Dr. Jens Sandahl Christiansen is professor at the University of Aarhus, and consultant in the department of Medicine (endocrinology), Aarhus University Hospital. He is the chairman of the district board for organizing diabetes care and is involved in the national board for the evaluation of efforts that healthcare professionals are making within Type 2 diabetes. Jens Sandahl Christiansen is recognized as one of the outstanding endocrinologists in Denmark. 

Dr. Jens Sandahl Christiansen received his MD at University of Copenhagen School of Medicine. He was a house officer at Steno Memorial Hospital, and has worked as registrar, senior registrar and consultant at medical departments (endocrinology) at Copenhagen county hospital and at the University Hospital in Aarhus. He has held a number of academic appointments at the University of Aarhus since 1989 and is currently Professor of Medicine.     

Dr. Jens Sandahl Christiansen clinical and research interest are GH physiology and consequenses of GH deficiency as well as diabetic kidney disease, continuous glucose monitoring and insulin absorption. He has conducted numerous studies and is actively involved in many research projects in the field of endocrinology. Jens Sandahl Christiansen is the co-author on more than 500 publications.  

Dr. Jens Sandahl Christiansen is currently Editor-in-Chief of GH&IGF Research,  member of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, the US Endocrine Society, the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and serves on the council of the Growth Hormone Research Society, and in the executive Committee of the European Society of Endocrinology.  

Dr. Jens Sandahl Christiansen has lectured extensively on topics such as pathogenesis of diabetes; optimal treatment of diabetes, complications of diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, diabetes in adolescents, diabetes in pregnancy, organizing diabetes treatment as well as on all aspects of growth hormone replacement therapy.