Niels Høiby
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Niels Høiby | |
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(1941-08-12) 12 August 1941 |
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| Occupation(s) | physician, professor, politician |
| Political party | Liberal Alliance (Denmark) |
| Awards | Order of the Dannebrog (2012) |
| Member of the Danish Parliament for North Zealand | |
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In office 5 June 2011 – 15 September 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Malou Aamund |
Niels Høiby (born 1941) is a Danish physician, professor and politician. He specialises in microbiology and was a pioneer in the study of biofilms and their role in conditions such as cystic fibrosis. He worked for many years as a department head at Denmark's largest hospital, the Rigshospitalet.
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.
Books and papers
- Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in Cystic Fibrosis (1977)
- Det danske sundhedsvæsens storhed og fald (1999), on the rise and fall of the Danish health service
- Antibiotic resistance of bacterial biofilms (2010)
- A personal history of research on microbial biofilms and biofilm infections (2014)
External links
- Bacteria and biofilms – Coursera interview
- Niels Høiby – profile at the University of Copenhagen
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