Anne Kjersti C. Befring

Anne Kjersti C. Befring is a Professor at the University of Oslo's Department of Public Law. She is one of the Nordic countries' leading experts in health law and life sciences, with a focus on genetic mapping, AI in healthcare, and data privacy regulations.

• Doctorate in Law (2019) on Legal Perspectives on Personalized Medicine
• Co-founder of the Nordic PerMed Law network (2019-2021)
• Current legal researcher in the Morgi life science project (2022-present)

Her research spans health law, administrative law, and constitutional law, particularly examining how GDPR intersects with national healthcare regulations, patient rights in data sharing, and ethical issues in gene therapy. Recent publications focus on:

• AI's impact on medical decision-making
• Legal frameworks for biobanks
• Personalized medicine governance
• Pandemic emergency legal measures
• Laboratory data privacy protocols

She supervises PhD candidates Vibeke Binz Vallevik (synthetic data for AI) and Ole Boye (gene therapy). Befring served as Deputy Chair of Norway's National Research Ethics Committee for Medicine and Health Sciences (NEM) from 2022-2025 and has contributed to critical policy discussions around data ethics and public health governance.