Assistant Professor
Head of ADBOU
E-mail: dopedersen@health.sdu.dk
Telephone: +45 6550 4734
Education:
2017: PhD, Paleoepidemiology, ADBOU, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark. Thesis title: The presence of tuberculosis in Danish skeletons, AD 800-1800 – from skeletal data to paleoepidemiological analysis.
2009: MSc., Biological Anthropology, ADBOU, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark. Thesis title: Focal Osteolytic Syndrome, – the definition and epidemiological analysis of a newly recognised pathological condition in Danish Medieval skeletons
2005: BA., Prehistoric Archaeology and Medieval Archaeology, Aarhus University.
Employment:
2022 – present: Assistant Professor, ADBOU, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark.
2019 – 2022: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Museum of Denmark and Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen. Project: Activating Arctic Heritage: Human Experience in Norse Greenland.
2019: Archaeologist, Øhavsmuseet, Faaborg
2019: Archaeologist, Svendborg Museum.
2017 – 2019: Postdoctoral Researcher, ADBOU, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark. Project: TheCityDwellers.
2013 – 2016: PhD Student, ADBOU, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark. Funding: Velux Foundation.
2009 – 2012: Research Assistant, ADBOU, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark..
2007 – 2008: Student Assistant, ADBOU, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark.
2006: Anthropologist, Horsens museum. Excavation Sejet cemetery.
Summers 2002 – 2005: Student archaeologist, Museum Østjylland, Randers. Excavation Tjærby cemetery.
Research interests:
- Epidemiology of infectious diseases
- Tuberculosis diagnosis and epidemiological modelling
- Norse Greenland paleodemography
- Methods in cemetery excavation
- Medieval health and populations
- Paleopathology
Publications:
Bonczarowska JH, Susat J, Krause-Kyora B, Dangvard Pedersen D, Boldsen J, Larsen LA,Seeberg L, Nebel A, Unterweger D. 2023. Ancient Yersinia pestis genomes lack the virulence associated YpfΦ prophage present in modern pandemic strains. Proc. R. Soc. B 290: 20230622.
Masiu, R., Pedersen D.D, Hill L., Steyn, M. 2023. The association between skeletal lesions and tuberculosis in a South African sample. International Journal of Paleopathology 40: 20-32.
Brouzou, A. Fuller, B.T., Grimes, V., Lynnerup, N., Boldsen, J.L., Jørkov, M.L.S., Pedersen, D.D., Olsen, J, Mannino, M.A. 2021. Leprosy in medieval Denmark: Exploring life histories through a multi-tissue and multi-isotopic approach. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 176: 36-52.
Kelmelis, K.S., Kristensen, V.R.L., Alexandersen, M., Pedersen, D.D. 2020. Markets and Mycobacteria – A Comprehensive Analysis of the Influence of Urbanization on Leprosy and Tuberculosis Prevalence in Denmark (AD 1200 – 1536). In: Betsinger, T.K., Dewitte, S.N. (eds) The Bioarchaeology of Urbanization. Bioarchaeology and Social Theory. Springer, Cham: 147-182.
Scott, A., Taurozzi, A., Hughes N., Pedersen D.D., Kontopoulos I., Mackie M., Collins M.J., 2020. Comparing biological and pathological factors affecting osteocalcin concentrations in archaeological skeletal remains. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 34, 102573.
Pedersen, D.D., Tarp, P., Petersen, H.C., Milner, G.M., Søvsø, M., Boldsen, J.L., 2020. A millennium of population change in pre-modern Danish Ribe. Anthropologischer Anzeiger 77(1): 13-25.
Kelmelis,K.S., Pedersen, D.D., 2019. Impact of urbanization on tuberculosis and leprosy prevalence in medieval Denmark, Anthropologischer Anzeiger 76(2): 149-166.
Baltzer-Heide, P., Dangvard Pedersen, D. 2019. En lille ring. Risskov Sørensen, K. (ed.) Fund fortæller. Nye arkæologiske fund på Fyn. Arkæologi Sydfyn. Langelands Museum Forlag.
