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Didier Hans, PhD

Didier Hans, PhD

Head of Research & Development in medical imaging

Lausanne University

Prof. Didier Hans, Ph.D., MBA. is the Head of Research and Development in the Bone and Joint Department at the Interdisciplinary Center of Bone Disease at Lausanne University Hospital. Prof. Hans has extensive experience in DXA, bone macro- & microarchitecture, ultrasound imaging techniques as well as Body composition assessment. Prof. Hans served as the 1st non North American International Society of Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) President and remained an active member of the ISCD Board of Directors as well as a member of the scientific advisory committee of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF). He has authored more than 300 articles (h- index 74), over 30 book chapters and serves as a reviewer and/or member of the editorial board for more than 15 international scientific journals. As a musculoskeletal expert, Prof. Hans has been invited to present at over 600 conferences and events on topics including osteoporosis, bone quality and bone fractures, among other subjects. Prof. Hans was the recipient of many awards & recognitions including the ISCD Researcher of the Year Award for his global work on Trabecular Bone Score (TBS), Dr. John P. Bilezikian ISCD Global Leadership Award as well as the ISCD clinician of the year award for distinguished services to the field of bone densitometry. Prior his current position, Pr. Hans was during 10 years the Head of the R&D in the Radiology Department, Bone and Body composition laboratory at University of Geneva, Switzerland. Previously, he was the Director of the Quality Assurance Center for Clinical Research and the associate director of R&D for the ultrasound unit at the Osteoporosis and Arthritis Research Group (OARG) at UCSF, San Francisco, USA (directed by Prof Harry K. Genant). At earlier stage, he was the director of both Bone Densitometry and New Technologies Department and Quality Assurance Center at the Centre d’Epidémiologie des Ostéoporoses in Lyon, France (directed by Profs Pierre J. Meunier and Pierre D. Delmas).

Disclosures: 

medimaps group (Self) : Board Member/Advisory Panel (Status: Ongoing), part time employee (Status: Ongoing), Shareholder (Status: Ongoing)