News about Health

From brain function to child health: Two new honorary doctors at the Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Marlene Behrmann of the University of Pittsburgh and Professor Janet Currie of Yale University have been appointed honorary doctors of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Researchers identify genetic clues that could reveal aggressive prostate cancer

An international team of researchers has mapped eight genetic ‘fingerprints’ that may explain why some men develop aggressive prostate cancer while others do not. The findings could eventually lead to more personalised…

EMBO workshop report published in Nature Immunology

A new meeting report in Nature Immunology highlights recent advances and future directions in pathogen immunity and signaling.

New study: Psychiatrists agree on a diagnosis in only 55% of cases

When psychiatrists assess the same patient, they agree on the diagnosis in only about half of cases, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen. The findings raise concerns about potential misdiagnosis,…

Tina Rowell

M.Sc., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Anna K Okholm

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

New Copenhagen audio walk explores power, colonialism and health

How have histories of power and colonialism shaped how we understand health today? That’s the question behind the Power, Colonialism and Health Walk.

PEP partners explore new teaching approaches at UCPH summer school

PEP partners from India and East Africa joined colleagues at SUND to exchange ideas and explore new ways of supporting learning in health professions education.

Elina Leiviskä: Bridging research and practice in nursing and midwifery education

Meet Elina Leiviskä, a postdoctoral researcher in the Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen.

Students address menstrual health challenges in Kibera at the SDG Innovation Challenge 2026

Through collaboration, creativity, and design thinking, 40 students from different universities came together at the UCPH SDG Innovation Challenge 2026 to explore solutions for menstrual health challenges in Kibera.

Okholm AK et al. Vaccine (in press)

Team VLPVAC/ BIVAC manuscript accepted

Introducing Kelli Hvorecny

Interview with ISBUC's new PI - Assistant Professor Kelli Hvorecny from the Department of Biology.

A new method for analysing complex biotherapeutics

Victor Cheng Yin’s new project, DeMIST: Deciphering Biomacromolecular Heterogeneity by Single Molecule Mass Spectrometry has received 17.7 mill DKK from ERC as an ERC Starting Grant.

Decoding nature’s peptides to design the medicines of tomorrow

Understanding the human genetic variations in our peptides and hormones can give us a better understanding of drug binding and create new data for future drug discovery.

Obesity may disrupt the brain’s ability to sense blood sugar

Cells in the brain can sense a rise in blood sugar, however, in mice fed a high-fat diet, that response was largely lost, or reversed.

New group leader joining the Finsen Lab and BRIC will investigate tumour evolution in response to therapeutic pressure

As of 1 September 2026, Ferran Fece de la Cruz is appointed group leader in a joint position between the Finsen Laboratory and BRIC. Ferran comes from a position as Instructor in Medicine at the Krantz Family Center for…

Tune Pers promoted to Professor of Central Regulation of Metabolism

Tune joined CBMR as an Associate Professor in January 2016 and has since made a series of breakthrough discoveries into the biology downstream of obesity and type 2 diabetes risk variants, linking them to specific brain…

Antibody-drug conjugates offer a strategy for targeted elimination of Cutaneous T cell cancers

Researchers from the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center (SIC) and collaborators have developed a new antibody-drug conjugate strategy designed to selectively eliminate malignant T cells in T cell cancers.

RS virus admissions among infants fall sharply following vaccine rollout

A new study from the University of Copenhagen and Nordsjællands Hospital suggests that Denmark's new RS virus vaccination programme for pregnant women may have dramatically reduced the number of infants hospitalised wit…

Myggetal.dk relaunched with a new design and updated vector-surveillance data

The University of Copenhagen’s Vector Group has relaunched Myggetal.dk, the public platform presenting results from the Danish surveillance of mosquitoes, biting midges and ticks. The redesigned website makes it easier…

Hansson H et al. Malar J (in press)

Team DRUGS manuscript accepted

CLEAR Network Meeting and Training in Tübingen

From 21 to 25 June 2026, the CLEAR network gathered at the University of Tübingen, Germany, for a combined network meeting and doctoral training event.

Inaugural lecture of Professor Carsten Kirkeby

On 14 August 2026, Carsten Kirkeby gave his inaugural lecture for his professorship in ecological disease modelling. Afterwards, a reception was held in the garden of the veterinary school, where colleagues from near an…

Oxidative stress: a new key player in T-cell lymphoma

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are natural by-products of cellular metabolism and play important roles in cell signaling. When ROS accumulate beyond the cell’s antioxidant capacity, however, they can damage DNA, proteins…