EDUCATION 1978 Doctor of Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 1970 Master in Medical Sciences, Graduation from Medical School, University of Copenhagen. CURRENT POSITIONS 2010 → Senior Group Leader, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen 1996 → Full Professor of Medical Physiology, UCPH 1996 → Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters. 1993 → Member of the Danish Academy for Natural Sciences PREVIOUS POSITIONS 2010 – 2020 Scientific Director/Senior Group Leader, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, section for Translational Metabolic Physiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. 2007 – 2018 Vice chairman Dept. Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. 1991 – 1996 Research professor by appointment of the Danish Medical Research Council. 1989 – 1996 Professor of physiology, Dept. Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen. 1978 – 1989 Associate professor, Dept. Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen. 1977 – 1978 Assistant professor, Dept. Medical Physiology C, University of Copenhagen. 1976 – 1977 Senior research fellow, Dept. Clinical Chemistry, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen. 1975 – 1976 Research fellow, Dept. Clinical Chemistry, Bispebjerg Hospital. 1972 – 1988 Surgeon at the Emergency Ward, Bispebjerg Hospital. 1971 – 1975 Research assistant, Dept. Surgery A, Bispebjerg Hospital. 1970 – 1972 Training in surgery, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen. AWARDS AND HONORS 2021 Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award, American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2021 Canada Gairdner International Award, Gairdner Foundation (with Joel Habener and Dan Drucker) 2020 The Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, Harvard Medical School (with Joel habener and Dan Drucker) 2017 The UCPH Innovation Prize for the project”Gut Hormone as drug targets” and the work on developing treatments based on basic research 2017 The Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine, ASCI (also with Joel Habener and Dan Drucker) 2015 The Eric K. Fernströms Nordiska Pris 2013 The Anders Jahre Senior Medical Prize (largest biomedical award in the Nordic countries) 2013 The Marie and August Krogh Award, (the Organization of Danish Medical Societies) 2012 The European Medal of the Society for Endocrinology 2010 The Bagger-Sørensen Award 2009 The KFJ prize of the Faculty of Health Sciences, UCPH 2009 The Knud Lundbæk award and lecture of the Scandinavian Society for the Study of Diabetes 2005 The “Claude Bernard lecture and award”,EASD, (the most prestigious European award in Diabetology) 2002 The "Paul Langerhans Medal" of the German Diabetes Association. 1992 The Novo Nordisk Award for Medical Research 1990 The Odd Fellow award for medical research 1984 The Anders Jahre Medical Prize to young medical scientists