Niels Høiby

Niels Høiby (born 1941) is a Danish physician, professor and politician.[1] He specialises in microbiology and was a pioneer in the study of biofilms and their role in conditions such as cystic fibrosis.[2] He worked for many years as a department head at Denmark's largest hospital, the Rigshospitalet.[1]

Niels Høiby
Born (1941-08-12) 12 August 1941
Copenhagen
Alma mater
Occupation(s)physician, professor, politician
Political partyLiberal Alliance (Denmark)
AwardsOrder of the Dannebrog (2012)
Member of the Danish Parliament
for North Zealand
In office
5 June 2011 – 15 September 2011
Preceded byMalou Aamund

He was briefly a member of the Danish parliament, having been a runner-up in the 2007 election and so taking the seat for the Liberal Alliance when Malou Aamund changed party in 2011. Niels Høiby was decorated as a knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 2012. He was a member of the council for the capital region.[1]

Books and papers
  • Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in Cystic Fibrosis (1977)[3]
  • Det danske sundhedsvæsens storhed og fald (1999), on the rise and fall of the Danish health service[4]
  • Antibiotic resistance of bacterial biofilms (2010)[5]
  • A personal history of research on microbial biofilms and biofilm infections (2014)[6]

References
  1. Flemming Steen Pedersen (10 August 2016), "Den politiske professor", Berlingske
  2. Branwen Morgan (4 May 2015), "Microbial gangs are organised killers", Cosmos, Royal Institution of Australia
  3. Niels Høiby (1977), Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in Cystic Fibrosis, Munksgaard
  4. Niels Høiby (18 February 1999), Det danske sundhedsvæsens storhed og fald, Gyldendal, ISBN 978-8700341661
  5. Niels Høiby; Thomas Bjarnsholt; Michael Givskov; Søren Molin; Oana Ciofu (1 April 2010), "Antibiotic resistance of bacterial biofilms", International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, Elsevier, 35 (4): 322–332, doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.12.011, PMID 20149602
  6. Høiby, Niels (2014), "A personal history of research on microbial biofilms and biofilm infections", Pathogens and Disease, 70 (3): 205–11, doi:10.1111/2049-632X.12165, PMID 24585728, S2CID 30647867
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