Geir Bjørklund
Norwegian science writer
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Geir Bjørklund (born 20 April 1969 in Mo i Rana, Norway) is a researcher, health science writer, and scientific advisor. He has contributed to studying interactions of nutritional and environmental factors in human physiology, biochemistry, toxicology, neurobiology, and pathology, as well as their implications for health and disease.
Research and publishing
Geir Bjørklund was among the first researchers in Norway who evaluated the risk of occupational disease in dentistry due to mercury exposure.[1][2][3] In the late 1990s, he had consulting assignments for the Norwegian Board of Health (Statens helsetilsyn). He was co-author of two of their reports on the use of dental filling materials.[4][5]
One of Bjørklund's primary research interests is autism spectrum disorder (ASD). His work explores the potential role of metal(loid)s such as mercury, along with other environmental toxins, in the development of ASD. Current evidence suggests that ASD arises from complex interactions between genetic susceptibility and environmental factors.
In 1995, Bjørklund founded Tenner & Helse, the membership magazine of Forbundet Tenner og Helse (Norwegian Dental Patient Association), and was its editor until the summer of 1999. In the 1990s, he was also a freelance journalist for Sunnhetsbladet, a Norwegian health magazine.[6] In 2001, Bjørklund founded the Nordic Journal of Biological Medicine,[7] which was published until 2003.
In 2013, he founded and became president of the Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (CONEM), an international non-profit association based in Norway.
In 2023, Bjørklund was appointed an honorary professor at Samarkand State Medical University.[8]
Academic journals
Bjørklund is а deputy chief editor of Metabolic Brain Disease, an advisory editor of the Archives of Toxicology, and a section editor of the journal Current Medicinal Chemistry.[9][10][11] Also, he is an editorial board member of Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.[12] Bjørklund is a member of the World Association of Medical Editors.[13]
