016; "BMI and all cause mortality: systematic review and non-linear dose-response meta-analysis of 230 cohort studies with 3.74 million deaths among 30.3 million participants" also in the BMJ in 2016; "Physical activity and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis" in the European Journal of Epidemiology in 2015; and "Red and processed meat and colorectal cancer incidence: meta-analysis of prospective studies" in PLOS ONE in 2011. These publications have provided critical evidence for public health guidelines on nutrition and lifestyle factors.