Prof. Morten Frisch

  • Statens Serum Institut and Aalborg University

Professional Experience

2016 – now: PI and co-founder of Project SEXUS, a nationwide prospective cohort study of sexual health and the interplay between sexuality and health
2006 – now: Consultant, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 – now: Adj. professor of Sexual Health Epidemiology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
2002: Doctoral thesis (epidemiology)
1995: PhD thesis (epidemiology)
1989: Medical diploma (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Expertise and Research Interests

• Epidemiology
• Sexuality and sexual health research
• Cohort studies, case-control studies, register-based research
• Web of Science profile:https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/880179

Selected Publications

1. Bahnsen MK, Graugaard C, Andersson M, Andresen JB, Frisch M (2022). Physical and mental health problems and their associations with inter-personal sexual inactivity and sexual dysfunctions in Denmark: baseline assessment in a national cohort study. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 19, 1562-1579.

2. Andresen JB, Graugaard C,Andersson M, Bahnsen MK, Frisch M (2022). Adverse childhood experiences and mental health problems in a nationally representative study of heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual Danes. World Psychiatry, 21, 427-435.

3. Andresen JB, Graugaard C, Andersson M, Bahnsen MK, Frisch M (2022). Sexual inactivity and dysfunction in Denmark: a Project SEXUS study. Archives of Sexual Behavior, in press.

4. Frisch M, Simonsen J (2022). Non-therapeutic male circumcision in infancy or childhood and the risk of human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted infections: national cohort study in Denmark. European Journal of Epidemiology, 37,251-259.