The Unit
Søren Brage
Contact Details
MRC Epidemiology Unit
Institute of Metabolic Science
Box 285
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
Tel: +44 (0)1223 769116
Fax: +44 (01223) 330316
email: soren.brage@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Biography
Søren Brage is an Investigator Scientist and the deputy leader of the physical activity epidemiology group (lead Ulf Ekelund). He is responsible for developing and evaluating assessment methods for physical activity and fitness in the Unit. His secondary research interests include characterisation of the relationship between physical activity and metabolic disease, and how this relationship may be modified by genetic factors.
Søren has an MSc in Exercise Science and an honours degree in health research from the University of Southern Denmark (Odense). He also has MPhil and PhD degrees in Epidemiology from the University of Cambridge. During his PhD, he developed and evaluated techniques for objective assessment of physical activity and fitness in populations, using combined accelerometry and heart rate monitoring. Following on from this work, he has collaborated with researchers from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry at the University of Cambridge to develop automated algorithms for inferring latent heart rate from noisy heart rate recordings, as well as to incorporate a more probabilistic approach to physical activity epidemiology.
Søren holds a secondary position as Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense).
