Dr. Ulla Bjerre-Christensen is head of the Education department at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen (SDCC) since 2012. She is a trained endocrinologist and a skilled educationalist, She has been in charge of executing large international education programmes primarily in low and middle-income countries and developed large on-line programmes for doctors and nurses in diabetes management.  

The primary focus of her work is translating knowledge of diabetes management into applicable care for health care professionals through face-to-face teaching and on-line programmes. She is currently responsible for the strategic development of SDCC Education into a regional and national knowledge center within diabetes management and education of health care professionals.

She holds a Ph.D in early development of type 1 diabetes is a former associated professor at the University of Copenhagen.

Her area of research has shifted from development of T1DM to health professional education and is currently taking a master in Medical Health Profession Education at Maastricht University.