Marianne Therese Smogeli Holter

Marianne Therese Smogeli Holter is a Researcher at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, specializing in digital health interventions and qualitative research methods. She works at The Mind-Body Lab where she researches long-term pain and fatigue after breast cancer surgery, investigating whether hypnosis and e-health therapy based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can have preventive effects.

Her academic interests focus on digital health interventions (e-health) and their potential to improve treatment provision and welfare society, qualitative research methods, and mental health, emotional pain, and quality of life. She has extensive experience in qualitative methodology, e-health, and pain psychology, teaching these subjects at the university level.

Dr. Holter's research portfolio demonstrates consistent focus on e-health applications, particularly examining how digital interventions can simulate therapeutic processes and improve health outcomes. Her work spans mental health, pain management, and substance abuse treatment, with a strong methodological emphasis on qualitative approaches to understand user experiences and intervention mechanisms.

She serves as Board member of Concerned Scientists Norway (Deputy Chair since 2022) and was a member of the Department of Psychology's internal ethics committee (2021-2022). Her major research collaborations include the POINT project (Preventing an Opioid Epidemic In Norway), Change 2.0, Alcohol habits and health in general practice, and the Relational Welfare research network.

Her research has been supported by significant funding, including a 16 million NOK project grant from the Research Council of Norway in 2020 for the POINT project, where she serves as work package leader. She was primarily responsible for content development of the 'robot psychologist' Endre and continues to contribute to various e-health projects.