CV for Henrik Støvring
Personal data
Sex: Male
Year of Birth: 1970
Citizenship: Danish
Married, 3 children
Interests
Biostatistics,
Pharmacoepidemiology,
Event History Analysis, History of Statistics, Scientific Computing,
Mixed Models, Survival Analysis
Current Employment
Recognitions and Awards
Education
- PhD in Biostatistics,
University of Southern
Denmark,
December 2002
- Cand.scient. in Statistics/Mathematics,
University of Aarhus,
July 1997
- MSc
in Statistics, University of Chicago, June 1997 - sponsored
by Fulbright
- Bachelor in Statistics/Mathematics,
University of Aarhus,
January 1995
- One-year program in the History
of Science, University
of Aarhus
, June 1995
- Minor in Mathematics, Aalborg
University, January 1993
Previous Employment
- External Lecturer at the Department of Biostatistics, Aarhus University,
September 2003 - June 2006
- External Lecturer at the Health Science Master in
Rehabilitation
Program, University
of
Southern Denmark, September 2002 - December 2003
- External Lecturer at the Health Science Master Program, University of Southern
Denmark,
January 2002 - June 2003
- Assistant Professor at National
Centre of Registerbased Research, Aarhus University, October
2001 -
December 2002
- PhD-student at Department
of Statistics and Demography, University
of Southern Denmark, Odense, September 1998 - September 2001.
Cosponsored by the Research
Unit of General Practice, Odense
- Statistical consultant at the Research Unit of
General Practice
, Odense, January 1998 - August 1998
- Research Assistant at Department
of Statistics and Demography, Odense University,
February
1998 - August 1998
- Research Assistant at Centre for Health and Social Policy, Odense University,
August
1997 - January 1998
- Research Assistant at Department
of Biostatistics, University
of
Aarhus, August 1995 - August 1996
Teaching experience
- One day course on Introductory Statistics in "Introduction
to
Research Methodology", 2001 -
- One session in "Getting started with Stata",
University of
Southern Denmark, 2001 -
- External Lecturer at the Department of Biostatistics, Aarhus University,
September 2003 - June 2006
- External Lecturer at the Health Science Master in
Rehabilitation
Program, University
of
Southern Denmark, September 2002 - December 2003
- External Lecturer at the Health Science Master Program, University of Southern
Denmark,
January 2002 - June 2003
- Two day course on Introductory Statistics for "Audit
Project
Odense", Odense, 2001
- Teaching Assistant at European
Educational Programme in Epidemiology, Florence, 2000
- One session in "Getting started with Stata" for
linguists,
University of Southern Denmark - Odense, 2000
- One session in Multiple Regression for PhD-students in
Medicine,
University of Southern Denmark - Odense, 2000
- Two sessions in Biostatistics for PhD-students in Medicine,
University of Southern Denmark - Odense, biannually in 1998-2001
- Teaching Assistant at Department
of Theoretical Statistics, University
of Aarhus, February 1995 - June 1996
Review experience
- Journal of Womens Health, 2003
- Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care,
2003
- Ugeskrift
for Læger,
2003
- Biometrics,
2004
- Diabetic
Medicine, 2004
- Basic and
Clinical Pharmacology
and Toxicology, 2005
- Journal of
American Board of
Family Practice, 2005, 2006
- Diabetologia,
2005, 2006
- Current Drug
Safety, 2006
External examiner
- Epidemiology/Biostatistics, Master in Health Science
(cand.scient.san), 2006 -
- Epidemiology/Biostatistics, Medicine (cand.med.), 2006 -
Supervisor for PhD-students
- Birgit Aabom: Factors
of
importance for organising palliative care at home. Register-based
population studies of end-stage cancer patients. Defended
Sep
2006
- Helle W. Kildemoes: Use
of cardiovascular drugs in primary care.
The influence of population ageing, changes in morbidity pattern and
choice of treatment..
Publications
A better updated list of my medical publications can be found
at PubMed by clicking here.
Published, peer-reviewed
- Kristensen
JK, Støvring H.
A follow-up study of the occurrence and consequences of HbA1c
measurements in
an unselected cohort of non-pharmacologically treated patients with
Type 2
diabetes. Scand J Prim Health Care. Forthcoming.
Støvring
H, Wang MC.
Nonparametric estimation of incidence and lifetime risk based on
pharmacoepidemiological databases: A comparative study. BMC Medical Research
Methodology 2007, 7:53.
- Støvring
H. A generic function evaluator implemented in Mata. Stata Journal 2007:
In Press
- Støvring
H.
Selection bias due to immigration in pharmacoepidemiologic studies. Pharmacoepidemiol
Drug Saf 2007; 16(6):681-6.
Støvring H, Andersen
M,
Beck-Nielsen H, Green A, Vach W.
Counting drugs to understand the disease: The case of measuring the
diabetes
epidemic. Popul Health Metr
2007;5:2.
