Kari Dyregrov, Professor Emerita, FHS / Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, has researched trauma and bereavement, social and peer support, and follow-up after unnatural deaths for 30 years. She has published numerous articles and books, co-edited two books on drug-related death bereavement, and helped establish a Norwegian peer-support organisation for bereaved families. She was awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for her work.