I was born and raised in the northern part of Denmark - an area with weather very similar to that of Cambridge. I received my medical degree from Aalborg University in 2023, having been employed by the Copenhagen-based IBD research centre PREDICT throughout most of my studies, as well as having written my master's thesis supervised by Professor Tine Jess, director of PREDICT. After some initial medical training, I moved across the (admittedly somewhat small) country in 2024 to join Tine and her group on-site in Copenhagen as a PhD-student. My research focuses mainly on IBD in children, utilizing the population-based pNorDIBD children's cohort which I helped establish, though I am also part of many other projects looking at some of all the other aspects of IBD. I have always had a keen interest in genetics - I stayed a short while at the genetics department at the Aalborg University Hospital, and I have carried out research looking at how genetics might be used to predict treatment response in patients with IBD. I was lucky enough to be offered to be part of the Anderson Group at Sanger for three months as a visiting researcher, where I'll contribute to different projects analysing genetic associations with primary sclerosing cholangitis and extraintestinal manifestations in patients with IBD. Outside of work, find me on the running trail, trying to lift heavy things in the gym, playing tabletop games, or attempting to speak Italian!
