Lone Schmidt
Professor with special responsibilities, Professor MSO
Section of Social Medicine
Gothersgade 160, 3
1123 København K
Gothersgade 160, 3, 1123 København K, 01 Gothersgade 160, Building: 01-3-33
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Profile
- Contributes substantially nationally and internationally, to research in reproductive health with a special focus on family building, infertility, pregnancy loss, medically assisted reproduction, prevention of infertility and pregnancy loss
- Developed and implemented questionnaire-based infertility-specific measurement scales for stress, coping, communication and marital benefit. The instruments have been translated and used in more than 50 countries throughout the world
- Established in 2000 an international, inter-disciplinary research group involving researchers from Denmark, Estonia, Portugal, Sweden, UK, USA; The Copenhagen Multi-centre Psychosocial Infertility (COMPI) Research Group
- Combines quantitative and qualitative research methods
- Contributes substantially to the development and running of pre- and postgraduate educations at the Faculty of Health, University of Copenhagen
- Participates substantially in the public health debate within reproductive health policy and family building
Academic educations and degrees
2006 Doctor of Medical Sciences (DMSci), University of Copenhagen
Thesis: Infertility and assisted reproduction in Denmark. Epidemiology and psychosocial consequences.
1996
PhD in Medicine, University of Copenhagen
Thesis: Psychosocial consequences of infertility and treatment.
1986
Medical Doctor, University of Copenhagen
Professional experience
Since 2017 - Professor wsr in Public Health and Infertility, University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health
2000 - 2017
Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health
1997 - 1999
Assistant Professor in Health Services Research, University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health
1996 - 1997
Vice Deputy Program Director, University of Copenhagen, Master of Public Health
1992 - 1995
PhD-student, University of Copenhagen, Department of Social Medicine
1986 - 1991
Internship and registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology, internal medicine, and surgery.
Selected appointments
2021
International Fertility Education Initiative (IFEI), Member of network
2015
The Council on Health and Disease Prevention, Member of Working Group on Prevention of Infertility
2015
Coordination for Gender Research, Steering Committee, University of Copenhagen
2014
WHO, Steering Committee for Guidelines and Nomenclature for infertility investigation and treatment
2010 - 2020
Danish Fertility Society, Member of Fertility Awareness Working Group,
2008 – 2011
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Member of Task Force on Reproduction and Society
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Perception of control, coping and psychological stress of infertile women undergoing IVF
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The International Glossary on Infertility and Fertility Care, 2017
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A population-based survey on family intentions and fertility awareness in women and men in the United Kingdom and Denmark
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