Anja Bye

Anja Bye is a Professor and head of the interdisciplinary Cardiogenomics research group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Her primary affiliation is with the Department of Circulation and Imaging, which is part of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. She leads research initiatives within the Cardiac Exercise Research Group (CERG), focusing on precision cardiac care through genomic and genetic analysis.

Her main research projects include CorFemina, addressing sex-specific disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and treatment for women, and CardioFit, investigating the genetic determinants of aerobic fitness and its causal role in CVD development. She emphasizes integrating multi-omics data (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics) with clinical outcomes to better understand CVD pathogenesis and improve diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.

• Key Competencies: Cardiovascular disease, clinical research, genetic epidemiology, biomarkers, lipidomics, metabolomics, microRNA, and Mendelian randomization.

Research activities include developing CVD risk prediction algorithms for women, exploring molecular mechanisms for gender-specific drug targets, and leveraging large-scale cohorts like the HUNT study. She advocates for personalized CVD prevention, especially targeting women's underrepresentation in clinical studies.

She oversees the Cardiogenomics group within CERG, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration to advance genomic applications in cardiology. No specific grants or awards are explicitly listed in the provided text, though her work builds on foundational discoveries like the Nobel Prize-winning LDL receptor research referenced in her background.