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Roald Bahr MD PhD is professor of sports medicine and Head of the Department of Sports Medicine at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and chair of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center.

Roald Bahrs main research area is sports injury prevention.

Besides his work at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Roald also holds a clinical appointment at the Department of Sports Medicine at the Olympic Training Center. He is authorized as Sports Medicine Physician (Idrettslege NIMF) by the Norwegian Society of Sports Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. He serves as team physician for the national teams in beach volleyball. He is past president of the National Council on Physical Activity, past president of the Norwegian Society of Sports Medicine, a current member of the Sports Medicine Council of the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports, member and president of the Medical Commission of the International Volleyball Federation, and member of the IOC Medical Commission - Medical and Scientific Group. He is a former national team volleyball player and coach.