Dr Marit Hjorth
Research Scientist
PhD
marit.hjorth@wimr.org.au
Biography
Marit Hjorth is a Senior Scientist at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research and a member of the Ageing Liver and Metabolic Fatty Liver Diseases group within the Storr Liver Centre. She completed her PhD in molecular nutrition in 2016 at The University of Oslo, Norway. After that, Marit built a research career in Norway and Australia with a focus on understanding the molecular mechanisms linking nutrition and physical activity to age-related conditions such as fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer.
Research interests
Marit’s current research focuses on understanding the pathogenesis of fatty liver disease and liver fibrosis, integrating pre-clinical models, human disease data, genomics, multi-omics and systems biology approaches. The aim is to understand and reverse age-related liver disease.
Clinical Specialty: Nutrition
Additional information
Keywords: Liver, aging, diet, MASLD, obesity, diabetes, exercise, metabolism, CRISPR
Affiliations
University of Oslo
