The purpose of the NIPH’s Advisory board is to provide guidance to the NIPH’s management regarding the institute's activities, organisation, strategy and development within the four core tasks: research, public services, education and communication.
The NIPH’s Advisory board:
- Contributes to an academic evaluation of the NIPH's research and public services
- Provides guidance in connection with the analysis and prioritisation of current and future needs for research, public services, education and communication in the field of public health
- Provides guidance regarding innovative international research
- Provides guidance regarding the recipients' need for new initiatives and how research can come into effect and work in practice
- Discusses future perspectives in connection with the revision of the institute's strategy
- Helps the institute's activities become known to users, public authorities, foundations and other cooperation partners
- Provides guidance regarding the funding base and strategy based on knowledge of the institute's financial scope
Board members 2017-2020:
- Kaare Christensen, Professor, SDU (Chairman)
- Jakob Krogh, Head of Department, Danish Ministry of Health (Deputy Chairman)
- Ole Skøtt, Dean, SDU
- Søren Brostrøm, Director, Danish Health Authority
- Bente Ourø Rørth, Director, Hillerød Hospital
- Hanne Agerbak, Head of Division, KL
- Vibeke Asmussen Frank, Professor and Head of Centre, Aarhus University
- Annelli Sandbæk, Professor, Aarhus University
- Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Professor, University of Copenhagen
- Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, Associate Professor, Rigshospitalet
- Michael Davidsen, Senior Researcher, NIPH (employee representative)