Nanna Heick Friis

Nanna Heick Friis heads up the secretariat and is responsible for the institute's secretariat and staff functions, finances, service provision and operations, HR and personnel as well as communication. The tasks of the secretariat include all supporting functions for the NIPH’s core tasks. For most of her working life, Nanna has been involved with administration and secretarial services within organisations in the field of public health and was initially trained as a nutritionist and household economist with a focus on health promotion, prevention, dissemination and education. Nanna has been employed at the institute since 2011, and for a number of years she worked with management support, strategy and secretarial services.