Troels S. Jensen

Troels Staehelin Jensen, MD, DMSc, FEAN, is professor of Neurology and of experimental and clinical pain research at Aarhus University, Denmark. He was founder and director of Danish Pain Research Center (www.dprc.dk), former chair of the Dept of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital and is currently director of the International Diabetic Neuropathy Center at Aarhus University (www.idnc.au.dk). Dr. Jensen obtained his degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences from the University of Aarhus on work conducted in part at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. He completed his postgraduate clinical fellowship at la Salpétrière Hospital in Paris, France, and his residency in neurology at university hospitals in Denmark. He has had research fellowships in the United States and guest professorships in other countries including USA and Germany. Dr. Jensen has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers in international journals on various neurological and neurobiological topics, mainly related to experimental and clinical pain. His current H-index is 87 (2020). He has received several awards and honors for his pain research, honorary membership of different neurological/pain societies, incl IASP and the Danish Neurological Society. He is fellow of EAN and dr. Jensen was knighted by her Royal Highness the Queen of Denmark in 2006 and again in 2016 to 1st degree. Dr Jensen was President of the Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain from 1989-94. He was member of council of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) from 1996-2010 and president of IASP from 2005-2008. He served as IASP-liaison for South-East Asia. Dr Jensen was profiled in Lancet Neurology April, 2020 (https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30349-7)