Research output per year
Research output per year
Cand.med., Dr.med., Ph.d.
Bartholinsgade 6Q, 2. sal, 1356 København K
Øster Farimagsgade 5
1353 København K
Research activity per year
Research in clinical, social and cognitive epidemiology with focus on the bi-directional association between cognitive ability and health as well as the relationship between somatic and mental disease including risk factors and consequences.
Born
March 13, 1956 in Denmark.
Education
MD from University of Copenhagen (UC), Denmark, 1981
Specialist in Public Health Medicine, National Board of Health, 1990
PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, UC, Denmark, 1991
DMSc, UC, 1994
Employments last 10 years
2005-2007 Professor in epidemiology, Institute of Public Health,University of Southern Denmark
2007-2008 Professor in social epidemiology, Institute of Public Health,UC
2008- Professor in clinical databases and consultant at Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup University Hospital
Selected professional affiliations
1992-1994 Chairman of the Danish Medical Association’s Health committee.
1994-2007 Scientific review board member, European Journal Public Health
1995-2001 Chairman of the Danish Epidemiologic Society.
1996-1998 Head of Department of Social medicine, UC
1998-2013 Medical consultancy, Danish Data Archive.
2001- Research leader for the Danish Metropolit birth cohort.
2004- Member of the Ministry of Sciences Committee for Registers
2005-2012 Member of the Nordnet (Nordic Longitudinal Epidemiology)
2006-2013 Co-editor. Library for doctors, Danish Medical Association.
2007- Co-leader of the Danish Ageing Research Centre.
2008- Member of the steering committee for The Copenhagen Ageing and Midlife Biobank
2009- Research leader at Research Centre for Prevention and Health
Review assignments and supervision
Scientific reviewer for the Danish Health Development Fund, Danish Heart Association, Swedish research Council for Work and Social science, Economic and Social Research Council, UK, Swedish Riksbanks Foundation, AERES, the Danish Velux foundation, karolinska Institute, the Research Council of Health (The Academy of Finland), and the Swedish Research Council for Health, work and welfare Committee for Public Health (FORTE). Since 2013 member of the Danish Medical Research Council and from 2016 of PROCRIN and the Danish Medical Association’s Research Fund.
Scientific reviewer of more than 200 scientific papers for 30 different scientific journals (i.e. Am J Epidemiol, Archives Gen Psychiatry, BMJ, Circulation, JAMA, Lancet).
Review committee for 37 academic positions in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Examiner of 36 phd.thesis and 2 doctor thesis at Universities in Denmark and Norway.
Supervisor of 4 current and 19 finalised ph.d.students
Honors and awards
Codan Merit Award, Medical association of Codan Insurance and the Medical Society of Copenhagen for research achievements within social epidemiology, 2003
1st prize in Danish Cancer Society’s Research prize essay on Diet and Cancer, 1986.
Leader of a number of register-based projects with focus on social and psychological consequences of chronic disease.
Leader of the Danish Metropolit cohort comprising 11,532 men born in 1953 (www.metropolit.dk)
Leader and founder of the Danish Consript Database containing information on height, weight, education and intelligence from session surveys of 728,160 men born from 1939 to 1959. The database is basis for studies of the influence of social and cognitive factors on health and aging through a lifetime
Overlæge, Forskningscenter for Forebyggelse og Sundhed
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Merete Osler (Member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership in committee, council, board
Merete Osler (Member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership in committee, council, board
Merete Osler (Participant)
Activity: Other activity types › Other (prizes, external teaching and other activities) - Supervision and co-examiner
Merete Osler (Editor)
Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of Research journal › Research
Merete Osler (Member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership in committee, council, board
Merete Osler (Member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership in committee, council, board
Merete Osler (Participant)
Activity: Other activity types › Other (prizes, external teaching and other activities) - Supervision and co-examiner
Merete Osler (Participant)
Activity: Other activity types › Other (prizes, external teaching and other activities) - External teaching and subject coordination