MEDICAL EDUCATION

• 2000: PhD
• 1996: Medical Specialist – Internal medicine
• 1995: Medical Specialist – Medical Gastroenterology
• 1983: Medical Doctor

EMPLOYMENT

• 2008- present: Head of Section of Molecular Diagnostics, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
• 2003 – 2015: Specialist Chief Physician, Dept. Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark
• 1999 – 2015: Chief Physician, Dept. Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark

RESEARCH MANAGEMENT

• 2002- present: – Head of Research, Section of Molecular Diagnostics, Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark
                              – Established state-of-the-art laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics at Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg
  University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark. In 2015 separated as an independent section. Twenty employees.
• 2015: Leadership 2 – Region Nordjylland’s General Leader Course II.
• 2004 Coaching for the Experienced Leader, DIEU.

PUBLICATIONS

• PhD thesis, Aalborg University, Denmark “Clinical Use of Hepatitis C Virus RNA Analyses Based on Nucleic Acid Amplification Technique”. Presented at Aalborg Universitet 01.12.2000.
• 190 publications since 1989 (among these 158 peer reviewed articles (in PubMed); 28 book chapters/proceedings); H-Index 26; >1900 citations (Web Of Science, Edited, september 2017).

NATIONAL WORKING GROUPS

• Member of Danish Medicines Counsil (Medicinrådet) concerning treatment of viral hepatitis.
• Member of the national guideline group for Chronic viral hepatitis.
• Member of the steering committee of the National Danish Viral Hepatitis Database (Dan-Hep).
• Head of the National Danish Viral Hepatitis Biobank.
• Member of the steering committee of the DANVIR Cohort Study.
• Head of the academic group following the National Danish Cancer Biobank Committee.
• Member of the steering committee of Regionernes Bio- og Genombank.

• Member of the International Circumpolar Viral Hepatitis Study Group (Chair: Prof. Brian McMahon, University of Anchorage, Alaska).
• Member of the International Delta Hepatitis Study Group (Chair: Prof. Michael Manns, University of Hanover, Germany).
• Member of an international group on viral hepatitis in Indigenous Peoples (Chair: Prof. Stephen Locarnini, University of Melbourne, Australia).
• Chairman of the Regional Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics of North Jutland: (2010 – 2014)

AWARDS

• 2014: “Tove Nilssons forskerpris”
• 2011: One of three nominees to “Den Nordjyske Ledelsespris” among 30 leaders. Nominated by my staff, I did not win though.

RESEARCH GRANTS (FOR TOTAL >1.000.000 DKK)

• HTF 2013-2017: 15,000,000 DKK (co-applicant).

SUPERVISION

• Ph.D. Students(year of initiation): David Straarup (2017), Karsten Rex (2013 (a 5 year study due to clinical work)
• Ph.D. Students (year of defence): Simon Ladefoged Rasmussen (2018), Sofie Hallager (2017), Stine Dam Henriksen (2017), Charlotte Strandhave (2013), Anja Ernst (2011).
• Opponent of PhD thesis: Steffen Bank (2014)
• Postdoctoral Fellows: Lone Larsen (2009), Kirsten Wandahl (2007),
• Postgraduate Students at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark. Morten Woelke (1998), Anne Nygaard Fallingborg (2004). Diploma students at the Faculty of Health Sciences in Aarhus University, Denmark: Jette Lauritsen Christensen (2000), Heidi Ettrup Hansen (2000).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• External lecturer at the University of Aarhus and University of Aalborg (app. 200 hours). Extensive teaching experience of medical students (from 2003 – ) and more than 50 courses for postgraduate doctors and doctors in specialist training (A-kurser) as well as other medical staff.

PATENT APPLICATIONS

• Application No. 16161073.8 – 1403 Pancreatic Cancer methylation Markers (18.03.2016)
• Application No. 16197722.8 – 1403 Colorectal Cancer methylation Markers (04.01.2017)