Curriculum

CURRICULUM VITAE PER 1.6.2023

JES SANDDAL LINDHOLT                                                                                      Born 17^th of July 1963

CURRENT EMPLOYMENTS SINCE 1st of August 2012

Professor and Leading Consultant of Vascular Surgery.                           

Research leader, Dept of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery T,             

University Hospital of Odense (OUH),                                                           

University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

Adjunct Professor of Vascular Epidemiology, Aarhus University (AU)

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENTS

Nov 2011-July 2012. Professor of Vascular Epidemiology, Aarhus University         

Aug 2004-Oct 2011. Assoc. prof. & Consultant of Vascular Surgery, Viborg Hospital 

July 2000-July 2004. Specialist Registrar, Viborg Hospital and Rigshospitalet       

Aug 1997-Sept 2000. House Officer, Viborg Hospital & Aarhus University Hospital   

Aug 1994-July 1996. Research Fellow, Inst. of Epidemiology, Aarhus University       

Jan 1990-July 1994. Junior/senior Registrar House Officer

EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS

01.11.2010. Medical degree in Sciences (Dr. med)– Aarhus University     

01.03.2010. Qualified and offered professorship, NTNU                             

21.09.2006. FEBVS – Fellow of the European Board of Vascular Surgery 

01.07.2003. Specialist in Vascular Surgery, National Board of Health       

28.06.1998. PhD in Medicine - Aarhus University                                       

18.01.1990. MD - Aarhus University

SCIENTIFIC PRIZES (EXCL. PRESENTATION PRIZES)

2016. Odd fellow prize (250.000 DKK). After proposal from the 3 main Danish Universities                                                                                           

2017. Publication prize. SDU.                                                                       

2019. Vascular Research prize, Danish Heart Foundation

MAIN RESEARCH AREAS

Cardiovascular and renal failure epidemiology and prevention, public health, and translational medicine

SOME CURRENT AND PAST RELEVANT SCIENTIC ADMINISTRATION AND BOARDS

2013-2023. Vicechair, Elite Research Centre of Individualised Medicine in Arterial disease (CIMA)                                                                                

2015-2023. Chairman of the Vascular Specialist Council of The region of Southern Denmark

2017-        . Member of the the Scientific Board of the Danish Heart Foundation

2016-        . Research leader of the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Research Unit, OUH

2022-2027. EU Coordinator under the Call: HLTH-2021-TOOL-06-01.Title: Telemonitoring Of Home Dialysis Utilizing A Smart Biomimetic Arteriovenous Graft (TELEGRAFT)  €5.3 mill.

2022-2026. Coordinator of the Innovation Fund Grand Solution project: Personalised risk and prevention of cardiovascular disease (PREPARE): 26 mill DKK

2023-         . Member of the Novo Nordic Foundation Expert panel regarding the early detection and monitoring initiative (EMDI) of CVD

2015-2020. Chair of the Cardiovascular Centre of Excellence in Southern Denmark (CAVAC)

2015-2012. The Advisory Board for the National Board of Health regarding national screening programs  

2013-2021.  Member of the Writing Guideline Committee of The European Society of Vascular Surgery 

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND NETWORKS

Ronald Dalman and Philip Tsao (Stanford), Guo Ping Shi and Peter Libby (Harvard), Jean Baptiste Michel (Paris), Matt Bown (Leicester), Janet Powell (London), Jose Luis Ventura Martin (Madrid), Christian Gasser, Per Eriksson and Ulf Hedin (Stockholm), Folkert Asserbergs (Amsterdam), Ron Gansewoort (Groningen), Christian-Alexander Behrendt (Hamburg)

- CASS: Collaboration of Aneurysm Screening Studies (UK, AUS, DK) (1994-98)

- FAD: Fighting Aneurysmal Disease (FAD) - EU-FP7 grant no. 200647-(15 Centres) (2008-12)

- AAA-CONSORTIUM: Global consortium for CVD GWAS (32 Centres) (2016-)

- RESCAN: Global consortium merging cohort data of AAA (16 centres) (2012-14)

- TELEGRAFT: HLTH-2021-TOOL-06-01. (12 centres) (2022-)

- EDIT - EU Early Detection and Prevention Consortium): 17 centres (2023-)

POST-DOC,  PHD, AND PREGRADUATE SUPERVISION

Post docs:

Lisette Bjerregaard (2017-21), Bjarne Thorsted (2021-22), Katrine Lawaetz Larsen (2021-), Mads Liisberg (2023-)

 PhD-supervision, 23 graduated :

Sten Vammen (1997-00), Jette B. Støvring. (2002-05), Sigitas Urbonavicius. (2004-08), Anne M. Momsen (2006 -9), Gražina Urbonaviciene, (2007-10), Gao Hong (2007-10), Ljubica Andersen (2005-11), Casper Nielsen (2008-11), Anette Høgh. (2006-12), Brian Kloster (2010-16), Trine Jørgensen, (2012-16), Brian Kloster (2010-2016), Holger Wemmelund (2010-16), Manan Pareek (2013-2017), Carsten B. Rasmussen (2013-7), Marie Thomsen (2012-18), Ina Qvist (2015-19),  Katrine L. Kristensen (2013-19), Louise S. Londero (2014-20), Lida Khurrami (2016-23), Sara Riber (2017-23), Mejse Kristensen (2017-22), Mads Liisberg (2018-23).

