Merete Nordentoft

Chief psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen
PhD, 1994, Master of Public Health, 1994, Dr Med Science 2007
Professor at Copenhagen University, 2007

Merete Nordentoft took the initiative on the OPUS trial: Early intervention in first episode psychosis in 1996, applied and received the grants and was the leader of the intervention in Copenhagen during the process of transforming the project into a permanent part of psychiatric services.

Fields of Expertise:
Psychiatric Epidemiology, Suicidal Behaviour, Psychopathology

Chairman:
Danish Psychiatric Association, 2000–2002
Nordic Joint Psychiatric Committee, 2003-2006
Danish National Board of Health, Danish National Action Plan for Prevention of Suicidal Behaviour Committee, 1997–1998
Copenhagen Medical Society, 2003-2005
National Indicator Project in Schizophrenia, 2002-
Schizophrenia Group, Secretariat for Clinical Guidelines, 2001–2004
Scientific Committee Congresses, 2002 and 2004

Organiser and Convener, Third International Congress on Early Psychosis, Copenhagen, 2002

Member of Danish Medical Research Council, 2005-

Research:
Grants–Received numerous grants from Medical Research Council, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Social affairs, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen Hospital Corporation, and a range of private funds. Total amount 7 Million Euro
Supervisor of 15 Ph.D. dissertations; PhD students and researchers who have submitted application for Ph.D. studies in Copenhagen and/or Aarhus University

Review:
13 dissertations, international high impact journals (NEJM, JAMA, Lancet, Arch Gen Psych, Am J Psych, BMJ)

Publications:
108 papers, 69 of these were original papers
8 books about research methodology, early intervention in psychosis, suicide prevention, 32 book chapters