Hans Jorgen Nielsen
Professor
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
Biography
Hans Jorgen Nielsen is a Professor, Consultant and Head of Surgical Immunology Laboratory, Dept. of Surgical Gastroenterology, Hvidovre University Hospital, Denmark. He worked as a CEO – Ejner Nielsen Trucking Co. from July 1972 to January 1982, He was a Danish Cancer Society Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Copenhagen till Nov 2003 and was a Clinical Professor of Surgical Oncology in University of Copenhagen till Nov. 2008.He was a Post. Doc. in University of Copenhagen from June 1996 to December 1997.He was a PI of international multicenter (26 centers) on treatment of Colorectal Cancer, 1991 - 1996 and he is a PI of national multicenter studies on early detection of recurrence of Colorectal Cancer. Author/co-author of > 270 papers. Visiting professor, Rochester, New York. His present position since January 1998 is currently he is a Professor, Consultant, Head of Surgical Immunology Laboratory, Dept. of Surgical Gastroenterology, and Hvidovre University Hospital.
Research Interest
He worked as a Junior Research Scientist in Dept. of Surgical Gastroenterology, Hvidovre University Hospital from July 1987 to June 1989 for 24 months and as s Senior Research Scientist in Dept. of Surgical Gastroenterology, Hvidovre University Hospital from September 1990 to May 1996 for 69 months. His research interests are working with development of a new screening concept for CRC based on blood-based biomarkers (proteomics, genomics, epigenomics, and metabilomics in various combinations).