Troels Staehelin Jensen, MD, DMSc, is a Consultant in Neurology at Aarhus University Hospital and Professor of Experimental and Clinical Pain Research at Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark, and director of the Neuropathic Pain Clinic. He obtained his degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences from the University of Aarhus on work conducted in part at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA. He completed his postgraduate clinical fellowship at la Salpetrière Hospital in Paris, France, and his residency in neurology at university hospitals in Aarhus and Copenhagen. He has obtained research fellowships in the United States and guest professorships in other countries, including Germany.

Dr. Jensen has authored more than 300 articles in journals and books on various neurological and neurobiological topics, mainly related to experimental and clinical pain. He has received several awards and honors for his pain research, including the Nis-Hanssen Pain Research Award (1986), the NATO Science Fellowship (1992), and the Norwegian Monrad-Krohn Research Award (1997). In 2002, he gave the first P.D. Wall Lecture of the British Pain Society. In 2006, he was knighted by the Queen of Denmark.

Dr. Jensen's research interests include neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, and mechanisms and treatment of neuropathic and muscle pain. He has served as Section Editor for the journal PAIN^® and serves on the editorial boards of other journals. He is a reviewer for several international journals and grant committees. Dr. Jensen was President of the Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain from 1989 to 1994 and has been a member of the IASP Council since 1996.

View presentation slides from the Outgoing President's Address Dr. Jensen delivered at the 12th World Congress on Pain.