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Jørn Attermann, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor (lektor)

Department of Epidemiology
School of Public Health
Aarhus University
Vennelyst Boulevard 6
DK-8000 Aarhus C
Phone: +45 8942 6145

e-mail: jorn.attermann@bisam.dk
ja@soci.au.dk

web: www.bisam.dk

Birthdate: October 25, 1958

Married. Two sons (1989, 1992)

Nationality: Danish

Education

 PhD in Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, 1997-2000
Thesis: Monitoring oral anticoagulant therapy: measuring coagulant activity

 Master of Science (cand.scient) in Mathematical Statistics, Faculty of Science, Aarhus University, Denmark, 1992-1995
Thesis: Longitudinale data (Analysis of longitudinal data, in Danish)

 Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Economics and Finance (scient.oecon, normative 3 years), Faculty of Science and Faculty of Social Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, 1988-1992

 Undergraduate course in Medicine (normative 3½ years), Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, 1984-1988

Professional Experience

Associate Professor (lektor), 2004-
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark

Associate Professor (lektor), 2003
Assistant Professor (adjunkt), 2000-2002
Doctoral Research Fellow (kandidatstipendiat), 1997-1999
Research Fellow (forskningsassistent), 1995-1997
Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark

Statistical Consultant, 1992-1995
Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark

Numerous consultancies to medical and other researchers. Supervision of research year course work or PhD studies of several medical students.

Awards

  •  Danish Medical Research Council. Postdoctoral research fellowship, 3 years, 1 January 2001-31 December 2003. Amount: 1.5 mill DKK.

  • Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark. Research fellowship ½ year, 1 July 1999-31 December 1999.

  •  Danish Heart Foundation. Research fellowship, 2 years, 1 July 1997-30 June 1999.

Teaching (courses taught)

Major courses
  • Course in epidemiology, Master of Public Health. Aarhus University, Denmark, 2008-. Approximately 180 hours of teaching per year.
  • Course: Introduction to public health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, Spring 2008. Class with 24 students and 20 hours teaching.
  • Course in Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Medical Students, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, Autumn 2004, Spring and Autumn 2005, Spring 2008. Four courses each with one class in epidemiology with 24 students and 22 hours teaching plus lectures. Lectures in Spring 2006.
  • Course in Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Medical Students, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, Spring 2004. Two classes in biostatistics with 24 students and 20 hours teaching per class.
  • Course leader in Postgraduate Course in Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, Autumn 2003. One course with 60 students and 30 hours teaching.
  • Course leader in Postgraduate Course in Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, Spring 2003. One course with 40 students and 60 hours teaching.
  • Course leader in Postgraduate Course in Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, Autumn 2001 and Spring 2002. Two courses with 25 students and 60 hours teaching per course.
  • Course in Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Medical Students, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, 2000. Participation in planning of course. One class in epidemiology and biostatistics with 24 students and 26 hours of teaching.
  • Assistant teacher in Postgraduate Course in Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, 1995-1996. Two courses with 25 students and 60 hours teaching per course.
  • Course leader in Probability Theory, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Aarhus University, Denmark, 1995. One semester with 50 students. Four hours of lectures per week and supervision of two assistant teachers.
  • Assistant teacher in Probability Theory, Bio- and Geostatistics, Faculty of Science, Aarhus University, Denmark, 1993-1994. Four semester courses with 25 students/semester.
  • Numerous lectures on Biostatistics (e.g. Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University; Danish Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis; Danish Medicines Agency, Copenhagen).
 Other courses
  • Om variation og varians [On Variation and Variance]. Danish Society for Clinical Biochemistry, Vejle, 23 March 2006.
  • Biostatistik [Biostatistics]. Forskerseminar for Sygeplejersker [Research seminar for nurses] arrangeret af Dansk Selskab for Thrombose og Hæmostase (DSTH), Vejlefjordcenteret, 8. november 2001, 21. juni 2002.
  • Statistik og forsøgsplanlægning [Statistics and planning of experiments]. Forskerseminar, Dansk Selskab for Thrombose og Hæmostase (DSTH), Vejlefjordcenteret, 24. maj 2002.
  • A few statistical considerations relevant to clinical pharmacology. PhD-course: Assessment of the patient in pharmacological research. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, 26. april 2001.
  • A brief introduction to systematic reviews. PhD-course: Assessment of the patient in pharmacological research. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, 25. april 2001
  • Biostatistik [Biostatistics]. Statistisk Afdeling, Lægemiddelstyrelsen [Danish Medicines Agency], København, 14.-15. december 1999 og 19.-20. januar 2000.

