Prof. dr. Jens Otto Jørgensen

Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

JENS OTTO LUNDE JØRGENSEN is a clinical endocrinologist and currently professor and chair of the Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine at Aarhus University Hospital. He qualified in medicine at Aarhus University in 1984 and defended his Doctoral thesis in 1992. He has done research mainly in the area of growth hormone, substrate metabolism and pituitary and adrenal endocrinology since 1984. He is a member of the Danish Endocrine Society, The Pituitary Society, The Endocrine Society, and the European Neuroendocrine Association (ENEA). He is founding member and current treasurer of the Growth Hormone Research Society (GRS). From 2017-2020 he served as clinical Focus Area lead for the ESE Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology Focus Area.

He has been member of POC of ENEA, ESE, and GRS and IGF congress, and member of the Annual Meeting Steering Committee of Endocrine Society (2006-2008).He was a member of The Danish Council for Independent Research | Medical Sciences (2009-2015), and current member of the Novo Nordisk Foundation (vice-chair of Clinical and Translational Research Committee), and Aarhus University Research Foundation. He has been co-editor of GH and IGF research, EJE Editorial Board member, and is a current co-editor of JCEM and Endocrine Connections.