Department of Public Health

Research Centre for Patient Involvement

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee consists of representatives from Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus University, the Central Denmark Region and the umbrella organisation, Danish Patients. The aim of the Steering Committee is to guide the centre. 

Steering Committee

  • Chief Medical Officer Jørgen Schøler Kristensen, Aarhus University Hospital (Chair)
  • Chief Nursing Officer Susanne Lauth, Aarhus University Hospital
  • Head of Department of Public Health Professor Ole Bækgaard Nielsen, Aarhus University
  • Head of Programme for Quality and Patient Involvement Lisbeth Kallestrup, Aarhus University Hospital
  • Professor Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University
  • Researcher Louise Pape Larsen, representing the hospitals in Central Denmark Region, Hospitalsenheden Vest
  • Professor Hilary Bekker, Research Centre for Patient Involvement, Aarhus University
  • Associate Professor and Deputy Lead Lotte Ørneborg Rodkjær, Research Centre for Patient Involvement, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital
  • Patient representative Deputy Director Annette Wandel, Danish Patients
  • Primary health representative Professor Bo Christensen, Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus University
  • Senior administrator Pernille Pennington, Research Centre for Patient Involvement, Aarhus University Hospital.    

Functions of the Steering Committee

  1. Provide strategic guidance to the centre
  2. Provide communication guidance to the centre
  3. Review and analyse opportunities and constraints faced by the centre
  4. Consider and review national and international partnership proposals for the centre
  5. Co-opt experts and organisations onto the Steering Committee on a case by case basis and according to need
  6. Use influence and authority to assist the centre in achieving its outcomes
  7. Support resource mobilisation and stakeholder engagement
  8. Consider and review strategy, operational plans and financial reports for the centre, including approval of its annual work plan and budget
  9. Ensure that activities, outputs, outcomes and expenditures are aligned with the terms of the funding of the centre
  10. Ensure transparency, accountability and that the processes and risk management system of the centre are robust and defensible
  11. Assess the overall performance, progress and forward planning for the centre, and report to Aarhus University Department of Public Health and the Central Denmark Region.

The Steering Committee meets for three hours every six months. One of these biannual meetings is always held in January in order to discuss the workplan and budget for the coming year.

Revised 11.09.2025
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