Short presentation

Jakob Seidelin has a Medical Degree (MD), a PhD and DMSc from Copenhagen University and is Associate Research Professor in Gastroenterology at Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen. He is a consultant in Gastroenterology with focus on IBD and is head of the Clinical Research Unit. His main research interests are wound healing mechanisms of the intestine and regenerative medicine in IBD. This is mainly based on in vivo and in vitro studies on human epithelial cells and their interaction with immune cells. Further, Jakob Seidelin is national coordinator and PI on a number of investigator initiated and sponsor initiated controlled randomized trials in IBD.

CV

CV for Jakob Benedict Seidelin, MD (1998)^*, PhD (2004)^*, DMSc (2015)^*, Specialist in Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2010)

Present positions:

2017 –: Head of the Clinical Research Unit, Herlev Hospital, Dept. Gastroenterology^*
2014 –: Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist, Herlev Hospital, Dept. Gastroeterology^*
2013 –: Associate Professor^* (since 2016 “klinisk forskningslektor”)
2012 –: Expert Consultant, the Danish Natl Agency for Patients’ Rights and Complaints

Previous clinical appointments: 1998 – 2014: Hospitals in the Copenhagen area, mainly within gastroenterology

Research appointments: 1994: Student Research Fellow: Dept of Physiol^*, “Epilepsy models”. 2000 – 2003: PhD student^* “Apoptosis in IBD”. 2012 – 2015: Clinician scientist (50:50 appointment)^** “Mucosal wound healing in IBD”. 2015: Visiting scientist, the Langer Lab and The Karp Lab, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, USA, “Epithelial stem cell engraftment”. 2016 – 2021: Clinician scientist “Regenerative medicine in IBD”^**.

Supervisor, teaching, and other academic duties^*: 9 graduate and 6 PhD students. Teaching^*: Anatomy, Physiology, Philosophy of Science, Acute Medicine, Gastroenterology, Mucosal Immunology. National Board of Health course: IBD; Clinical Research Methods. Responsible for the exam of internal medicine and surgery for medical students^*

Board member: Present: Annual Meeting Organizing Committee DSGH. Previously: Natl society representative UEG; The Danish Society of Medical Philosophy of Science and Ethics; Research Ethics Committee of the Capital Region. Peer review: Am J Gastroenterol, Gastroenterol, IBD, Am J Physiol, BBA, FEBS, others. Expert review: Broad Medical Foundation, CA, USA; l’Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France; the National Czech Science Foundation; The Irish Research Council

Publications: 64 (PubMed), 6 book chapters, +40 oral/posters. Papers in top journals of the field (Gastroenterol, Am J Gastroenterol, Nat. Rev. GH) as well as top journals in experimental medicine

Bibliometrics: H-index: 20 (Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics), 24 (Google Scholar)

Personal research grants: 2012-2015:The Danish Council for Independent Research (DFF). 2016-2021: UCPH/Capital Region research grant.

Leadership experience: 2012-2014: Head of research, Dept Internal Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, 2014-2017: Head of the outpatient clinic^**; 2017-present: Head of the Clinical Research Unit (KFE)^**. Clinical science experience: National coordinator+PI of 3 RCTs. PI of 3 RCTs. Sub-I of 5 RCTs.

*at UCPH; **at Dept Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital/UCPH

Full publication list: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1FOt7CiBJai/bibliography/public/