Gina Birgitte Kollerup

Gina Birgitte Kollerup serves as a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, specializing in Internal Medicine: Rheumatology. Her research is conducted at Nordre Fasanvej 57 in Frederiksberg, Denmark, with clinical affiliation through Region Hovedstaden (regionh.dk).

Her research focuses on inflammatory rheumatic diseases, particularly ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis. She investigates disease progression through advanced imaging techniques (MRI and radiography), biomarker development, and treatment responses to TNF inhibitors. Her work frequently utilizes data from the Danish nationwide DANBIO registry, examining factors affecting treatment outcomes, structural damage progression, and the impact of comorbidities like smoking on therapeutic efficacy. She has made significant contributions to developing MRI scoring systems for sacroiliac joints in axial spondyloarthritis.

Her publication record shows consistent research output over the past decade, with notable impact including a highly cited 2010 paper on biologic therapies in rheumatoid arthritis with over 500 Scopus citations. Her recent work (2021-2022) continues to advance imaging techniques and biomarker research in spondyloarthritis.

She maintains active collaboration with leading rheumatology researchers in Denmark, particularly with Professor Mikkel Østergaard's group, contributing to numerous multi-center studies on inflammatory arthritis. Her work has been referenced in clinical guidelines, policy documents, and picked up by news outlets, demonstrating translational impact of her research.