Kåre Mølbak

After training in clinical infectious diseases, Kåre Mølbak held research positions in connection with the Bandim health research project in Guinea Bissau and at several departments at Statens Serum Institut. He served as State Epidemiologist for Infectious Diseases in Denmark from 2004 to 2016 and became Vice-President of Statens Serum Institut 2017 to 2021. He has now retired but is active as Professor at the University of Copenhagen (Dept. of Veterinary and Animal Sciences) and consultant for Statens Serum Institut. Particular areas of interest are control of infections, the emerging problems of zoonotic infections, AMR as well as vaccinology. He has also an interest in longitudinal studies of infectious diseases. Mølbak has been the speaker at a number of international conferences, the organizer of international workshops, and the coordinator of large WHO and EU funded research programmes.