Christian Erikstrup

Christian Erikstrup is a Clinical Professor at Aarhus University’s Department of Clinical Medicine - Immunology. He co-founded and directs the Danish Blood Donor Study, a large biobank with 170,000 participants and 3 million blood samples, enabling research on biomarker trajectories and disease susceptibility. He also leads Europe’s largest fecal microbiota transplantation center, focusing on donor-related factors for treatment success. His research spans HIV immunology, cardiometabolic diseases, and blood donation impacts on health. He contributes to the Big Data Centre for Environment and Health, funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Research interests include infection susceptibility, biomarker dynamics, and genetic influences on diseases like hidradenitis suppurativa and asthma. Recent publications address genome-wide associations, fecal microbiota transplantation efficacy, and immune responses in B-cell depleted patients.

• Awards: Claes Högman lecturer of the year (2024), Memorial Award of Jeppe Juhl (2019)
• Key Projects: Danish Blood Donor Study, Big Data Centre for Environment and Health, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation trials

Labs/Teams: Director of Danish Blood Donor Study and Centre for Faecal Microbiota Transplantation. Collaborates internationally on HIV studies in Guinea-Bissau and Zimbabwe.