Pedersen, D.D., Milner, G.R., Kolmos, H.J., Boldsen, J.L. 2019. The association between skeletal lesions and tuberculosis diagnosis using a probabilistic approach. International Journal of Paleopathology 27: 88-100.
Pedersen, D.D., Milner, G.R., Kolmos, H.J., Boldsen, J.L. 2019. Tuberculosis in medieval and early modern Denmark: A paleoepidemiological perspective. International Journal of Paleopathology 27: 101-108.
Schuenemann et al. 2018. Ancient Mycobacterium leprae genomes reveal an unexpected diversity of leprosy in medieval Europe. PLoS Pathogens 14(5): e1006997.
Krause-Kyora, B. et al. 2018. Ancient DNA study confirms the association of leprosy with HLA class II variation in a medieval European population. Nature Communications, 9: 1569.
Pedersen, D.D., 2016. The presence of tuberculosis in Danish skeletons 800 – 1800 – from skeletal data to paleoepidemiological analysis, PhD thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, SDU.
Henriksen, M.B., Thomsen, J.L., Pedersen, D.D., 2016. Den døde mand og havet – om et kranium, der var langt ældre end først antaget. Fynske minder 2016: 96-117.
Unpublished reports and papers:
Pedersen, D.D., Arneborg, J., Reimer, F., Olsen, R.D. 2022. KNK 4201. Excavations at the cemetery at Gardar, Igaliku, 2021. Excavation report. National Museum of Denmark, Activating Arctic Heritage, Carlsberg Foundation.
Arneborg, J., Harmsen, H.H., Pedersen, D.D. 2020. Excavations at the churchyard in Igaliku, the Norse bishop see at Gardar, July 2019. Excavation report. National Museum of Denmark, Activating Arctic Heritage, Carlsberg Foundation.
Pedersen, D.D., Tarp, P. 2018. OBM 9776 Thomas B. Thriges gade. Unpublished report, ADBOU, University of Southern Denmark.
Pedersen, D.D., 2011, Muligt tilfælde af reumatoid artrit hos et skelet fra Ribe. Månedens skeletfund november 2011, published online at www.adbou.dk.
Pedersen, D.D., 2011, Krigsofre eller henrettede? Månedens skeletfund september 2011, published online at www.adbou.dk.
Pedersen, D.D., 2011, På Skt. Jørgensgården – men ikke spedalsk, Månedens skeletfund juni 2011, published online at www.adbou.dk.
Pedersen, D.D., Boldsen, J.L., 2011. HOM 1649 – Horsens Ole Worms Gade. Unpublished report, ADBOU, University of Southern Denmark.
Articles on teaching portal, www.danskhistorie.dk, 2010-2011, ’Spedalskhed’, ’Syfilis’, ’Tuberkulose’, ’AIDS and ’Den tidlige lægekunst’.
Pedersen, D., 2010. Fokal Osteolytisk Syndrom. Boldsen, J.L. and P. Tarp (ed.s) ADBOU 1992 – 2009: Forskningsresultater – festskrift til Ulla Høg Freund.
Pedersen, D., Boldsen, J.L., 2010. ASR 13 – Ribe Lindegården fase 1. Unpublished report, ADBOU, University of Southern Denmark.
Jensen. A.Ø., Pedersen, D., Boldsen, J.L., 2009. ÅHM 5675, Vor Frue, Unpublished report, ADBOU, University of Southern Denmark.
Kjærgaard, A., Pedersen, D., Jensen L.S., Jensen, L.S., 2008. Vejledning i udgravning af humane skeletter, published online at www.horsensmuseum.dk.
Pedersen, D., 2008. Focal Osteolytic Syndrome, – the definition and epidemiological analysis of a newly recognized pathological condition in Danish medieval skeletons. Unpublished master thesis, University of Southern Denmark.
Pedersen, D., Boldsen, J.L., 2008. HOM 1046, Sejet ødekirkegård. Unpublished report, ADBOU, University of Southern Denmark.