Supervisor for PhD students

  •  Kristine C. Tvedegaard. Genetic markers for development of autistic disorders based on multiplex genotyping.
  •  Bo Eskerod Madsen. Nålene i høstakken: Om chancen for blandt millioner af genetiske varianter at finde de interagerende varianter der prædisponerer for sygdomme eller for respons på behandling. [Multiple testing in genetics].
  •  Malcolm Bang. Prenatal testosterone in aetiology of autism spectrum, hyperkinetic and related disorders.

 Software

StateSpaceConsole – a C++ program for statistical inference in general state space models. Under preparation.

Other activities

  • Co-applicant Niels Bohr Visiting Professorship Interacting Minds for Chris Frith, awarded by the Danish National Research Foundation  (Grundforskningsfonden) 2007-11
  • Team Leader, Autism Research Group 2004-6.
  • Planning and arrangement (with Esben Agerbo, National Center for Register Based Research) of Aarhus Epidemiology Friday Meetings, Fridays in semesters January 2004-June 2006.
  •  Member of the evaluation committee for a position as associate professor in biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, May 2004.
  •  Member of the scientific programme committee of the 16th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling (IWSM), Odense, Denmark 1-6 July 2001.
  •  Sygeplejevikar, ventilatør og børneventilatør, Foreningen Af Danske Lægestuderende. Ialt ca. 1600 lønnede timer. Juni 1985 – juni 1989.               

 Professional memberships

Relevant courses (participation)

  • Gør dine drømme til virkelighed [Make Your Dreams Come True]. Life Coaching by Ole Vadum Dahl, http://www.id-kurser.dk/, Drueholm, Copenhagen, Denmark. 11-13 May 2007. 
  • Epidemiology for Biostatisticians, University of Aarhus, Denmark. 8-10 January 2007.
  • Research Management Course, Copenhagen Business School. December 2005—March 2006.
  • Statistics for Microarray Data Analysis. Teacher: Gordon Smyth. Cairns, Australia. 11 July 2004.
  • Multilevel and latent variable modelling using GLLAMM; Teachers: Andrew Pickles, Sophia Rabe-Hesketh and Anders Skrondal. Uppsala, Sweden. 11 June 2003.
  • The Relationship Therapy Training Group. Teacher: Natasha Mann. Gallese, Italy. 11-22 September 2001.
  • Design and Analysis of Agreement and Repeatability Studies. Teachers: Martin Bland and Douglas Altman. University of Southern Denmark, Odense. 16 – 17 May 2001.
  • Vurdering af patienten som forsøgsobjekt i farmakologisk forskning [Assessment of the patient in pharmacological research]. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus. 23 – 26 April 2001.
  • Universitetspædagogik [University pedagogy], University of Aarhus, Sandbjerg Gods. 14-17 August 2000.
  • Thrombose og hæmostase [Thrombosis and haemostasis], Danish Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (DSTH) & Danish Society for Clinical Biochemistry (DSKB), Vejlefjordcenteret. 15-16 April 1999
  •  PhD-kursus i engelsk medicinsk sprogbrug [Medical English], Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus. 24-28 August 1998
  •  Summer School on Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods, Highly Structured Stochastic Systems (HSSS), Rebild, Denmark. 7-10 August 1998
  • Statistical techniques in clinical trials. Henry Stewart Conference Studies, London. 1-2 July 1998
  • PhD-kursus i sundhedsvidenskab, modul 1-7 [PhD course in Health Sciences]. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus. Autumn 1997
  • State space models. Department of Mathematics, University of Aarhus. Spring 1997.
  • Longitudinelle data [longitudinal data]. Department of Biostatistics, University of Aarhus. Spring 1995.
  • Pædagogik for instruktorer og hjælpelærere [Pedagogy for assistant teachers] (1 weekend). Instruktorfagforeningen [Assistant Teacher’s Association] i Århus. March 1993.
  • Clinical course in surgery, clinical biochemsitry and anaestesiology (7th semester study of medicine), Randers Central Hospital. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus February 1988—May 1988.