PhD supervision, 14 ongoing:

Silke Gripke Dam Nielsen (2019-), Emilie Grupe (2019-), Lasse Obel-Grønbæk (2020)-, Egle Kavailunite (2020-), Joachim Skoubo Kristensen (2021-), Nicolai Palstrøm (2021-), Qais Saleh (2022-), Roda Abdulkadir Mohamed (2022-), Stephanie Thuy Duong Pham (2023-), Ditte Sandfeld Tornby (2023-), Frederik Andersen (2023-) Margrete Stenehjem (2023-), Chiara Marocco (2023-), Stephan Maynutz (2023-).

Pregraduates, 10 completed:

Jannie Povlsen (2014), Mads Liisberg (2015), Hadi Diab (2016), Lasse Obel-Grønbæk (2016-17),  Anders Bøvling (2016-17), Malene Skaarup Kristensen (2017), Asbjørn Schack (2017), Qais Saleh (2017), Andreas Poul Riis (2017), Joachim S. Kristensen (2018), Sissel Karoline Bang-Møller (2019), Mikkel H. Berntsen (2019), Pernille Sejerskov (2019), Tayfun Basaran (2020), Leander Gaarde (2020), Julie Dall (2020), Hana Hadzikadunic (2021), Tea Bøvling Sjælland (2021), Amalie Lands (2022) og Monique Stenberg Lynge (2022)

EVALUATIONS

Professorships: 8 in Denmark, 3 in Sweden, 1 in Germany

2012 Professorship in Vascular Ultrasound, Rigshopitalet (Henrik Sillesen). 2014 Professorship in Cardiac Value and Insufficiency, OUH (Jacob Eifer Møller). 2015 Professorship in Surgery, Karolinska Hospital (Lisa Rydén). 2016 Honory Professor, University of Southern Denmark (Van Houtte). 2016 Professorship in Surgery, Karolinska Hospital (None). 2018 Professorship in Medical Innovation, SDU (Kristian Kidmose). 2018 Professorship in Child Heart Surgery, Copenhagen University (Vibeke Hjortdal). 2018 Professorship in Cardiovascular Inflammation, Technischen Universität München (None).  2019 Professorship in Cardiovascular Physiology, SDU (Stefan Mortensen). 2019 Professorship in Vascular Surgery, Uppsala University (Kevin Mani). 2019 Professorship in Experimental Nutrition, Aalborg University (Charlotte Lauridsen). 2022 Professorship in Nephrology, SDU (Claus Bidstrup)

Doctoral/PhD: 16. Netherlands: 1, Norway: 2, Denmark: 6, Belgium: 1, Spain 1, Sweden 5 (and 3 chairs):

CURRENT MAJOR GRANT SUPPORT

1.9.2022-1.2.2027. EU-Horizon2020: TELEGRAFT. Role: EU-coordinator. Grant: 4.6 mill. EUR https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101057673.       

1.4.2022-1.4.2027. Innovation Foundation, Grand Solutions: PREPARE Role: Coordinating PI. Grant: 2.7 mill. EUR. https://www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/prepare

1.5.2021-1.5.2024. The Danish Heart Foundation: PREPARE. Role: Coordinating PI. Grant: 0.4. EUR  https://hjerteforeningen.dk/2021/01/computerprogram-skal-kunne-beregne-din-risiko-for-at-faa-hjerte-kar-sygdom/

1.1.2020-1.1.2026. Strategic Research Fund of the Region of Southern Denmark + The Independent Danish Reserarch Foundation (DFF).The HUNT of a medical treatment for AAA. Role: Coordinating PI. Grant: 1 mill. EUR

CUMULATED GRANT SUPPORT

146 mill. DKK, last five years: approx. 70 mill DKK 

BIBLIOMETRY

Orchid id: 0000-0001-9536-4488: 433 publications   

PubMed indexed publications: 344

Web of Science:                                                                                                     

H-index: 56, 344 publications, 13,149 citations, in average 38.22

Scopus:                                                                                                             

H-index: 61, 355 documents, 17,091 citations, Field-weighted citation impact: 5.93

Scholar:                                                                                                             

H-index: 71, 20834 citations, i10index=211

Books (2) and book chapters (14): 16 (   12 as 1st or last author) 

Editorials/leading articles : 16 (   16 as 1st or last author) 

International guidelines (ESVS and ESC): 24 (     0 as 1st or last author) 

Reviews and metaanalyses:  36 (   26 as 1st or last author)

Originale papers: 273 ( 139 as 1st or last author) 

Case reports:  8 (     6 as 1st or last author)

Invited scientific speaker: 109                                                   

Scienfic presentations: 150   

Prizes:12

Appearances in over 100 interviews including multiple appearances on TV news, national radio news and radio programs, newspapers, podcasts and internet media.