Dr.-Allan-Vaag

Allan Arthur Vaag
Affiliate Professor
Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Copenhagen
Denmark

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Professor Allan Arthur Vaag

Allan Vaag is a Professor of Endocrinology (Chair) at Lunds University, Sweden, and a Consultant at the Department of Endocrinology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmø, Sweden. Furthermore, he is an Affiliated Professor of Translational Type 2 Diabetes Research at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen (DK), as well as a Consultant (20% position) at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen (DK).

He has been awarded the Gold Medal Oration and Distinguished Scientist Award (IN) in 2010, Knud Lundbæk Prisen (DK) in 2012, and Hede Nielsen Prisen (DK) in 2015.

He graduated with an MD from the University of Southern Denmark in 1986. Subsequently, he defended his Ph.D. and Doctor of Medical Science (DMSc) degrees from the same university in 1993 and 1999, respectively.

He is a board-certified specialist in internal medicine and endocrinology, and his translational research has, for more than three decades, focused on the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Allan Vaag’s special interests include precision medicine and subphenotyping of T2D, as well as understanding the molecular mechanisms linking exposure to an adverse fetal environment with an increased risk of developing T2D.

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