Nationality: Danish

City: Copenhagen

Present functions



Professor in Gynecological Endocrinology, University of Copenhagen and at the University of Southern Denmark

Director of the Endocrinological and Reproductive Unit, Dep. Ob/Gyn. Herlev Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

Formation



Postdoctoral residency in Diabetology, Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine.

Scientific societies and professional associations



Founder and Past-President of the European Society of Contraception (ESC)

President of the Scandinavian Menopause Society

Past President of the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS).

Former Chairman of the gynecological guidelines Committee of the Danish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Member of the European Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) expert advice group on Health Concerns in Relation to Sex Steroids.

Member of FIGO Expert Advisory Panel on Contraception and Menopause.

Scientific editions



More than 150 articles in peer reviewed journals

Lectures and congresses



More than 350 lectures during international scientific meetings.

During the last 20 years organizer and chairman for a number of national and international congresses, workshops and consensus meetings on reproductive health care in general and sex steroid and metabolism in particular.

Main research fields



Gynecological endocrinology and reproductive medicine. Especially translational medicine in relation to the molecular impact of sex steroids on metabolism and vascular function.