Torben A. Kruse is Head of Research at the Department of Clinical Genetics at Odense University Hospital (OUH) and the Human Genetics research unit in the Department of Clinical Research at SDU. He was scientific coordinator of the DBCG Translational Research Centre and is a board member in the scientific committee of the Danish National Programme for Personalized Medicine.
He developed computational methods for making the massive next-generation sequencing (NGS) data emerging nowadays usable in clinical practice. His main research focus lies on identification of driver mutation profiles, amongst others for the prediction of tumor recurrence after surgery and for the design of optimized cancer treatment profiles.
