Michaël Laurent

Dr. Michaël R. Laurent, M.D. Ph.D., received his training in internal medicine and geriatrics at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven). He received a fellowship from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and worked at the Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology for his PhD project entitled "Male osteoporosis: role of androgen bioactivity and mechanical loading".

He is the head of the geriatrics department of Imelda Hospital in Bonheiden, Belgium. At the University Hospitals Leuven, he is a consultant at the Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases and rare metabolic bone diseases and disorders of mineral metabolism.

Dr. Laurent is an Associate Editor of Bone and JCSM, and Editorial Board member of Endocrinology and JBMR. He's been a committee member of ASBMR and the ECTS and has received young investigator awards from the ASBMR, ESCEO and the Belgian Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 international peer-reviewed papers and book chapters.