Expertise

Professor in personalized medicine and Consultant in Clinical Immunology, Dept. of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen. PhD and doctoral thesis on immunology and inflammation in health and disease.

Head of research for Copenhagen Hospital Biobank Unit and for the largest genomic cohorts in Denmark: Copenhagen Hospital Biobank and The Danish Blood Donor Study. 

Head of studies for Master Program in Personalized Medicine and Professor with teaching and supervisor functions, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Dept. of Clinical Medicine.

Extensive experience in conduct of laboratory, clinical and large-scale genomic studies. Most publications regarding disease mechanisms and risk-stratification, applying a multitude of immunologic methods and latest large-scale genomics and multi-omics.

Focus on translational research in precision medicine through biobanks and genomic/multiomic cohort studies focusing on sex differences and inflammation in complex diseases and disorders. Public and political engagement promoting understanding and readiness for clinical use of multilevel health and genetic data.

Primære forskningsområder

• Precision medicine 

• Biobanks and large scale genomic/multiomics and biomarker studies

• Immunopathogenesis  

• Developing immunologic geno- and phenotyping as diagnostic tools

• Immunomodulating interventions

Aktuel forskning

Main focus is precision medicine (PM), both from a research perspective and from an education/training – and more strategic – perspective as appointed head of studies for master program in personalized medicine, UCPH and head of research for the largest genomic cohorts in Denmark. My multifaceted focus on PM has revealed a strong vision for me, namely, to use my research leadership of the unprecedented large-scale cohorts/data resource along with my strategic work with and network within PM, as an opportunity to develop the field around PM at a national level and hereby contribute to advance PM in Denmark and abroad.

Mulige interessekonflikter

Co-inventor on 5 patents.