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Jesper Bo Nielsen
Summary
Jesper Bo Nielsen (JBN) has for the last 14 years chaired the Institute of Public Health. JBN has now the overall responsibility for staff (>250 employees), economy (annual turnaround >130 million Kroner), research (8 research units plus a few research centers), teaching (3 educations with main responsibility besides participation in 5-6 other educations), and administration. During JBNs time in office, the Institute has received more than 850 million Kroner in external research grants, and strategic collaborations with neighbor institutions have been strengthened through affiliation agreements. During the leadership of JBN, the first Max Planck Center in the Nordic Countries was opened in 2013 and affiliated to the Institute.
Over the recent years, Jesper Bo Nielsen has attracted substantial funding and initiated independent research projects within areas such as dermal absorption, medical risk analysis, risk communication, medical decision making, and development and use of decision aids. The latter four themes related to the interaction between citizen, patient and health care professionals with a focus on risk behavior, communication, barriers and incitements, and decision aids.
