Thorkild I A Sorensen MD

Dr Sorensen is professor of metabolic epidemiology at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Basic Metabolic Research and professor of clinical epidemiology at the Department of Public Health, at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. He has conducted research in the field of human obesity for more than 40 years, and he has played a leading role in several large-scale European research programs. His primary focus has been on genetic and environmental causes, development and changes in occurrences, metabolic and psychosocial consequences, co-morbidities and mortality.

His research has mainly been based on a variety of epidemiological methods, but more recently he has been engaged in theory development. He has published about 700 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and several in those with the highest impact. He has received several awards, including Population Science and Public Health Award from the International Association for the Study of Obesity and the Mickey Stunkard Lifetime Achievement Award from The Obesity Society.