Ruca Elisa Katrin Maass PhD defence on May 31

On May 31. Center member Ruca Elisa Katrin Maass defended her thesis «The neighborhood as a salutogenic setting: How can Salutogenesis contribute to the development of strategies for promoting health and strengthening SOC through a focus on neighborhood resources» at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science.

Her supervisors has been Professor Monica Lillefjell and Professor Bengt Lindstrøm. The Evaluation Committee and Opponents were:

• Associate Professor Lenneke Vaandrager, Wageningen
  University
• Professor Bjarne Bruun Jensen, Steno Diabetes Center,
  Copenhagen
• Professor Borgunn Ytterhus, NTNU