Helga Birgitte Salvesen (23 December 1963[1] – 20 January 2016) was a Norwegian physician and professor of medicine at the University of Bergen.
Salvesen was born in Asker, but moved to Bergen at the age of four.
degree in 2000, with the doctoral thesis Tumor Biomarkers and Prognostic Factors in Endometrial Carcinoma.
[4] In 2017, the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) created an award in her memory to recognise researchers who excel in the field of gynecological cancer research.
[5] She was married to fellow physician Pål Rasmus Njølstad in 1986, and had four children, all boys.