Research areas

• Demography and epidemiology
• Demography, population dynamics, and fertility forecasting

• Genetic epidemiology and aging research

• Sex differences in health, mortality, and survival

• Environmental and endocrine-disrupting factors affecting reproduction

• Cohort effects on mortality, health, and life expectancy

• Smoking, morbidity, mortality patterns, and longevity

• Register-based and survey-based epidemiological research

• Reproductive toxicology and paternal/maternal medication exposures

Curriculum

Education

• Professional postgraduate teacher training, University of Southern Denmark - Science of Health, 2008.
• PhD, Copenhagen University, 2004.
• MSc, Roskilde University 1996.

Academic career

• Professor in Demography and Professor in Epidemiology , University of Southern Denmark, 2019-

• Head of the steering board for Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 2019-2020
• Head of Health Unit on Biodemography, Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 2014-
• Deputy Head, Max-Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging University of Southern Denmark, 2014-2018
• Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography, University of Southern Denmark, 2009-2019
• Assistant Professor, University of Southern Denmark, 2007-
• Post Doc, Epidemiology, University of Southern Denmark, 2006-07.
• Project manager for the National Morbidity Survey 2005 in Denmark, 2005-06.
• Scientist at Department of Psychosocial Cancer Research, the Danish Cancer Society, 2004-05.
• PhD student at Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences – University of Copenhagen, 2000-04.
• Teacher at University of Copenhagen – Teaching epidemiology at Institute of Public Health. 2000-2006.
• Scientist at Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences – University of Copenhagen. 1999-2000.
• Teacher at Denmark’s International Study (DIS). Teaching Arctic Biology in a 6½ week summer program for American students in Iceland, 1999.
• Scientist at Centre for Research in Health & Social Statistics of The Danish National Research Foundation. 1998-99.
• Scientist at Roskilde University 1996-98.