Research/Areas of Interest:
Molecular and structural basis for interaction and hydrolysis of extracellular matrix molecules by matrix metalloproteinases in health and disease; mechanisms of altered wound healing in diabetes; identification of patients with periodontal disease by questionnaire self assessment
Education
- Cand. Art. (B.S. equivalent), Hobro Gymnasium, Denmark, 1973
- DDS, The Royal Dental College of Copenhagen, Denmark, 1978
- MS, Periodontics, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States, 1986
- Ph.D., Oral Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1997