Henrik Ullum

Education: • 1994 June: Medical degree, University of Copenhagen • 1998 PhD, University of Copenhagen • 2004 June: Medical specialist in Clinical Immunology • 2007 Rigshospitalets leadership course • 2015 Strategic research leadership course Region H Positions held: • 2014 – Professor at Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen • 2011 – 2014 Associate Professor at Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen • 2006 – Chief physician at Department of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet. Serves as head of The Biobank Section and The Virology Section • 2005 – 2015 Medical director in GivBlod Honorary positions • 2018 – Member of working group for knowledge databases under the national Danish board for personalized medicine • 2018 – Member of Research and Infrastructure Committee under the national Danish board for personalized medicine • 2017 – Co-Chair of Donor Research Working Group at European Blood Alliance • 2017 – Member of the Steering Committee for Bio- and Genome Bank Denmark • 2017 – Member of the national Danish board for personalized medicine • 2016 - present Member of the national Danish advisory board for personalized medicine • 2015 - present Chair of the Organization of Danish Medical Societies (LVS) • 2015 - present Board member of Program for Clinical Research Infrastructure (PROCRIN) • 2014 – present Member of Strategic Alliance for Register and Health data (STARS) • 2013 - present Board member of The Danish Medical Association Research Fund • 2013-2014 Member of the think tank NORFOS on new organization forms in health systems • 2011-2015 Member of The National Forum for Health Research (NSS) • 2010-2015 Board member of the Organization of Danish Medical Societies (LVS) • 2009-2014 Deputy Chairman in Danish Society of Clinical Immunology • 2005-2015 Chairman of Working Group Transfusion Transmitted Diseases in Danish Society of Clinical Immunology Scientific focus areas Working in the cross field between epidemiology, genetics, immunology and biobanking. A major area of focus is the health of blood donors with particular interest in causes and consequences of iron deficiency. International relations I collaborate closely with deCODE genetics Iceland, the INTERVAL study (Universities of Cambridge and Oxford), and Johns Hopkins University. Web of Science data 260 publications, 6.272 citations, H-index 39 PhD students & postdocs supervised Supervisor of 11 completed and 3 ongoing PhD projects. Supervisor of 2 completeed an 1 ongoing post doc projects. Research management experience(founder of/leader of): The Danish Blood Donor Study including >120.000 participants (see: www.dbds.dk). Copenhagen Hospital Biobank holds at present >306.000 individuals. Head of The Biobank Unit and The Virology Section at Department of Clinical immunology, Rigshospspitalet. Staff includes 13 lab technicians and 7 academics.