Background
Petersen, Ole Holger was born on March 3, 1943 in Copenhagen. Son of Joergen and Elisabeth (Klein) Petersen.
Petersen, Ole Holger was born on March 3, 1943 in Copenhagen. Son of Joergen and Elisabeth (Klein) Petersen.
Bachelor of Medicine ChB, University Copenhagen, 1969. Doctor of Medicine, University Copenhagen, 1972.
Lecturer University Copenhagen, 1969-1971, senior lecturer, 1973-1975. Visiting fellow University Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1971-1972. Professor, chairman University Dundee, United Kingdom, 1975-1981, University Liverpool, United Kingdom, since 1981.
Research professor Medical Research Council, since 1998.
Fellow Academy Medical Sciences. Member Physiological Society (foreign secretary 1992-1998), Academia Europaea (chairman physiology and medicine committee since 1996, council member since 1998), Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.
Married Nina Bratting Jensen, May 4, 1968 (divorced May 1995). Children: Jens-Ulrik, Carl Christian. Married Nina Nikolaevna Burdakova, June 3, 1995.