Miriam Kolko

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WORK ADDRESSES

• Afdeling for Øjensygdomme (Department of Ophthalmology), Rigshospitalet, Valdemar Hansens Vej 1-23, 2600 Glostrup

• Institut for Lægemiddeldesign og Farmakologi (Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology), Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen

POSITIONS AND TRUSTED POSTURES

• Professor in Translational Eye Research at University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
• Chief Physician (glaucoma specialist) at the Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet)
• Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology, Glaucoma (FEBOS-GL)
• President of the Danish Glaucoma Society 
• Board member of Fight for Sight, Denmark
• Elected glaucoma chair European Association for Vision and Eye Research, EVER
• Elected member of board of directors Acta Ophthalmologica
• Elected member of Associate Advisory Board (AAB), World Glaucoma Association
• Co-Chair of neuroprotection special interest group, European Glaucoma Society (EGS)
• Part of the management team at Dept. of Drug Design and Pharmacology (DDP), UCPH
• Member of the research strategy committee, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Rigshospitalet
• Head of Research Cluster for Personalised Medicine, DDP, UCPH
• Head of Research Group, Eye Translational Research Unit, EyeTRU, UCPH
• National and international coordinator of multicenter studies within glaucoma disease research.
• Jury member of funding applications from national research council's (Belgium and Canada) and several other national and international foundations
• Board Member of Carl and Nicoline Larsen’s Foundation
• Member of assessment committee and chair of committees for the appointment of assistant, associate, and full professors
• Editorial board member (e.g. Molecular Neurobiol., Cell. and Mol. Neurobiol., Acta Ophthal.)
• Director of glaucoma in the Region of Zealand (2014-2017).
• Head of Section at the Dept. of Drug Design and Pharmacology, UCPH (2018-2019).

EDUCATION

• Medical Doctor degree, University of Copenhagen.
• Fulbright Scholar, Louisiana State University (LSU), Neuroscience Center, US
• PhD from LSU, Neuroscience Center and Dept. of Ophthalmology, US.
• Postdoctoral Fellowships at Louisiana State University, Neuroscience Center, US.
• Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCPH, Dept. of Ocular Pathology.
• Medical Internships in surgery, emergency medicine, and ophthalmology in the Region of Copenhagen.
• Residency in Ophthalmology in the Region of Copenhagen.
• Fellowship in Glaucoma at the Copenhagen University Hospital.
• Clinical exchanges in glaucoma in US (New York, Sacramento), Belgium (Leuven), India (Madurai)
• More courses in pedagogy
• Fellow of the EuropeanBoard of Ophthalmology, Glaucoma
• Several leadership and management courses

SELECTED AWARDS, HONORS AND RECOGNIOTIONS

• Top 1% of scholars writing about Glaucoma, Expertscape's PubMed-based algorithms
• On the Ophthalmologist's Power List, 2021
• Received the largest grant to date from the Synoptik Foundation
• Lions prize, 2018
• Award of Excellence from the Danish Ophthalmological Society, 2018
• Medivit Award, 2014 and 2016
• Victor Larsens Award, 2006
• Fulbright Scholar, 1995
• Awarded research funding of >25 million DKK (>3.3 mill EUR)
• Invited speaker, hereunder keynotes and honorary, at more than 80 scientific meetings
  
  

PROJECT MANAGEMENT, GUIDANCE AND ACADEMIC RESULTS

• I head translational research projects within the field of neurodegenerative eye diseases
• I am national coordinator of clinical multicenter studies within glaucoma
• I have successfully supervised 5 postdocs, 5 PhD students (3 as main supervisor), 3 research assistants, 21 master students, 16 scholar students, and 19 bachelor students
• I currently supervise 10 PhD students (8 as main supervisor, 2 as co-supervisor), 3 master students, 1 bachelor student
• I have more than 100 peer-reviewed papers,10 editorial reviews, 22 popular science papers, and 7 book chapters.
  
  

MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE AND KEY RESEARCH AREAS

• I direct course work for medical students, residents in ophthalmology, and pharmacy students
• I consult eye patients, including medical treatment, laser treatments and glaucoma surgeries
• I organize seminars, conferences, and public events to facilitate collaborations and community outreach activities
• I have several leadership roles and continuously try to create a transparent, trustworthy, and authentic work environment with motivated students, coworkers, and staff
• I function as an opinion leader and as an external advisor to the pharma industry
• I am national coordinator/principal investigator of more industry-sponsored clinical trials
• I am engaged in outreach activities to improve treatment and diagnostic strategies for patients

This is an abbreviated resume of my full CV - full CV available upon request.