Jørgen Frøkiær has been head of the Department of Clinical Medicine at Aarhus University since July 2018 and has previously been appointed to DFF's professional research council DFF | Health and Illness for a 6-year period (2011-2016), including as Vice President (2011-2014) and Chairman (2015-2016). Jørgen Frøkiær has extensive international research experience, where he has worked to answer both clinical health science and basic science issues and has more than 25 years of experience as a research leader.