Asta Bye

Professor Asta Bye is a faculty member at Oslo Metropolitan University in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, where she serves as Head of Studies. Her academic work focuses on several key healthcare areas including oncology, nutrition, medical sciences, geriatrics, and neurology, with particular emphasis on aging, health, and welfare.

Professor Bye's research interests span across multiple critical healthcare domains. She specializes in cardiac rehabilitation with a focus on digital health interventions, cancer cachexia and nutritional aspects of cancer care, and healthcare transitions for older patients moving between hospital and municipal care settings. Her work integrates clinical practice with innovative technological solutions to improve patient outcomes, particularly in long-term follow-up care.

Her recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on applying digital tools in cardiac rehabilitation, with multiple longitudinal studies examining the effectiveness of app-based follow-up systems. She also has significant contributions to cancer nutrition research, particularly regarding malnutrition diagnosis in cancer patients and the validity of dietary assessment methods in cancer cachexia. Her work bridges clinical practice with research methodology, emphasizing patient-centered outcomes across geriatric, oncological, and cardiac care settings.

Professor Bye leads several research projects including App-based follow-up post cardiac rehabilitation, Crosscare-Old: A Cross Sectoral Approach to High Quality Healthcare Transitions for Older People, and Long-term follow-up of cardiac patients with a smartphone-application. Her work has resulted in numerous scientific publications, textbooks, and research reports that contribute significantly to nursing education and clinical practice in multiple healthcare domains.