Niels_Høiby

Niels Høiby

Niels Høiby

Professor and politician

Niels Høiby (born 1941) is a Danish physician, professor and politician.[1] He specialises in microbiology and was a pioneer in the study of biofilms and their role in conditions such as cystic fibrosis.[2] He worked for many years as a department head at Denmark's largest hospital, the Rigshospitalet.[1]

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He was briefly a member of the Danish parliament, having been a runner-up in the 2007 election and so taking the seat for the Liberal Alliance when Malou Aamund changed party in 2011. Niels Høiby was decorated as a knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 2012. He was a member of the council for the capital region.[1]

Books and papers

  • Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in Cystic Fibrosis (1977)[3]
  • Det danske sundhedsvæsens storhed og fald (1999), on the rise and fall of the Danish health service[4]
  • Antibiotic resistance of bacterial biofilms (2010)[5]
  • A personal history of research on microbial biofilms and biofilm infections (2014)[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Flemming Steen Pedersen (10 August 2016), "Den politiske professor", Berlingske
  2. [2]
    Branwen Morgan (4 May 2015), "Microbial gangs are organised killers", Cosmos, Royal Institution of Australia
  3. [3]
    Niels Høiby (1977), Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in Cystic Fibrosis, Munksgaard
  4. [4]
    Niels Høiby (18 February 1999), Det danske sundhedsvæsens storhed og fald, Gyldendal, ISBN 978-8700341661
  5. [5]
    Niels Høiby; Thomas Bjarnsholt; Michael Givskov; Søren Molin; Oana Ciofu (1 April 2010), "Antibiotic resistance of bacterial biofilms", International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 35 (4), Elsevier: 322–332, doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.12.011, PMID 20149602
  6. [6]
    Høiby, Niels (2014), "A personal history of research on microbial biofilms and biofilm infections", Pathogens and Disease, 70 (3): 205–11, doi:10.1111/2049-632X.12165, PMID 24585728, S2CID 30647867
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