Søren Saxmose Nielsen

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Søren S. Nielsen was trained in veterinary medicine with a degree from The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL), Denmark, in 1998. Four years later, he earned his PhD based on studies relating to interpretation of diagnostic test information for bovine paratuberculosis. He gained the DVSc title based on studies used for design of the Danish control programme on paratuberculosis at University of Copenhagen in 2009.

He is currently employed as Professor in Disease and Diagnostic Modelling at the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where he teaches epidemiology and performs research primarily focused on infectious diseases of production animals. This research has included a variety of project management tasks. He has worked primarily with issues on diagnosis, control and epidemiology of paratuberculosis. He designed the Danish control programme on paratuberculosis, which was successfully implemented in 2006. He has also published > 170 peer-reviewed articles in international scientific journals, along with more than 80 professional papers and numerous conference contributions. He currently serves as Chair of the Animal Health and Welfare Panel and as a member of the Scientific Committee in  the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and the results of those efforts are published in 130+ international reports including guidance on methodology and development of legislation in the European Union.

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Possible conflicts of interest

Søren S. Nielsen collaborates with the Danish stakeholders in animal production, the pharmaceutical industry and animal welfare NGOs. The collaborations on occasion include direct collaboration in the veterinary consultancy unit or in research projects. Furthermore, the collaboration includes contact via the advisory committees, where the collaborators are members. Søren S. Nielsen acts in his function as employee at University of Copenhagen in these relations. He does not receive any renumeration from the collaborators.

He also serves as a Chair of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare and the Scientific Committee in the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), along with ad hoc working groups within EFSA. He receives a salary for these services according to EFSA’s Expert’s Compensation Guide. Declarations of Interest are made to, and approved by, the EFSA Management Board in that regard.

Selected publications

1. Published

   Assessment of listing and categorisation of animal diseases within the framework of the Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) No 2016/429): paratuberculosis

   EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare, More, S. J., Bøtner, A., Butterworth, A., Calistri, P., Depner, K., Edwards, S., Garin-Bastuji, B., Good, M., Gortazar Schmidt, C., Michel, V., Miranda, M. A., Nielsen, S. S., Raj, M., Sihvonen, L., Spoolder, H., Stegeman, J. A., Thulke, H-H., Velarde, A., Willeberg, P. & 8 others, Winckler, C., Baldinelli, F., Broglia, A., Zancanaro, G., Beltran-Beck, B., Kohnle, L., Morgado, J. & Bicout, D., 2017, In: E F S A Journal. 15, 7, 47 p., e04960.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

2. Published

   Operation Paratuberkulose 2.0 – et nyt overvågningsprogram for kvæg

   Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, 2016, 58 p.

   Research output: Other contribution › Commissioned

3. Published

   Simulating the epidemiological and economic impact of paratuberculosis control actions in dairy cattle

   Kirkeby, Carsten, Græsbøll, K., Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, Christiansen, L. E., Toft, N., Rattenborg, E. & Halasa, T., 10 Oct 2016, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 3, 13 p., 90.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

4. Published

   Dam's infection progress and within-herd prevalence as predictors of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis ELISA response in Danish Holstein cattle

   Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, Hansen, K. F., Kvist, L. & Kostoulas, P., 1 Mar 2016, In: Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 125, p. 54-58 5 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

5. Published

   Adaptive test schemes for control of paratuberculosis in dairy cows

   Kirkeby, Carsten, Græsbøll, K., Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, Christiansen, L. E., Toft, N. & Halasa, T., 1 Dec 2016, In: P L o S One. 11, 12, 13 p., e0167219.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

6. Published

   Developments in the Danish control programme on paratuberculosis 2006-2016

   Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, 12 Dec 2016, In: The Paratuberculosis Newsletter. 4, p. 19-22 4 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

7. Published

   STARD-BLCM: Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic accuracy studies that use Bayesian Latent Class Models

   Kostoulas, P., Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, Branscum, A. J., Johnson, W. O., Dendukuri, N., Dhand, N. K., Toft, N. & Gardner, I. A., 1 Mar 2017, In: Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 138, p. 37-47 11 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

8. Published

   Control and eradication of endemic infectious diseases in cattle

   Houe, Hans, Nielsen, Liza Rosenbaum & Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, 2014, London: College Publications. 169 p.

   Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research

9. Published

   Paratuberculosis in dairy cattle: epidemiological studies used for design of a control programme in Denmark

   Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, 2009, Department of Large Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen. 292 p.

   Research output: Book/Report › Doctoral thesis › Research

10. Published

    Transitions in diagnostic tests used for detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infections in cattle

    Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, 2008, In: Veterinary Microbiology. 132, 3-4, p. 274-282 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

11. Published

    Modeling of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in farm bulk tank milk

    Okura, H., Nielsen, Søren Saxmose & Toft, N., 2012, Book of Abstracts of the 13^th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics. Wageningen Academic Publishers, p. 132 1 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research

12. Published

    Dynamics of specific anti-Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis antibody response through age

    Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, Toft, N. & Okura, H., 2013, In: P L o S One. 8, 4, 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review