1. Abdullatif S. Husseini. “Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Selected Associated Factors in an Adult Palestinian Population. An Epidemiological Study of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) in Kobar and Ramallah, Palestine”. Thesis (dr.philos), March 2002, University of Oslo, Unipub AS, Oslo, Norway.
Main supervisor: Espen Bjertness; co-supervisors: Jak Jervell, Rita Giacaman.
2. Hanan F. Abdul-Rahim. “The Metabolic Syndrome in a Rural and an Urban Palestinian Population: An epidemiological study of selected components of the metabolic syndrome, including diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity in the adult population of a rural and an urban Palestinian community”. Thesis (dr.philos), November 2002, University of Oslo, Unipub AS, Oslo, Norway.
Main supervisor: Espen Bjertness; co-supervisors: Jak Jervell, Rita Giacaman.
3. Khaldoun I. Nijem. ”Self-reported health effects and exposure to organic solvents and plastic compounds in shoe factories and workshops in Hebron City. A cross-sectional occupational health study of the workers health and working environment”. Thesis (dr.philos), November 2002, University of Oslo, Unipub AS, Oslo, Norway.
Main supervisor: Espen Bjertness; co-supervisors: Petter Kristensen, Awni Khatib.
4. Abdel Hamid Afana. Studies of mental disorders in primary health care in the Gaza Strip - Prevalence, Detection, and attitude of Staff”. Thesis (dr.philos) June 2003, University of Oslo, Unipub AS, Oslo, Norway.
Main supervisor: Odd Steffen Dalgard; co-supervisors: Espen Bjertness, Berthold Grünfeldt.
5. Abdallah Abudeyya. Adolescent nutrition and associated sociodemographic factors in Gaza Strip, Palestine. A cross-sectional epidemiological study from Gaza City and Jabalia village and refugee camp. Thesis (PhD) University of Oslo, 2009.
Main supervisor: Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen; co-supervisor: Yehia Abed
6. Nahed Mikki. Lifestyle and nutrition pattern of Palestinian adolescents. Thesis (PhD) University of Oslo, December 2010.
Main supervisor: Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen; co-supervisor: Hanan Abdul-Rahim Halabi
7. Yaser Issa. Time to pregnancy among newly married people living in two agricultural villages in Hebron District, Palestine. Thesis (PhD; in progress), University of Oslo, 2009.
Main supervisor: Petter Kristensen; co-supervisors: Espen Bjertness, Khaldoun Nijem, Markku Sallmen.
8. Farid Abbu-Shama. Agricultural exposures and health effects among farmers in Hebron district, Palestine. Thesis (PhD; in progress), University of Oslo, 2009.
Main supervisor: Petter Kristensen; co-supervisors: Espen Bjertness, Khaldoun Nijem, Marit Skogstad.
9. Sahar Hassan-Bitar. An Initiative for Scaling up the Quality of Maternal Health Care in Palestinian Hospitals. Thesis (PhD; in progress), University of Oslo, 2009.
Main supervisor: Espen Bjertness; co-supervisors: Abdullatif Husseini, Johanne Sundby.
10. Maysaa Nemer. The prevalence of skin problems, respiratory symptoms and respiratory function, and the association with chemical exposure among female hairdressers in Hebron City, Palestine. Thesis (PhD; in progress), University of Oslo, 2009.
Main supervisor: Espen Bjertness; co-supervisors: Marit Skogstad, Khaldoun Nijem, Hein Stigum.
11. Yousef Jaradat. Workplace Stress among Nurses in Health sectors in Hebron, Palestine. Thesis (PhD; in progress), University of Oslo, 2009.
Main supervisor: Espen Bjertness; co-supervisors: Rita Bast-Pettersen, Khaldoun Nijem, Hein Stigum, Lars Lien.