Tine Jess

Member

Tine Jess is an MD and professor of gastroenterology at the Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University and heads the Center for Molecular Prediction of Inflammatory Bowel Disease funded by the Danish National Research Foundation.

Tine Jess holds experience from the industry, the health sector, and several Danish universities, and she has led multiple larger research clusters. She is a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, an InnoWoman at the Innovation Fund Denmark, a board member of the Society of Theoretical and Applied Therapy (Jakobinerklubben), former chairperson of the panel for research policy at the Danish Young Academy and a member of the task force to increase diversity in research at the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Research.

Tine Jess has received multiple national and international awards for her research, including a medical medal of honour and UNESCO’s For Women in Science Award.

Tine Jess is reappointed from April 1 2026 to March 31 2029.