Endocrine Abstracts

Jens Juul, Holst, Professor of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Abstract

Jens Holst, is a Professor of Medical Physiology at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. He is also the Vice Chairman of the board of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, Chairman of the Faculty's Research Center for Diabetes and Obesity and Director at Marie Krogh Center for Metabolic Research.

Professor Holst received his medical degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1970 and the Doctor of Medical Sciences degree in 1978. Professor Holst's research has been focused on the regulatory peptides of the pancreas and gut. This has included the importance of the peptides in the regulation of the functions of the GI tract and metabolism, with particular focus on blood glucose and appetite regulation, obesity, and diabetes. He has especially conducted research on the role of incretin hormones of the gut (GLP-1 and GIP).

Professor Holst has written more than 1000 full publications, including original studies, chapters in textbooks, and review articles. His published work has been cited >30.000 times and his H-index is currently 85 (summer 2011).

He is a member of several distinguished academic organizations, including the Danish Academy for Natural Sciences and the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters, and has been the recipient of the Anders Jahre Award for Medical Research, the Odd Fellow Award for Medical Research the Paul Langerhans Medal of the German Diabetes Association and the Claude Bernard award of the European Society for the Study of Diabetes.