Congresses and conferences

  • Dansk Epidemiologisk Selskab, årsmøde, Hindsgavl Slot, 28.-29. september 2007.
  • 22nd International Biometric Conference. International Biometric Society, Cairns, Australia, 11-16 July 2004.
  •  Dansk Epidemiologisk Selskab, årsmøde, Hindsgavl Slot, 12.-13. september 2003.
  •  International Biometric Society, Nordic Regional Conference. Uppsala, Sweden 12-14 June 2003.
  •  DYNSTOCH and MaPhySto Workshop on Dynamic Stochastic Modeling in Biology. University of Copenhagen, 8-10 January 2003.
  •  Seventh Valencia International Meeting on Bayesian Statistics and International Society of Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) International Meeting 2002, Tenerife, Spain. 2.-6. June 2002.
  •  Statistical challenges in pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics. Danish Society for Theoretical Statistics, Copenhagen , 1 May 2002
  •  XVIIIth Congress of International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH). Paris , France , 6-12 July 2001.
  • 16th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling (IWSM). Odense, Denmark 1-6 July 2001.
  •  Euromedlab 2001, 14th IFCC-FESCC European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. Praha, Czech Republic, 26-31 May 2001.
  •  Nordic meeting on Self Monitoring and Self Management of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy. Aarhus, Denmark 28 February – 1 March 2001.
  •  Dansk Selskab for Teoretisk Statistik todages møde, Københavns Universitet, 7.-8. november 2000.
  •  46th Annual Meeting of the Scientific and Standardization Committee of the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (SSC-ISTH). Maastricht, 15.-16. juni 2000.
  •  International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA), 6th World Meeting: ISBA 2000. Hersonissos-Heraklion, Kreta, 28. maj – 1. juni 2000.
  •  22. Symposium i Anvendt Statistik, Aalborg, 24.-25. januar 2000.
  •  Second European Conference on Highly Structured Stochastic Systems (HSSS), Pavia , Italy , 14.-18. september 1999.
  •  XVIIth Congress of International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), Washington DC , USA , 14.-21. august 1999.
  •  Nordic Regional Conference 1999, International Biometric Society, København 9.- 11. juni 1999.
  •  4. Danske Kongres i Klinisk Biokemi, Esbjerg 6.-7. may 1999.
  •  Dansk Selskab for Teoretisk Statistik todagesmøde, Odense Universitet, 4.-5. maj 1999.
  •  9th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Research in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Geilo, Norway, 4.-7. februar 1999.
  •  21. symposium i anvendt statistik. Handelshøjskolen i København, 25.-27. januar 1999.
  •  Fourth International Expert Meeting on Self Management of Oral Anticoagulant Treatment. Göteborg, Sweden, 15.-17. maj 1998.
  •  Svensk-dansk symposium i longitudinel analyse, Gl. Vrå Slot, 9.-10. december 1997.
  •  Third International Expert Meeting on Self Management of Oral Anticoagulant Treatment. Valencia, Spain, november 1997.
  •  Dansk Selskab for Teoretisk Statistik to-dages møde, Handelshøjskolen i København, 13.-14. maj 1997.
  •  Second International Expert Meeting on Self Management of Oral Anticoagulant Treatment. Århus, april 1997.
  •  7th Annual Meeting, Scandinavian Society for Research in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Geilo , Norway , 6.-9. februar 1997.
  •  To-dages møde Dansk Selskab for Teoretisk Statistik, 19.-20. november 1996.
  •  Dansk Epidemiologisk Selskab, årsmøde, Hindsgavl Slot, 27.-28. september 1996.
  •  18th international Biometric conference. International Biometric Society, Amsterdam , 1.-5. juli 1996.
  •  Dansk Selskab for Teoretisk Statistik 3-dages møde, Middelfart, maj 1996.