Soren Moller Bentzen MSC, PhD, DMSc

Søren M. Bentzen, MSc, PhD, DMSc, Professor, Director of the Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine since 2013. Dr. Bentzen also serves as Director of the Biostatistics Shared Service, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, and as Director of the Biostatistics Core of the University of Maryland Baltimore Institute of Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR). He is also an Adjunct Professor of Radiobiology and Medical Physics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His previous appointments include MD Anderson Cancer Center (1987-1988), Danish Cancer Society/Aarhus University (1988-1997), Gray Laboratory/Mount Vernon Hospital, London (1998-2004), and University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (2005-2013) where he was a professor of Human Oncology and held affiliate faculty positions in the departments of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics and in Medical Physics.

Dr. Bentzen received an MSc in physics and mathematics (1981), a PhD in medical image analysis (1986), and a DMSc (doctor of medical science) in quantitative clinical radiobiology (1994), all from Aarhus University, Denmark. He has published >450 original papers and book chapters, and has presented >350 invited lectures. He currently serves on 10 international cancer journal editorial boards. His research has been recognized by 30 awards and honors, including the ASTRO Gold Medal (2017), ESTRO Breuer Gold Medal (2003), the MD Anderson Distinguished Alumnus Award (2008), and Honorary Life Memberships of the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (2008) and the Belgian Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (2009). He was inducted as a Fellow of the American Society of Radiation Oncology (FASTRO) in 2018. He held an Honorary Professorship at University College London (2000-2005) and was a Visiting Statistician to the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Office, London, UK (1998-2004).