Statens Serum Institut
Lasse S. Vestergaard has extensive work experience in the field of infectious diseases and public health. Lasse S. is currently working as a Senior Medical Officer and Team Lead in the Division of Infectious Diseases Preparedness at Statens Serum Institut since March 2016. Lasse S. is also a Member of the Technical Review Panel at The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria since January 2020.
Prior to their current roles, Lasse worked as a Medical Officer in Clinical Microbiology and Parasitology at Rigshospitalet from March 2015 to February 2016. Lasse S. also served as a Medical Officer in Malaria and other Vectorborne & Parasitic Diseases at the World Health Organization from February 2012 to March 2015, and from December 2008 to January 2012. Lasse was a Project Leader for The InterACT Malaria-HIV Clinical Research Project at ACT Consortium - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine from June 2007 to February 2015.
Lasse S. has been associated with the University of Copenhagen - School of Global Health as an Associate Researcher and Lecturer from 2001 to 2015. Lasse also worked as a Medical Officer in Clinical Infectious Diseases at Rigshospitalet - Department of Infectious Diseases from November 2007 to November 2008.
Earlier in their career, Lasse worked as a Medical Officer in the Department of Epidemiology and the Department of Parasitology at Statens Serum Institut from October 2004 to November 2007. Lasse S. also served as a Consultant at the World Health Organization - Global Malaria Programme from February 2006 to April 2006, and at The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria from April 2004 to September 2004.
Lasse S. Vestergaard obtained a PhD Degree in malaria epidemiology from Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen, which they attended from 2001 to 2005. Lasse S. also earned a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) from Médecins Sans Frontières Course in Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine (GHHM) - Royal College of Physicians, UK from 2019 to 2020. Additionally, they hold an MD Degree from Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen, where they studied from 1991 to 1999. Lasse S. Vestergaard is also a Board Certified Public Health Specialist, certified by the National Board of Health, Denmark in 2018.
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Statens Serum Institut
Statens Serum Institut (SSI) hører under Sundhedsministeriet. SSI’s mission er: Vi forebygger og bekæmper infektionssygdomme og medfødte sygdomme gennem forskning, overvågning, diagnostik og rådgivning. SSI består af flere afdelinger. Her kan du læse om nogle af dem: • Infektionsberedskab Vi har ansvaret for det danske beredskab mod smitsomme sygdomme. Vi overvåger en lang række smitsomme sygdomme i Danmark og holder øje med udviklingen verden over via vores internationale samarbejder. På den baggrund vejleder vi sundhedspersonale om forebyggelse og behandling og rådgiver beslutningstagere i situationer, der kræver særlige tiltag, fx ved epidemier. Vi graver et spadestik dybere for at få mere viden om en bestemt bakterie eller et virus. Det bruges fx ved fødevarebårne sygdomsudbrud og ifm diagnosticering af mere sjældne sygdomme. Når der opstår nye eller sjældne smitsomme sygdomme, fx ebola og hiv, skal SSI sikre, at der er relevante diagnostiske analyser til rådighed for det danske sundhedsvæsen. • Biobank & Biomarkører Vi driver Danmarks Nationale Biobank, som indeholder flere millioner blod- og vævsprøver, der bl.a. bruges til forskning i forebyggelse, diagnostik og behandling af sygdomme. Vi står for den nationale screening af nyfødte børn, hvor vi undersøger for 25 alvorlige sygdomme. Vi forsker dels i biomarkører, der kan afsløre medfødte eller autoimmune sygdomme, fx hjertesygdomme, gigt og alzheimers, dels i udvikling af nye højtspecialiserede analyser inden for medfødte og immunologiske sygdomme. • Forskning SSI er en af Danmarks største forskningsinstitutioner på sundhedsområdet med særligt to forskningsområder i verdensklasse: Epidemiologisk forskning – Vi analyserer registre og undersøger prøver fra biobanker for bl.a. at finde årsager til sygdomme. Vaccineforskning – Vi forsker i vacciners virkning og udvikler nye vacciner mod bl.a. tuberkulose og klamydia.