- 1994	DVM - Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
- 1996	Business Administration (HD), part I - HHC Business School Centre, Slagelse
- 2001	PhD (Veterinary Epidemiology) - Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen

PhD

DVM

- 1994	Food inspector - The Municipal Food and Environmental Laboratory, Slagelse,
- 1995	Food inspector - The Municipal Food and Environmental Laboratory, Aalborg
1995 - 1996	Veterinary advisor - Danish Bacon & Meat Council, Department of Zoonoses Control
1996 - 2001	Research assistant and PhD-student - Danish Veterinary Laboratory, Danish Zoonosis Centre
2001 - 2003	Research epidemiologist at the Danish Zoonosis Centre, Deputy Head of Centre - Danish Veterinary Institute (previously DVL)
2004 - 2006	Head of Section of the Danish Zoonosis Centre - Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research (formed by a merger of Danish Veterinary Institute and Danish Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition), Department of Epidemiology and Risk Assessment
2007 - 2008	Head of Section of the Danish Zoonosis Centre - National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Department of Microbiology and Risk Assessment
2008 -	Research Leader of Epidemiology and Risk Modeling - National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Department of Microbiology and Risk Assessment

Danish (native), English (fluently), French (fair in reading), German (fair in reading)

I am leading a research group 12 scientists working within the area of foodborne disease epidemiology and risk modelling.

The main research area is the epidemiology, surveillance and control of foodborne zoonoses including antimicrobial resistance in foodborne pathogens in the whole production chain.

Activities involve the planning and performance of quantitative risk assessments, temporal-spatial analysis, risk factor studies and development of new approaches for Quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) and human illness source attribution.

The section is also head editor of the annual report on antimicrobial resistance and consumption in Denmark (DANMAP) and responsible for the annual source attribution estimates for Salmonella (the Danish Salmonella Source Account).

A main responsibility is to give scientifically-based advice to veterinary and food authorities, farmers’ and consumers organisations, and international organisations such as EFSA and WHO.

I am currently involved in the EU Network of Excellence MedVetNet leading a work package on human illness source attribution, which is an area that has my special interest and expertise.

My work also includes teaching and supervision of PhD students and under- and postgraduate students, and I am currently responsible and main tutor of a undergraduate course: Risk Analysis in Food Safety.

Participation in expert consultations, working groups, committees or similar

Organiser and chair of a session on food attribution at the FoodMicro conference 2008 (2008)
EFSA Working Group on human-illness attribution of foodborne disease (2008)
Core member of the WHO's Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) and Chair of the FERG Task Force on human illness source attribution (2007-)
EFSA Working Group on Salmonella in meat (2007-2008)
Leader of a MedVetNet Workpackage on human illness attribution involving 9 MS and 13 institutes (2006-)
Representing the National Food Institute in the MedVetNet Coordinating Forum (2006-)
EFSA Working Group on analysis of the Salmonella baseline study in broilers (2006-2007)
FAO/WHO Consultation on ”Development of Practical Risk Management Strategies based on Microbiological Risk Assessment Outputs (Kiel3)”, 3-7 April 2006, Kiel, Germany.
EFSA Working Group on analysis of the Salmonella baseline study in laying hens (2005-2006)
Organiser of an expert consultation on identification and prioritisation of health risk associated with the occurrence of chemical, toxic and pathogenic contamination of animal feed in Denmark, DFVF (2005)
WHO Expert Consultation on Foodborne Disease Surveillance. Organised by the University of Leipzig, 18-21 March 2002, Leipzig, Germany.


Ad hoc reviewer for
Risk Analysis
International Journal of Food Microbiology
Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal
Epidemiology and Infection
Foodborne Pathogens and Diseases
International Journal of Risk Assessment & Management
Journal of Applied Microbiology
WHO
The joint FAO/WHO “Risk Assessment of Salmonella in Eggs and Broilers”. ISBN 92 9 156230 7 (WHO), 2002.

Society memberships

2002-present: Society for Risk Analysis
1997-present: International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics
1996-present: Nordic Society for Veterinary Epidemiology