Christine Stabell Benn#
| Membership Number: | 5372 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.bandim.org |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-6102-3810 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013 - present Professor, OPEN, University of Southern Denmark (SDU)/Odense University Hospital
- 2012 - present Center leader, Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines Statens Serum Institut (SSI)
- 2012 - present Head, Bandim Health Project (BHP) Copenhagen Division, SSI (hosted at SDU from 2020)
- 2008 - 2015 External associate professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2007 - 2011 Senior researcher, Bandim Health Project, SSI
- 2005 - 2007 Post-doc, Bandim Health Project, SSI, and Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet
- 2003 - 2004 Post-doc, Dept. of Epidemiology Research, SSI
- 1999 - 2003 PhD-student, Dept. of Epidemiology Research, SSI
- 1996 - 1998 Residence in Surgery, Internal Medicine and GP, Copenhagen
- 1993 12 months’ scholarship, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark and BHP, Guinea-Bissau
Fields of Scholarship
- Medicine
- Epidemiology
- Global health
- Public health
- Vaccinology
- Vitamin A supplementation
- Nutrition
- Sex-differences
- Immunology
Honours and Awards
- 2023 George Macdonald Medal
- 2019 University of Southern Denmark’s “Innovation Prize”
- 2018 Selected to give a TEDx talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d8PNlXHJ48)
- 2017 Chair, Danish Institute for Avanced Studies
- 2015 Prize for Best Publications, Department of Clinical Research, USD
- 2014 Nominated for “Best Danish research result of the year”
- 2011 Selected by the Danish National Research Foundation for a “Center of Excellence”
- 2010 Received an ERC Starting Grant
- 2009 + 2011 2nd prize: “Best Danish research result of the year”
- 2009 Received a Female Research Leader Grant (Danish Council for Independent Research)
- 2005 Awarded Young Research Leader Grant (Strategic Research Council) as one among the 19 most talented young Danish Researchers
- 2004 Nominated for EURYI award as one among the 9 most talented Danish Researchers
