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Thorkild I.A. Sørensen

English

Thorkild I.A. Sørensen, born in 1945, became MD in 1971 and achieved the doctoral degree (Dr Med Sci) in 1983 at the University of Copenhagen. He received his clinical training at several university hospitals in Copenhagen, and became chairman of the department of emergency admissions and chief physician at the department of hepatology at Hvidovre University Hospital in 1988. In 1989, he received a 5-year position as MRC professor of clinical epidemiology, and at the end of this period in 1994, he was appointed as full professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Copenhagen in combination with a position as chief physician in clinical epidemiology at the Copenhagen Hospital Corporation. In 1993, he became Director of the Institute of Preventive Medicine. He was Dean of the Faculty in 1995-96. He has published more than 300 papers in international peer-reviewed journals with several papers in high-impact journals (see link or PubMed 'Sorensen TI'). The main topics of his research have been various aspects of obesity, alcohol drinking, liver and gastrointestinal disorders, addressed by methods in clinical, genetic and general epidemiology. He is coordinator of several national and international research projects and networks. He has been and is advisor, supervisor or reviewer of multiple doctoral and PhD dissertations, and has been involved in establishing a graduate school in public health sciences. He has served as scientific advisor or reviewer for many different national and international institutions, organisations and journals.

Danish

Thorkild I.A. Sørensen, født i 1945, blev cand.med. i 1971. I 1983 opnåede han den medicinske doctorgrad ved Københavns Universitet. Han har modtaget klinisk uddannelse ved flere universitetshospitaler i København og blev leder af den akutte modtagelse og overlæge ved hepatologisk afdeling, Hvidovre Universitetshospital i 1988. I 1989 blev han tildelt et 5-årigt forskningsprofessorat i klinisk epidemiology, og ved slutningen af denne periode blev han udnævnt til professor i klinisk epidemiologi ved Københavns Universitet i kombination med en stilling som overlæge i klinisk epidemiologi i Hovedstadens Sygehusvæsen. I 1993 blev han institutleder ved Institut for Sygdomsforebyggelse. Han var dekan ved det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet i perioden1995-96. Han har publiceret mere end 300 artikler i peer-reviewed videnskabelige tidsskrifter, adskillige i in 'high-impact' tidsskrifter (se link eller PubMed 'Sorensen TI'). Hovedemnerne er generel-, klinisk- og genetisk epidemiologi, omhandlende forskellige aspekter vedrørende fedme, alkohol, lever og gastro-intestinale sygdomme og generel folkesundhedsvidenskab. Han er koordinator af adskillige nationale og internationale forskningsprojekter og netværk. Han er rådgiver, vejleder eller bedømmer for adskillige Dr.- og ph.d.-disputatser og har deltaget i planlægning og etableringen af en forskerskole i folkesundhedsvidenskab. Han har været videnskabelig rådgiver og reviewer for mange forskellige nationale og internationale institutioner, organisationer og tidsskrifter.