• Henrik Dams Allé, 204, 128

    2800 Kgs. Lyngby

    Denmark

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I am a senior project manager with in-depth experience in cross-sectoral collaboration and stakeholder engagement (for +20 years), which includes planning and managing projects, writing up reports, facilitate collaborations, seminars and workshops for stakeholders e.g. authorities, international organisations, industries, NGOs and unions.

I have developed, managed and tutored >30 courses on foodborne outbreak investigations and implementation of the Zoonoses legislation for the EU Commission under the Better Training for Safer Food programme (BTSF) for officials from national authorities and institutions from all EU MS and pre-accession countries.

I coordinate complex data processes and have many years expertise within data collection, validation, analysis and digital reporting systems as well as dissemination of complex data through national and international reports.

Working as project manager on large EU projects focusing on EU Networking and support for public health reference laboratory functions for antimicrobial resistance.

Participate in support and mentor other project managers, writing applications, coordination of the tasks, and provide financial overview in the Research Group for Global Capacity Building.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Education/Academic qualification

MS Office - MS Project, basic couse

… → 2023

Project management course on sustainability and exit strategy, Implement group

… → 2021

Advice at the National Food Institute, DTU

… → 2017

MS Office - Advanced excel

… → 2016

Project Management for researchers at DTU

… → 2010

Introduction to press contact (DTU)

… → 2010

Veterinary Epidemiologi, Part 1&2, Nova University, Ph.D. course

20072008

Project leader course, National Veterinary and Food Administration

… → 2006

Introduction to SAS Enterprise Guide 3.0

… → 2005

Ph.D., Veterinary Parasitology, The Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark

… → 1998

M.Sc. Biology, Institute for Population biology, Copenhagen University, Denmark

… → 1994

B.Sc. courses, Institute for Ecology, University of New South Wales, Australia

… → 1988

External positions

Senior Scientific Officer, Research Group for Global Capacity Building, Technical University of Denmark

15 Mar 202114 Mar 2025

Senior Scientific Officer, The Danish Zoonoses Centre, Technical University of Denmark

20072013

Research assistant, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark

20052007

Research assistant, Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research.

20042005

Research assistant, Danish Veterinary Institute

20032004

Ph.D. student, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark.

19941998

Project assistant, Thammasat University, Thailand

… → 2003

Research assistant, Kristianstad University, Sweden

… → 2002

Scientific assistant, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark

… → 1998

Scientific assistant, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark.

… → 1993

Keywords

  • User defined:
  • BTSF (Training for Safer Food)
  • Project Management
  • EU Zoonoses report
  • Surveillance programmes
  • EFSA Focal Point
  • EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)
  • Zoonosis epidemiology

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