Henrik Wegener brings to the Board of Directors more than thirty years’ experience in epidemiology of infectious diseases. His research on antimicrobial resistance and infectious Diseases from a One Health perspective has contributed to the development of national, European, and global programmes for monitoring and controlling antibiotic resistance in the farm-to-fork chain. Henrik was until March 2025 Rector of the University of Copenhagen and is presently a full professor in the Technical University of Denmark and Executive Director of the Novo Nordisk Foundation funded Global Pathogen Analysis Platform. In his former position at the National Food and Veterinary Institute Henrik Wegener was co-responsible for the establishment of DANMAP, the Danish Programme for surveillance of antimicrobial consumption and resistance in bacteria from food animals, food, and humans, which today still is seen globally as a role model for surveillance in a One Health perspective.
“My research and experience have made clear the need for a one-health approach to tackling antimicrobial resistance. It is an honour and a big responsibility to be chairing the ICARS Board of Directors and providing governance to mobilise the important and ambitious ICARS agenda.”
