Niels-Henrik von Holstein-Rathlou

Niels-Henrik von Holstein-Rathlou

Professor

Member of:

    Education.
    University of Copenhagen Medical School, M.D., February 1983.

    Doctoral Thesis: Dynamic aspects of the tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism. University of Copenhagen, March 1992.

    • Professional Background
      Resident, State University Hospital, Copenhangen, Denmark, February 1983 - August 1983.
    • Post doctoral fellow, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. September 1983 - May 1987.
    • Assistant Professor of Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. May 1987 - April 1992.
    • Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California, USA.  February 1988 - January 1993.
    • Associate Professor of Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. February 1993 - September 1994.
    • Adjunct Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Brown University, Providence, USA. February 1993 - June 1994.
    • Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Brown University, Providence, USA. July 1994 - december 2005.
    • Professor of Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. October 1994 - present.
    • Chairman, Department of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, July 2006 - December 2007.
    • Head of Department, Department of Biomedical Sciences, January 2007 - 2015.

    Society memberships

    • Scandinavian Physiological Society
    • American Physiological Society
    • The Council for High Blood, Pressure Research - the American Heart Association
    • The Danish Hypertension Society
    • The Mathematical Association of America
    • The American Mathematical Society
    • The Society for Mathematical Biology
    • The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

    Administrative work

    • Member of the Research Committe of the American Heart Association-Greater Los Angeles Affiliate, 1990-1993.
    • Member of the Department Board, the Department of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, fall 1995 - present.
    • Member of the Life Science Working Group, The European Space Agency, Paris Fran­ce, spring 1994 - fall 1998.
    • Member of the Research Committee for the School of Medicine, The University of Copen­ha­gen, fall 1995 - present.
    • Member of the Steering Committee of the Research Committee for the School of Medicine, The University of Copen­ha­gen, fall 1999 - present.
    • Member of the Strategic Planning Committee for the School of Medicine, The University of Copen­ha­gen, Spring 2002 - present.
    • Member of the Board for the following foundations: Kaj Bunch-Jensen og Alis Bunch-Jensens Fund, Ruth-Koenig-Petersens Fund, Johan Quentin and wife's Fund (Chairman).

    Consultantships

    • Member of the Fellowship Study Section, the American Heart Association-Greater Los Angeles Affiliate, 1989-1994
    • Member of the Study Section for Kidney and Urology Research Centers, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Wa­shington D.C., fall 1991.
    • Ad hoc reviewer of Nephrology Grants for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Washington D.C. Spring 1992.
    • Special Study Section Member (review of grant applications), National Institutes of Health, Washington, D.C., 1992 - present.
    • Member of the International Study Section for Integrative Physiology, ESA/NASA, Washington D.C. Review of grants in connection with the International Space Station, summer 1997, winter 1999, and winter 2000.
    • External consultant in connection with the international evaluation of Dutch Biomedical research, The Royal Dutch Academy of Science, Amsterdam, Holland, spring 1998.
    • Member of the Study Section (review of grant applications), the Danish Heart Association, 2001 - 2007.
    • Member of the Study Section (review of grant applications), the Novo-Nordisk Foundation, 2006 - present

    Editorial work

    • Invited guest editor on a special issue of Cardiovascular Research on the use of "Chaos theory" in cardio­lo­gy, 1995-1996.
    • Member of the Editorial Board for American Journal of Physiology - Integrative and Regulatory Physio­lo­gy, 2001- present.

    Supervision
    Supervisor for 14 completed Ph.D. students (12 at the University of Copenhagen, and 2 at the University of Southern California). Currently supervising 6 Ph.D. students.

    Publications
    Published 175 peer reviewed papers in international journals, and 18 book chapters.

    Patents
    Holder of 2 patents.

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