Linda Hildegard Bergersen

Linda Bergersen is Professor and Dean of Research at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway, and also serves as Professor of Neurobiology of Aging at the Center of Healthy Aging (CEHA), University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She is also a former athlete who specializes in understanding the link between physical exercise and prevention of neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Bergersen has pioneered the study of how exercise can improve brain health and has expanded from there into further...See more

Linda Bergersen is Professor and Dean of Research at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway, and also serves as Professor of Neurobiology of Aging at the Center of Healthy Aging (CEHA), University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She is also a former athlete who specializes in understanding the link between physical exercise and prevention of neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Bergersen has pioneered the study of how exercise can improve brain health and has expanded from there into further aging fields. She has received a number of awards and fellowships for her research and is also co-founder of the Norwegian Centre for Healthy Ageing (NO-Age). See less