Prof Lars Erik Kristensen

Professor Lars Erik Kristensen is Head of Research at the Parker Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, and holds an honorary doctoral position at Lund University, Sweden, and a professorship at Copenhagen University, Denmark. He received his medical degree from Copenhagen University and a PhD in Clinical Medicine from Lund University. He later specialised in internal medicine and rheumatology. Professor Kristensen also completed a postdoc at Karolinska University, Sweden.

Professor Kristensen’s research interests are degenerative and inflammatory arthritis, with a focus on patient value, lifestyle factors, treatment response and predictors thereof in randomised controlled trials and observational settings. He also managed his own research group (South Swedish Arthritis Treatment Group [SSATG]) in Lund from 2011 to 2013. Professor Kristensen is also a board member and head of research at the Danish Society of Rheumatology. He has given >250 lectures at national and international congresses and meetings.