Dr. Knut Borch-Johnsen, Scientific Advisor


Born 1954.

Knut Borch-Johnsen supports the Executive Team in scientific matters and assumed this role in 2007.

Dr. Borch-Johnsen is the Medical Director for the renowned Steno Diabetes Center. He started his career as a Research Fellow at the Steno Diabetes Center in Denmark (1982). His career includes clinical positions in Hillerød County Hospital (1987-89), State University Hospital (1989-91) and Glostrup University Hospital (1993-97). He has also been Chief Physician in Steno Diabetes Center 1997-2000, Head of the Copenhagen Country Centre of Preventive Medicine 1993-1997 and Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Preventive Medicine 1992-93.

Knut Borch-Johnson holds an MD (1981) as well as a DMSc (1989), both from the University of Copenhagen. He is also a Specialist in internal medicine (1994) and has been an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Aarhus University, Denmark (2001).

  

Dr. Peter Aaby, Scientific Advisor


Born 1944.

Peter Aaby supports the Executive Team in scientific matters and assumed this role in 2002.

Peter Aaby is a Professor at Epidemiological Research Unit, Statens Serum Institute, Denmark and Head of the Bandim Health Project in Guinea Bissau. Since 1993, he has been a Senior Researcher and Project Manager of community studies of infectious diseases and primary healthcare in Guinea Bissau.

He started his career as a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, University of Copenhagen (1976-78) and has since then held several positions including Lecturer, Institute of Ethnology, Uppsala, Sweden (1978-80), Senior Lecturer, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, University of Copenhagen (1981-91) and Adjunct professor of International Health, University of Copenhagen (1998). In addition, he has served as Principal investigator on IRD's study of long-term efficacy and safety of high-titer measles vaccine in Niakhar, Senegal (affiliated IRD) (1990- ).

Peter Aaby has been a member of the ad-hoc Committee on AIDS under IUSSP (1991-93) and received the Novo Nordic Award in 2000. His is author or co-author of 170 scientific papers, letters and reviews, 31 proceedings/book chapters and 7 double publications in Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (measles, measles immunization, diarrhoea, HIV-2).

He holds a M.Sc. in Social Anthropology from the University of Copenhagen (1974) and a Dr.Med.Sci. from the University of Copenhagen (1988).