Bio
Mads Melbye is Visiting Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and President and CEO at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, Denmark. Previous positions at e.g. the National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA, before he became State Epidemiologist in Denmark, and later Head of Department of Epidemiology Research, Director of Division of Epidemiology, Director of Division of Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance and The Danish National Biobank and most recently CEO of Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, Denmark. Previous academic positions as Danish Research Council Professor, NORFA professor, Foreign Adjunct Professor at Karolinska Institute in Sweden, and Professor in Medical Epidemiology at Copenhagen University. He has written more than 600 publications (H-index: 92 (Web of Science), 115 (Google Scholar)) and is the Dane with most papers in high impact journals in general medicine (NEJM, Lancet, JAMA).
Administrative Appointments
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Head, Department of Epidemiology Research, SSI, Denmark (1992 - Present)
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Director, Danish National Biobank (2012 - Present)
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President, CEO, Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Copenhagen, Denmark (2016 - Present)
Honors & Awards
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Knighted, Queen Margrethe II (2018)
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The Erhoff Prize, Erhoff Prize Committee, Denmark (2014)
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The Novo Nordisk Prize, Novo Nordisk Foundation (2005)
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The Thorvald Madsen Prize, Statens Serum Institut, Denmark (1998)
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Ipsen Lecture, University of Aarhus, Denmark (1993)
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The Anders Jahre Prize, Anders Jahre Prize Committee, Oslo, Norway (1992)
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Danish AIDS Society Prize, Danish AIDS Society (1989)
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Research Prize, Hjortenberg Foundation (1985)
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Gold medal in microbiology and oncology, University of Aarhus, Denmark (1983)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Oslo University Hospital, Norway (2019 - Present)
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Chair, Governing Council, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)/World Health Organisation, Lyon, France (2017 - Present)
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Member, International Scientific Advisory Board, UK Biobank, UK (2014 - Present)
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Chairman, Board of Scientific Councillors, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France (2012 - 2014)
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Member, Medical Research Committee, AP Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fund (2011 - Present)
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Member, Novo Nordisk Prize Committee (2007 - Present)
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Chairman, Board of Nordic Medical Research Councils (NOS-M) (2007 - 2010)
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Vice-Chair, Danish Medical Research Council (2006 - 2010)
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Chairman, Scientific Committee, Danish Health Insurance Fund (2005 - Present)
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Member, Danish Medical Research Council (2004 - 2006)
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Associate Editor, Journal National Cancer Institute (2001 - 2016)
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Chairman, Ministry of Research's working group on registry research, Denmark (2000 - 2012)
Professional Education
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DMSc, University of Aarhus, Denmark, Epidemiology and Science (1988)
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MD, University of Aarhus, Denmark, Medicine (1984)