- Faergemann C,
Lauritsen J, Brink
O, Støvring H. The epidemiology of repeat
contacts with an
Emergency Department or an Institute of Forensic Medicine due to
violent
victimization in a Danish urban population. J Forensic
Leg Med 2007; 14(6):333-9.
- Faergemann C,
Lauritsen J, Brink
O, Støvring H. What is the lifetime risk of
contact with an A&E
Department or an Institute of Forensic Medicine following violent
victimisation? Injury, Int. J. Care Injured
2006: In Press.
- Aabom B,
Kragstrup J, Vondeling
H, Bakketeig L, Støvring H. Does persistent
involvement
by the GP improve palliative care at home for end-stage cancer
patients? Palliat Med 2006;20(5):507-12.
- Jarbøl
D, Kragstrup J,
Støvring H, Havelund T, Schaffalitzky de Muckadell O.
Proton Pump Inhibitor or Testing for Helicobacter pylori as the First
Step for Patients Presenting with Dyspepsia? A Cluster-randomized
Trial. Am J Gastroenterol 2006; 101(6):1200-8.
- Hallas J,
Støvring H.
Templates for analysis of individual-level prescription data. Basic
Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2006; 98(3):260-5.
- Aabom B,
Kragstrup J, Vondeling
H, Bakketeig L, Støvring H.
Population-based study of place of death of patients with cancer:
implications for GPs. Br J Gen Pract 2005; 55:684-9.
- Aabom B,
Kragstrup J, Vondeling
H, Bakketeig L, Støvring H.
Defining cancer patients as being in the terminal phase: who receives a
formal diagnosis, and what are the effects? J Clin Oncol
2005; 23:7411-6.
- Rohr G,
Støvring H,
Christensen K, Gaist D, Nybo H, Kragstrup J.
Characteristics of middle-aged and elderly women with urinary
incontinence. Scand J Prim Health Care 2005; 23:203-8.
- Green A,
Støvring H,
Andersen M, Beck-Nielsen H.
The epidemic of type 2 diabetes is a statistical artefact. Diabetologia
2005; 48:1456-8.
- Støvring
H, Vach W.
Estimation of prevalence and incidence based on occurrence of
health-related events. Stat Med 2005; 24:3139-54.
- Støvring
H, Andersen M,
Beck-Nielsen H, Green A, Vach W.
Stigende diabetesprævalens og faldende mortalitet
på Fyn.
[Rising prevalence and decreasing mortality of diabetes in the county
of Funen]. Ugeskr Laeger 2004; 166:1905-7.
- Schroll H,
Støvring H,
Houmand A, Kragstrup J.
Estimating incidence and prevalence of episodes of care in general
practice. Scand J Prim Health Care 2004; 22:60-4.
- Schroll H, Støvring H, Kragstrup J
Forskelle i praktiserende lægers anvendelse af International
Classification for Primary Care-diagnoser. Inter- og
intraobservatørvariationen. (Differences in general
practitioners' use of International Classification for Primary Care
diagnoses. The inter and intra observer variation). Ugeskr
Læger 2003; 165:4104-7. In
Danish.
- Hamm L, Mikkelsen B, Kuhr J, Støvring
H, Munck A,
Kragstrup J Danish physiotherapists' management of low back
pain. Advances in Physiotherapy 2003; 5:
109-113.
- Støvring H, Andersen M, Beck-Nielsen H,
Green A, Vach W Rising prevalence of diabetes: evidence from
a Danish
pharmaco-epidemiological database. Lancet 2003; 362:
537-38.
- Søndergaard J, Andersen M,
Støvring H, Kragstrup
J. Mailed prescriber feedback in addition to a clinical
guideline has no impact: a randomised, controlled trial. Scand
J
Prim Health Care 2003; 21(1):47-51.
- Støvring H. (2002) New
Statistical
Methods for Estimation of Prevalence, Incidence and Mortality based on
Pharmacoepidemiological and other Health-related Databases.
Ph.D. thesis, Department of Statistics and Demography, University of
Southern Denmark. List
of errata.
- Støvring H. Nye
biostatistiske metoder i
almen medicinsk forskning: En litteraturoversigt (New biostatistical
methods in primary health care research: A litterature review). Ugeskr
Læger 2002; 164(46): 5399-402.
In Danish.
- Vad E, Worm C, Lauritsen JM, Poulsen PB, Puggaard
L,
Støvring H, Kragstrup J Fysisk træning
som
behandling af nedsat funktionsevne hos svage, hjemmeboende
75+-årige (Physical training as treatment of reduced
functional
ability in frail 75+ year-olds living at home). Ugeskr
Læger 2002; 164(44): 5140-4. In
Danish.
- Worm CH, Vad E, Puggaard L, Støvring H,
Lauritsen J,
Kragstrup J. Effects of a Multicomponent Exercise Program
on Functional Ability in Community-Dwelling, Frail Older Adults. Journal
of Aging and Physical Activity 2001; 9(4):414-424.
