Ellingsen Torkell

Position: Clinical Professor - Head of Research - Lead consultant in Rheumatology (since 2013). Odense University Hospital - University of Southern Denmark. . Scientific societies / Boards / Adjunct professorhips: Currently: 2023- Steering comittee member in Center for Compassion in healthcare SDU: https://www.sdu.dk/da/forskning/center_for_compassion/om_centret 2022- Head of the EULAR MICMUC study group: Microbiota and Mucosal Barrier Research in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases. https://www.eular.org/myUploadData/files/eular_micmuc_study_group_aims_for_website_(1).pdf 2022- Head of the Phd-Grant comittee at Odense University Hospital. 2020- Member of the Research Board of The Danish Society of Rheumatology. 2020- Member of the Danish Medical Council regarding "Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema". 2019- Member of the DSR "National Guideline Committee regarding Comorbidities in Inflammatory Arthritis" 2018- Member of the DSR "National Guideline Committee regarding Rheumatoid arthritis" 2015- Member of ATACC-RA, A Trans Atlantic Cardiovascular risk Consortium in Rheumatoid arthritis. 2005- Member of the Steering committees of the following national multicenter RCT’s: CIMESTRA, OPERA, ERACORI (PI), FLORA (PI), BELIEVE, FRONTTRIAL (PI). . Previously: 2016-22 Adjunct professor Århus University in “Rational and innovative patient pathways”. 2016-21 Member of the Phd-Grant comittee at Odense University Hospital (vice-chair from 2018-21). 2016-20 Executive member of the Research board at Odense University Hospital. 2014-20 Member of the Research board at Odense University Hospital. 2010-13 Chairman of the board for ´Evaluation of Biologic treatment` Region Midt. 2010-13 Chairman of the Research board at Hospital Unit Midt, Viborg. 2010-13 Member of Region Midt ´Scientific Ethical board`. 2010-13 Associate professor at the Clinical Institute, Health, Aarhus University. 2008-13 Associate professor, Department of Public Health, Health, Aarhus University. 2008-13 Head of Research and consultant at the Rheumatology unit, Diagnostic Centre, Silkeborg. 2005-9 Member of the Research board of the Danish Society of Rheumatology. 2005-8 Member of the board of the Danish Society of Rheumatology (DSR). . Education / Academic degree: 2008 Specialist in Internal medicine: Rheumatology. The Danish National Healthboard. 2000 Ph.D: MCP-1 in Rheumatoid arthritis and Temporal arteritis. Health, Aarhus University, DK. 1992 MD. Health, Aarhus University, Denmark. . Research area: Aspects of early diagnosis, cardiovascular and pulmonal comorbidity, prognosis, compliance and pathogenesis focusing on the microbiome in early and chronic Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis and Spondyloarthropathy. Using: Imaging (PET-CT, CT-KAG, MRI of joints and heart, ultrasound of heart, joints and tendons (including Doppler/Speckle track echocardiograpy and elastography)), immunological and molecular-biological techniques including metabonomics, proteomics, metagenomics, immunohistochemistry, western-blotting, SNP-genetics, micro-RNA, in vitro migration, mononuclear, proliferation-assays and pharmacokinetics as well as health register studies. This in inception and transsectional cohorts and investigator initiated trials in randomized blinded as well as open treatment strategy studies with conventional DMARD's, biological DMARD's as well as and innovative strategies like microbiome transplantation or multidisciplinary comorbidity intervention with a strong international multidisciplinary collaboration. . Teaching: Since 2008 pre- and post-graduate experience as teacher of nurses, biopharmaceuticals, medical students an colleques with responsibility for examinations in University settings at two University facultiess (see employment). . International peer reviewed publications / posters / oral presentations: Publications: See below. Oral presentations internationally: since 2005: 25. ORCID CV: Orcidid.org/0000-0003-0426-4962 SDU CV: http://findresearcher.sdu.dk/portal/en/persons/torkell-ellingsen(12189359-9c0f-4bf1-8b75-be844c75b85b)/cv.html?id=121502397 H-index and citations: See Scopus link on this page.