Tasks performed
- Assists in the preparation of applications for external research funding primarily at the Faculty of Health, Welfare and Organization
- Follow-up on granted research projects
- Develops and delivers courses, workshops and webinars on grant writing
Background
Veslemøy holds a degree in biology with a master’s in physiology from the University of Oslo (UiO) and a PhD in stem cell research – based on five years of research abroad at a private cancer research institute in the USA and at Lund University in Sweden. In total, she has seven years of experience in basic medical research.
She has worked with translation of patent applications in medicine, biotechnology and chemistry, and has been project manager for a three-year Interreg project in welfare technology.
Veslemøy has also worked with innovation in the start-up company Prediktor Medical and with research administration at Østfold Hospital Trust and the Faculty of Medicine at UiO.
She joined Østfold University of Applied Sciences in the spring of 2026, after six years working with research support for large national and international (EU) applications for external funding at UiO.
Education
- 1999 – PhD in Medical Science, Lund University, Sweden
- Thesis: Hematopoietic stem cells: c-mpl and TNF receptor function
- 1994 – Cand.scient. (Master’s degree) in Physiology, University of Oslo, Norway
- Master’s thesis: Effect of laminar and disturbed laminar blood flow on arterial thrombus formation
- 1992 – Cand.mag. (Bachelor’s degree) in Biology, University of Oslo, Norway
Work experience
- 2020 – 2026: Senior EU Adviser, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo
- 2015 – 2019: Clinical Affairs Manager, Prediktor Medical, Østfold
- 2014 – 2015: Consultant / self-employed
- 2011 – 2014: Project Manager, eSenior, Borg Innovasjon / self-employed
- 2010 – 2011: Adviser, Quality and Research Department, Østfold Hospital Trust
- 1997 – 2008: Patent translator for various patent agencies / self-employed
- 1996 – 1999: Research Fellow, Stem Cell Lab, University Hospital in Lund, Sweden
- 1995 – 1996: Visiting Fellow, Hipple Cancer Research Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA
- 1993 – 1994: External master’s student, Nycomed Bioreg, Nycomed Pharma, Oslo