I am interested in making changes to the better and more sensible through motivating people to do their best

My research focuses on surveillance and control of various hazards to pigs/pork and cattle/beef. Key areas are: meat inspection, Salmonella, wild boar & African swine fever, antimicrobial use, resistance and residues, as well as meat-borne parasites

The most used analytical techniques are observational studies, epidemiological analyses, simulation modelling and risk analysis - always with a focus on the practical and clinical relevance for veterinary public health and the livestock industry.

Currently, I am vice-chair of the COST Action network RIBMINS, which is focusing on development of risk based meat inspection and meat safety assurance systems

I have been on the scientific committee of SafePork for many years - and now again in New Orleans in May 2023

In 2022, I organised the 4th International Conference on Animal Health Surveillance (ICAHS4) together with a group of good people such as Johanne Ellis-Iversen, Sten Mortensen, Erik Rattenborg, Anette Boklund and Tina Birk Jensen

I have been President of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM), associate editor of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, and Chairman of the Nordic Society of Veterinary Epidemiology (NOSOVE). Finally, I was head of the organizing committee of ECVPH in relation to the annual meeting in Copenhagen in October 2015.