I am a trained occupational therapist and hold an MSc in Health Science and a PhD. I am employed as a Senior Researcher at the Department of Social Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gødstrup Regional Hospital, where I am primarily affiliated with the Clinic for Complex Late Effects after Cancer.
My research focuses on rehabilitation and late effects after cancer, with particular emphasis on how cancer and its treatment affect functioning and quality of life. I have a particular research interest in young adults aged 18–39 years with and after cancer and the challenges they may experience in relation to education, employment, family life, and participation in everyday life.
My research encompasses the development and evaluation of complex rehabilitation and survivorship interventions, as well as methods for identifying rehabilitation needs and complex late effects after cancer. Methodologically, my research spans the full intervention research pathway, from needs assessment, co-production, and intervention development to feasibility studies, randomised controlled trials, process evaluation, and health economic evaluation. I also use qualitative and participatory methods, mixed-methods designs, Group Concept Mapping, and register-based epidemiology, as well as methods for the development and validation of assessment tools.
Increasingly, I combine intervention research with population-based register studies to examine functioning, rehabilitation needs, employment, and the long-term social and economic consequences of cancer. Across these methodological approaches, my research aims to generate evidence that can inform more targeted, coordinated, and needs-based rehabilitation and survivorship care, thereby supporting people with and after cancer in living meaningful everyday lives.
I have experience teaching master's students to develop and evaluate complex rehabilitation and public health interventions. I also lecture about rehabilitation, with a particular focus on individuals with life-threatening illnesses. I supervise master's and PhD students. My teaching philosophy is based on active learning, as the best learning outcomes are achieved when students actively engage in the instruction.
I have been appointed as the Central Denmark Region’s representative on the DMCG Committee for Late Effects, which works to strengthen and coordinate national efforts to support people experiencing late effects after cancer.
I collaborate with the Centre for Cancer and Health in the City of Copenhagen and Public Health in the City of Aarhus on the development and evaluation of rehabilitation for young adults with and after cancer. I also collaborate with departments of social medicine across Denmark on practice-based research projects and have close research collaborations with DEFACTUM and occupational therapy researchers at the University of Southern Denmark.
I am a member of the steering committee of NAYACare, a Danish research network focused on improving care, rehabilitation, and follow-up for young adults with and after cancer. Internationally, I am a member of Youth Cancer Europe, an organisation working to improve the rights and quality of life of young people with and after cancer. I am also a member of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Task Force on Rehabilitation in Palliative Care, which works to strengthen the integration of rehabilitation into palliative care.
I am the Principal Investigator (PI) of the YATAC project (2024–2027), which develops and evaluates a rehabilitation programme for young adults with and after cancer. From 2027, I will also be PI of SCOPE-AYA, which investigates the long-term consequences of cancer for young adults’ employment, receipt of social benefits, and the associated societal costs.
I am also a co-applicant and researcher in the European LATE-AYA project, which has received DKK 22 million to investigate late effects among young adult cancer survivors. Across several European countries, the project examines the risk of, among other outcomes, cardiovascular disease, subsequent cancers, and mental health problems among young adults who have had cancer.
Together, these projects underpin my research focus on rehabilitation, late effects, and everyday life among young adults with and after cancer. My experience includes research leadership, securing research funding, and leading interdisciplinary research collaborations.
