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2020

Michael Kjær

Sports physician receives major prize

Michael Kjær

Michael Kjær is receiving the 2020 Hagedorn Prize for research that has created pioneering new knowledge on rehabilitation and retraining after injuries. The Prize is accompanied by DKK 1.5 million.

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About Michael Kjær

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Michael Kjær

Professor

  • Michael Kjær is a clinical professor of sports medicine at the University of Copenhagen and a consultant at Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital. He received an MD degree in 1984 and a Doctor of Medical Science degree in 1988. He became a specialist physician in rheumatology in 1995 and, since 1997, he has been at Bispebjerg Hospital as a consultant at the Department of Rheumatology and later Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He has served on the Danish Research Council for Health and Disease and is currently a member of the Lundbeck Foundation’s Board of Trustees and Research & Prize Committee. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Oxford.
  • In addition to the 2020 Hagedorn Prize, Michael Kjær has received the 2019 International KFJ Award, the 2015 Nordic Medical Prize, the 2014 Codan/SEB Pension Prize and the 2011 Queen Ingrid Research Prize.