Name:
Professor Ulf Simonsen
Organisation:
Aarhus University
Year elected:
2024
Primary professional setting:
Academia
Ulf Simonsen was educated as a medical doctor at Aarhus University, Denmark, in 1991 and has specialist courses in Clinical Pharmacology. PhD in the autonomic and endothelial regulation of the coronary circulation from Complutense University, Madrid, Spain, 1994. Employed at Aarhus University as Professor of Pharmacology since 2005. The focus of the research is on pulmonary and cardiovascular pharmacology. The main force is translational science and experience in pharmacological studies in cell cultures and tissue samples from patients and animals, as well as studies in transgenic mice, and large animals. Preclinical drug development mainly involves small molecules, and based on preclinical research, it was initiated and participated in phase I and phase II clinical trials. Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of the biotech company, Initiator Pharma A/S, which develops drugs for sexual dysfunction. Author on more than 250 publications and several patents. Chairman of the Danish Society of Pharmacology 2010-2016. Editor-in-Chief of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 2023.