Merete Nordentoft MD, MPH, PhD, DMSs

Merete Nordentoft is a Professor in Psychiatry, at the University of Copenhagen. Merete Nordentoft played a leading role in developing and implementing early intervention services in Denmark. She is an expert in epidemiology, suicidal behavior, psychopathology, and early intervention in psychosis. She has led the process from research to implementation of early intervention services all over Denmark. 

Professor Nordentoft has worked with suicide prevention at a national level since 1997 and together with a group of epidemiologists from Nordic countries, she has demonstrated that life expectancy for people with schizophrenia is 15 to 20 years shorter than in the general population. Professor Nordentoft was given the prestigious awards: The Golden Scalpel, Global Excellence in Health, and the Richard Wyatt Award.