Niels-Henrik von Holstein-Rathlou

Teaching

Head of Department of Biomedical Sciences

Primary fields of research

Renal and Cardiovascular Physiology. Regulation of the extracellular volume. Hypertension. Re­gu­la­tion of mi­cro­vascular function. Gap junction function in heart and smooth muscle. Inter­cellular sig­naling. Mathematical Modeling of Physiological Systems. Application of the theory of non-linear dynamical systems to physiological problems.

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A.        Education.
University of Copenhagen Medical School, M.D., February 1983.

Doctoral Thesis:
Dynamic aspects of the tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism. University of Copenhagen, March 1992.

B.        Professional Background.
Resident, State University Hospital, Copenhangen, Denmark, February 1983 - August 1983.

Post doctoral fellow, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. September 1983 - May 1987.

Assistant Professor of Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. May 1987 - April 1992.

Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California, USA.  February 1988 - January 1993.

Associate Professor of Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. February 1993 - September 1994.

Adjunct Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Brown University, Providence, USA. February 1993 - June 1994.

Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Brown University, Providence, USA. July 1994 - december 2005.

Professor of Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. October 1994 - present.

Chairman, Department of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, July 2006 - December 2007.

Chairman, Department of Biomedical Sciences, January 2007 - present.

C.         Society memberships.
Scandinavian Physiological Society, American Physiological Society, The Council for High Blood

Pressure Research - the American Heart Association, The Danish Hypertension Society, The

Mathematical Association of America, The American Mathematical Society, The Society for

Mathematical Biology, The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

D.        Administrative work.
Member of the Research Committe of the American Heart Association-Greater Los Angeles Affiliate, 1990-1993.

Member of the Department Board, the Department of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, fall 1995 - present.

Member of the Life Science Working Group, The European Space Agency, Paris Fran­ce, spring 1994 - fall 1998.

Member of the Research Committee for the School of Medicine, The University of Copen­ha­gen, fall 1995 - present.

Member of the Steering Committee of the Research Committee for the School of Medicine, The University of Copen­ha­gen, fall 1999 - present.

Member of the Strategic Planning Committee for the School of Medicine, The University of Copen­ha­gen, Spring 2002 - present.

Member of the Board for the following foundations: Kaj Bunch-Jensen og Alis Bunch-Jensens Fund, Ruth-Koenig-Petersens Fund, Johan Quentin and wife's Fund (Chairman).

E.        Consultantships.
Member of the Fellowship Study Section, the American Heart Association-Greater Los Angeles Affiliate, 1989-1994

Member of the Study Section for Kidney and Urology Research Centers, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Wa­shington D.C., fall 1991.

Ad hoc reviewer of Nephrology Grants for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Washington D.C. Spring 1992.

Special Study Section Member (review of grant applications), National Institutes of Health, Washington, D.C., 1992 - present.

Member of the International Study Section for Integrative Physiology, ESA/NASA, Washington D.C. Review of grants in connection with the International Space Station, summer 1997, winter 1999, and winter 2000.

External consultant in connection with the international evaluation of Dutch Biomedical research, The Royal Dutch Academy of Science, Amsterdam, Holland, spring 1998.

Member of the Study Section (review of grant applications), the Danish Heart Association, 2001 - 2007.

Member of the Study Section (review of grant applications), the Novo-Nordisk Foundation, 2006 - present.

F.          Research Activities.
Renal and Cardiovascular Physiology. Regulation of the extracellular volume. Hypertension. Re­gu­la­tion of mi­cro­vascular function. Gap junction function in heart and smooth muscle. Inter­cellular sig­naling. Mathematical Modeling of Physiological Systems. Application of the theory of non-linear dynamical systems to physiological problems.

G.         Editorial work.
Invited guest editor on a special issue of Cardiovascular Research on the use of "Chaos theory" in cardio­lo­gy, 1995-1996.

Member of the Editorial Board for American Journal of Physiology - Integrative and Regulatory Physio­lo­gy, 2001- present.

H.        Supervision.
Supervisor for 14 completed Ph.D. students (12 at the University of Copenhagen, and 2 at the University of Southern California). Currently supervising 6 Ph.D. students.

I.        Publications.
Published 175 peer reviewed papers in international journals, and 18 book chapters.

J.       Patents.
Holder of 2 patents.