- Christensen K, Støvring H, McGue M.
Do
genetic factors contribute to the association between birth weight and
blood pressure? Journal of Epidemiology & Community
Health
2001; 55(8):583-7.
- Puggaard L, Larsen JB, Støvring H,
Jeune B. Maximal oxygen uptake, muscle strength and walking
speed in 85-year-old
women: Effects of increased physical activity. Aging Clin.
Exp.
Res. 2000; 12:180-189 .
- Støvring H. On Radicke and
his method for
testing mean differences. The Statistician, 1999; 48(2):189-201.
- Christensen K, Olsen J,
Nørgaard-Petersen B, Basso O,
Støvring H, Milhollin-Johnson L, Murray JC. Oral
clefts, transforming-growth-factor-alpha gene variants and maternal
smoking. A population based case-control study in Denmark 1991-1994. Am
J Epidemiol 1999; 149(3):248-55
- Fagerberg RF, Kragstrup J, Støvring H,
Rasmussen NK. How well do patient and general practitioner
agree about the content of consultations? Scand J Prim Health Care
1999; 17:149-52.
Other
- Støvring
H, Hansen D G, Jarlbæk L, Kildemoes H W, Lous J, Andersen M.
Statin use and age at death: Evidence of a flawed analysis. Am J Cardiol 2007; 99:1181-1182.
- Støvring
H, Åbom B,
Kragstrup J. Flertal ønsker at dø
hjemme. Weekendavisen. Feb. 23, 2007.
- Støvring
H, Wang M C.
Estimation and projection of incidence and prevalence based on doubly
truncated data with application to pharmacoepidemiological databases. Johns
Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working
Papers. Working Paper 88, 2005. http://www.bepress.com/jhubiostat/paper88
- Støvring
H, Elverdam B. Databehandling. In
Waldorff F, Hansen J, Damsbo N, eds., Håndbog for
projektmagere
i Almen Praksis, chap. 10. Forskningsenhederne for Almen
Praksis
i København, Odense og Århus, 2005; 80-6.
- Støvring H, Vach W.
(2001) Parametric
estimation of prevalence and incidence based on the waiting time
distribution. In New Trends in Statistical Modeling -
Proceedings
of the 16th International Workshop on Statistical Modeling (eds.
B
Klein and L Korsholm) pp. 371-378. Odense: SDU.
- Støvring H, Vach W. (1999)
Parametric estimation of
prevalence, incidence and treatment duration based on the waiting time
distribution. In Symposium i Anvendt Statistik
(eds. A Holm and
PC Linde) pp. 106-113. København: AKF and SFI.
Software
Scientific Presentations
- "Study
design in quality improvement research", Annual workshop for
research in general practice, Middelfart, January 2008
- "Sample size calculation in the planning of a cluster randomized trial:
analytical and simulation based approaches", National Dissemination
Meeting of Post Abortion Family Planning project,
Beijing, December 2007
- "Missing
data and epidemiologic analysis", Epidemiology Meeting,
University of Southern Demark, September 2007
- "Selection
bias due to immigration in pharmacoepidemiologic studies",
Epidemiological Friday Meetings, Aarhus, November 2006
- "Missing
data and epidemiologic analysis", Annual Meeting of Danish
Epidemiological Society, September 2006
- "Is
cause of death a useful health indicator? - A case study of diabetes
related deaths", 27th annual meeting of International Society
for
Clinical Biostatistics, September 2006 (presented by Werner Vach)
- "Selection
bias due to immigration in pharmacoepidemiologic studies",
Joint
Statistical Meeting, Seattle, August 2006
- "Diabetes
- an epidemic? Some statistical and epidemiological issues in using
pharmaco-epidemiological databases", 25th annual meeting of
International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, September 2004
- "A
statistical model for parametric estimation of incidence and
prevalence using databases with health care events without information
on previous treatment history", 4th annual meeting of The
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, March 2004
- "New
Statistical Methods for Estimation of Prevalence, Incidence and
Mortality based on Pharmacoepidemiological and other Health-related
Databases", PhD-defense presentation, December 2002
- "Parametric
Estimation of Prevalence, Incidence and treatment duration based on
the Waiting Time Distribution", 16th annual meeting of
International Workshop on Statistical Modeling, July 2001
- "Parametric Estimation of Prevalence, Incidence and
treatment
duration based on the Waiting Time Distribution", 21st annual meeting
of International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, September 2000
Other Presentations
Computer experience
- Programming: C++, shell-scripts, VisualBasic
- Statistics: Stata, R, S-PLUS, SAS
- Mathematics: Mathematica
- Editors/Word-processors: Emacs, LaTeX, OpenOffice, Word,
WordPerfect
- Platforms: Linux, UNIX, MS/Windows
Languages
Danish, English, German,
(French)
Latest update: Nov 2007