Head of Department, Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, The Capital Region, Copenhagen University Hospital − Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark and Professor in Eviden-based Clinical Research, Department of Regional Health Research, The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
MD, Copenhagen University 1976. Specialist in gastroenterology, hepatology, and internal medicine.
Dr Med Sci 1988 on dissertation ‘Testosterone and alcoholic cirrhosis: epidemiologic, pathophysiologic and therapeutic studies in men’.
Research: Clinical trial and systematic review methodologies. National coordinator for EU and Nordic projects. Involved in more than 1000 clinical research projects, resulting in more than 165 launched randomised clinical trials and 450 protocols for systematic reviews. Total publications over 900.
Hirsh-index Web of Science: 90 in 750 publications. Total number of citations: over 38,100.
Hirsh-index Research.com: 115 in 794 publications. Total number of citations: over 54,500. Ranks 2581 in the World and 31 in Denmark according to World's Best Medicine Scientists.
Hirsh-index Google Scholar: 133 in more than 849 publications. Total number of citations: over 69,000.
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8861-0799.