Conference Speakers

Dr. Jansen is a Trauma Surgeon and Professor of Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

He went to medical school in London, England, before moving to Scotland for his general surgery residency. He also completed a trauma fellowship in Johannesburg, and critical care medicine fellowship in Toronto. He then spent nearly 10 years as an attending general surgeon and intensivist in Scotland, before moving to the United States in 2017.

Between 2013 and 2016, he was the recipient of a National Health Service Research Scotland Fellowship. He was affiliated with the Health Services Research Unit, an internationally renown clinical trials unit, at the University of Aberdeen. During this time, he also completed a Ph.D.

Dr. Jansen’s principal research interest is clinical trials. He directs UAB’s Center for Injury Science, and its Clinical Trials Unit. He is also Director of Research for the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, and Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Trials, for the Department of Surgery. He is PI for several multicenter clinical trials, focusing on trauma resuscitation.