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Denmark
2026

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Genetics

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144
Citations
130873
World Ranking
161
National Ranking
2

Medicine

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151
Citations
145873
World Ranking
1094
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Denmark Leader Award
  • 1958 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Torben Hansen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Genetics, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics cover various areas including:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

Their recent papers include:

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases, 2020, Cell
  • Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations, 2020, Cell
  • Statin therapy is associated with lower prevalence of gut microbiota dysbiosis, 2020, Nature
  • A reference map of potential determinants for the human serum metabolome, 2020, Nature

Torben Hansen frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Oluf Pedersen
  • Niels Grarup
  • Aleksander Krag
  • Maja Thiele
  • Allan Linneberg

The majority of their publications have appeared in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Diabetes
  • Communications Medicine
  • Nature Communications

Torben Hansen has received the award of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, awarded in 1958.

Best Publications

  • A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

    Junjie Qin;Ruiqiang Li;Jeroen Raes;Manimozhiyan Arumugam

  • Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome

    Manimozhiyan Arumugam;Jeroen Raes;Eric Pelletier;Denis Le Paslier

  • A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes

    Junjie Qin;Yingrui Li;Zhiming Cai;Shenghui Li

  • Richness of human gut microbiome correlates with metabolic markers

    Trine Nielsen;Junjie Qin;Edi Prifti

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • An integrated catalog of reference genes in the human gut microbiome

    Junhua Li;Huijue Jia;Xianghang Cai;Huanzi Zhong

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

    E Zeggini;L J Scott;R Saxena;B F Voight

  • Disentangling type 2 diabetes and metformin treatment signatures in the human gut microbiota

    Kristoffer Forslund;Falk Hildebrand;Falk Hildebrand;Trine Nielsen;Gwen Falony;Gwen Falony

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Human gut microbes impact host serum metabolome and insulin sensitivity

    Helle Krogh Pedersen;Valborg Gudmundsdottir;Henrik B. Nielsen;Tuulia Hyötyläinen;Tuulia Hyötyläinen

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

    Alexander Kurilshikov;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Rodrigo Bacigalupe;Djawad Radjabzadeh

  • Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity

    Gudmar Thorleifsson;G Bragi Walters;Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir

  • Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps.

    Anubha Mahajan;Daniel Taliun;Matthias Thurner;Neil R. Robertson

  • Identification and assembly of genomes and genetic elements in complex metagenomic samples without using reference genomes

    H Bjørn Nielsen;Mathieu Almeida;Agnieszka Sierakowska Juncker;Simon Rasmussen

  • A variant in CDKAL1 influences insulin response and risk of type 2 diabetes.

    Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Inga Reynisdottir;Rafn Benediktsson

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

Frequent Co-Authors

Oluf Pedersen
Oluf Pedersen University of Copenhagen
Torben Jørgensen
Torben Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Niels Grarup
Niels Grarup University of Copenhagen
Allan Linneberg
Allan Linneberg University of Copenhagen
Knut Borch-Johnsen
Knut Borch-Johnsen Aarhus University
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
Paul W. Franks
Paul W. Franks Lund University
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool

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