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Committee on Clinical and Translational Medicine

The Committee on Clinical and Translational Medicine implements the Board of the Foundation’s granting decisions for the support of fellowships and project grants in the fields of clinical, translational research in Denmark.

The Board has decided to grant DKK 351.7 million annually, via the applications evaluated by the Committee on Clinical and Translational Medicine. The grant budget is allocated to project grants (DKK 69 million), Investigator Initiated Clinical Trials (DKK 80 million), 10 Clinical Investigator grants (DKK 105.5 million), SUSTAIN Programme (DKK 50 million) and Tandem programmes in translational research (DKK 47.2 million), per year.

The Committee on Clinical and Translational Medicine was established in 2017, but originates in the Committee on Medical and Natural Sciences Research that was established in 1959. The Board of the Foundation appoints the Chair as well as the other members in accordance with the general rules for the Foundation’s committees.

The current members of the Committee are listed below.

Anders Juul

Chair

Professor, consultant, head of department, Department of Growth and Reproduction & EDMaRC, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Has been a member since July 2019. Chair since 2024

Lou Brundin

Member

Professor of Neuroimmunology, Neurologist, Scientific Director of Neuro, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
Has been a member since 2020

Bjørn Tore Gjertsen

Member

Professor Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
Has been a member since January 2021

Kristina Hermann Haugaa

Member

M.D, Professor and Head of Unit for Genetic Cardiac Diseases, Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet
Has been a member since 2021

Helle Krogh Johansen

Member

Chair professor and consultant
Department for Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Has been a member since September 2022

Maarit Venermo

Member

Professor and head of Vascular Surgery , Helsinki Central University Hospital, Finland
Has been a member since 2023

Jörn M. Schattenberg

Member

Professor, Dr., Clinic for intern medicine, University Clinic, Saarlandes University
Has been a member since September 2022

Eva Irene Bossano Prescott

Member

Professor of Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Bispebjerg Frederiksberg Hospital
Has been a member since 2024

Jacob Fog Bentzon

Member

Professor Institute for Clinical Medicine - Aarhus University
Has been a member since 2024

Hindrik Mulder

Member

M.D., Professor of Metabolism, Department of Clinical Sciences, at Lund University in Sweden. Editor-in-chief of Diabetologia, the official journal of the European Association of the Study of Diabetes
Has been chair for the Steno Collaborative Committee since 2023. Member of the Clinical Committee since 2024

Thea Kølsen Fischer

Member

Professor and lead of department of clinical research, North Zealand Hospital, Denmark
Has been member since 2025

Ulrik Lassen

Member

Professor and head of department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Has been member since 2025