Ulrik Bak Kirk

>> Personal Born on the 9th of July 1984 in Lemvig. Civil status: Married. Two children. Nationality: Danish. >> Education and Academic Degrees PhD Fellow, Digital Public Health, Dept. of Public Health, Aarhus University, 2022-2028. MA in History of Medicine, Film & Media Studies, University of Copenhagen, 2015. >> Positions 2022 – Present, PhD Fellow (50%), Video Consultations in General Practice, Dept. of Public Health, Aarhus University. 2020 – Present, Coordinator (40%), FEMaLe Project (H2020 ID: 101017562), Dept. of Public Health, Aarhus University. 2019 – Present, Digital Public Health Team Leader (10%), The Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus. 2015 – 2019, Evaluation Officer, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. 2014 – 2015, Project Coordinator, Quality & Safety Unit in Primary Health Care (KAP-S), Region Zealand. 2012 – 2013, Project Manager, Praksis Plus, the Danish College of General Practitioners (DSAM). >> Professional Development 2022, Advanced Leadership: The Reflective Practitioner (12 days), Mannaz 2021, Tech Policy (3 days), Center for Social Data Science, UCPH 2021-2022, Half Double Project Management: Foundation + Practitioner (5 days), Implement 2018, Process Consultant (12 days), Mannaz 2016, Project Impact Assessment (3 days), Attractor 2011-2013, Project Management PL1-PL3 (3x3 days), Implement >> Grants In October 2019, we were granted 5.9M EUR (44M DKK) by the European Commission for the 'Finding Endometriosis using Machine Learning' (FEMaLe) project. FEMaLe will develop and demonstrate a Scalable Multi-Omics Platform that converts multi-omic datasets into a more personalised predictive model to improve intervention along the continuum of care for people with endometriosis. The project runs from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2024. In May 2020, we were granted 4.3M DKK by the Innovation Fund Denmark to research into different aspects of video consultations in general practice. The project "ReMoTe: Refining Remote Assessment in Primary Care during Covid-19" was the first major investment in COVID-19-related research in the primary healthcare sector and closed in February 2021. In June 2020, we were granted 3.9M DKK by the Innovation Fund Denmark to combine and analyse health data obtained from citizens and their general practitioners during the first wave of the corona crisis. This second funded project related to COVID-19 research in the primary healthcare sector, "CoronaLytics: A 360 degree mobile/wearable data household approach to guide shared precision health and decision-making during the COVID-19 epidemic", ended in May 2022. >> Teaching 2012 + 2013 (2x3 ECTS), Teaching Assistant for the course "Information Retrieval and Management" at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). Teaching critical retrieval and selection of information through electronic resources and the management of these via the database Endnote as well as assisting the planning of the course program. 2012 (5 ECTS), I planned and conducted a course about 'social media in political campaigns' during "Formidlingstemaugen 2012" at the Department of Political Science at UCPH. >> Personal Skills Mother tongue: Danish. Other languages: English and German. >> Organisational skills: Leadership skills acquired while working in the management of (inter)national projects and as a boarding schoolteacher. >> Job-related skills: Development in the areas of health technology and innovation. Design and coordination of large (inter)national partnerships. Design and execution of research and innovation projects. Evaluation, monitoring, benchmarking & impact assessment. Stakeholder engagement through online and offline channels. Strategic communication and digital curation, incl. initiation of creative work in writing, audio-visual, or related digital media. The ability to teamwork towards a goal and meet deadlines. >> Computer skills: Full command of Internet and social media, incl. Adobe Creative Cloud: Premiere Pro, Photoshop, InDesign etc.