Jessica Hjaltelin

Position: Associate Professor
Categories: Mentors 2026/2027
Location: Region Hovedstaden, University of Copenhagen

Background

I am Associate Professor and group leader of the Hjaltelin Lab at the University of Copenhagen, where I lead interdisciplinary research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, health data science, and precision medicine. My research focuses on large-scale longitudinal healthcare data, disease trajectories, and early disease detection. I have extensive experience supervising PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career scientists, and I am actively engaged in teaching, international collaborations, and career development activities within academia.

Motivation

I would like to contribute as mentor since I have benefited greatly from mentorship throughout my own academic career, particularly during career transitions and the establishment of my independent research group. I enjoy supporting early-career researchers in navigating academic challenges, exchanging research ideas, building collaborations, and balancing scientific ambitions with career development. Through my experience in interdisciplinary research, grant writing, supervision, and leadership, I hope to help create a supportive environment and network for young researchers.

Skills, expertise and interests

  • Academic writing
  • Data analytics
  • Digitalisation
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data modelling
  • Deep learning
  • Machine learning
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