Advisory Boards
Best for Us develops and implements an improved regionally anchored, family-centered stepped-care model that ensures faster assessment and more timely and effective treatment for children and young people experiencing mental health challenges or mental illness.
National advisory board
Anne Amalie Thorup
Professor of Child and Adolescent mental Health Center
Professor of Child and Adolescent mental Health Center, Capitol Region of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
Anne Sofie Bæk-Sørensen
Team Leader / Chief Advisor
Team Leader / Chief Advisor, Danish Regions
Annette Wandel
Director
Director, SIND – The Danish Association for Mental Health
Christina Vingborg
Chief Psychologist
Chief Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Central Denmark Region
Dea Seidenfaden
Chairperson
Chairperson of the Danish Psychological Assocoation
Dorte Kousholt
Associate Professor at the Department of Education (DPU) and Head of the National Centre for Research in Educational Psychological Services (PPR)
Associate Professor at the Department of Education (DPU), Aarhus University and Head of the National Centre for Research in Educational Psychological Services (PPR)
Emilie Christensen
Head of Psychiatry, Centre for Health Care Services, Ministry of the Interior and Health
Head of Psychiatry, Centre for Health Care Services, Ministry of the Interior and Health
Hallur Gilstón Thorsteinsson
Center Director
Center Director, Child and Adolescent mental Health Center, Capitol Region of Denmark
Jane Alrø Sørensen
Secretary-General
Secretary-General, Bedre Psykiatri – The National Association for Relatives
Janet Samuel
Head of Office
Head of Office, Employment, Integration, and Social Policy, KL – Local Government Denmark
Janne Walløe Vilmar
Chief Physician
Chief Physician, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Department, Region Zealand
Jens Winther Jensen
Director
Director at the Danish Institute for Quality and Accreditation in Healthcare
Jimmi Elley Nielsen
Board Member of SIND Youth
Board Member of SIND Youth
Klaus Larsen
Deputy Director, The Danish Health Data Authority
Deputy Director, The Danish Health Data Authority
Marie Paldam Folker
Head of Center for Digital Psychiatry
Head of Center for Digital Psychiatry, Region of Southern Denmark
Marlene Qvist
Representative of Ligeværd
Representative of Ligeværd
Merete Konnerup
Head of Knowledge and Development
Head of Knowledge and Development, The Psychiatry Foundation
Merete Nordentoft
Chairperson, The Danish Psychiatric Association
Chairperson, The Danish Psychiatric Association
Niels Bilenberg
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Southern Denmark, University of Southern Denmark
Nina Tejs Jørring
Chairperson, BUP-DK
Chairperson, Danish Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (BUP-DK)
Per Hove Thomsen
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Department, Central Denmark Region, Aarhus University
Pernille Rosling
Head of Department, The Danish Health Data Authority
Head of Department, The Danish Health Data Authority
Pia Jeppesen
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Department, Region Zealand, University of Copenhagen
Søren Obed-Madsen
External Associate Professor at the Department of Business Humanities and Law, CBS, and Associate Professor at UCN School of Business, Department of Business, Strategy and Political Sciences, Campus Drammen
External Associate Professor at the Department of Business Humanities and Law, CBS, and Associate Professor at UCN School of Business, Department of Business, Strategy and Political Sciences, Campus Drammen
Trine Zier Bro
Chief Nurse
Chief Nurse, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Southern Denmark
International advisory board
Dasha Nicholls
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Brain Sciences- Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
James Porter
Director of Campaigns and Major Programmes - CW+
Joakim Caspersen
Research Professor and Research Director, NTNU Social Research, dpt. Diversity and Inclusion & Researcher, Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education, University of Stavanger
Jörg Fegert
Professor
Dr.Med., Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical Director of the Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Ulm University Medical Center, ESCAP President
Kapil Sayal
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, School of Medicine, University of NottinghamÂ
Niek Klazinga
Professor (emeritus) of social medicine
Professor (emeritus) of social medicine, Amsterdam UMC/UvA, advisor OECD
Ottar Ness
Professor
Professor - Head of WellFare: Nordic Research Center for Wellbeing and Social Sustainability, Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Phil Wilson
Professor of child health in primary care, University of Copenhagen, General practice
Tamsin Ford
MD, PhD, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Head of Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge