News about Public health

Risk and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic

The study identified five key themes in the experiences of people living with chronic illnesses during the pandemic: wellbeing, normality, healthcare access, coping resources, and meaningfulness.

Multiple Perspectives, Cultivating Communities: Reflections on the NEEDS 2022 Conference

Disaster Studies is a growing multidisciplinary field that continues to produce diverse – and often competing or contrasting – perspectives on how disasters are conceptualized and addressed. The Northern European…

Obituary: Siri Tellier (2 April 1946 – 19 October 2022)

Global health and the Section of Global Health at the Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen has lost an inspiring scholar and infatigable spokeswoman for health and human rights.

Improving the efforts to support families in humanitarian crises

New research project sets out to evaluate the Nurturing Families intervention - a scalable, multi-sectoral, component-based intervention for families experiencing multiple difficulties.

Parkinson’s patients have increased risk of cavities and tooth extraction

We typically associate Parkinson’s disease with symptoms such as tremors, impaired balance, and joint stiffness. But with the diagnosis also come various oral health issues, new research reveals.

Pushing the Boundaries in Disaster Studies: Reflections from the NEEDS 2022 PhD Workshop

Integrated in this year's Northern European Emergency and Disaster Studies (NEEDS) Conference in Copenhagen, there was a two-day PhD Workshop which took place between October 31 and November 1.

Anxiety, schizophrenia, sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases: Why and how do psychological and somatic disorders occur together?

When a person has multiple psychological and physical disorders, they affect each other. But how? Associate Professor in psychology Karen-Inge Karstoft will study this with a new grant from the Independent Research Fund…

"Integrating epidemiological and omics data can help us to understand what's really going on"

Associate Professor Marta Guasch-Ferré relocates from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, to start a new Group focused on nutrition and metabolism.

New collaboration between the University College Copenhagen and University of Belize

COPE researcher Rico Kongsager from the University College Copenhagen just returned from Belize, where he, together with his colleague Maren Egedorf, are in the initial phase of establishing a collaboration with the…

High temperatures exacerbated by climate change made 2022 Northern Hemisphere droughts more likely

Western Central Europe, North America, China, and other parts of the Northern Hemisphere faced water shortages, extreme heat, and soil moisture drought conditions throughout the summer of 2022

Research project will improve diagnostics and treatment of strokes with artificial intelligence

The new research project Stroke will deliver the world’s first solution to significantly improve MRI-based stroke treatment and clinical workflow efficiency.

Myths about antibiotics are a much bigger problem than you think

A recent study by the University of Copenhagen is used to develop new communication materials informing patients and health care professionals about the correct use of antibiotics.

Faster knowledge of side effects via artificial intelligence

Together with the Danish Medicines Agency and Bispebjerg & Frederiksberg Hospital, Department of Computer Science is launching a three-year research project whose goal is to ensure faster and better knowledge about side…

Parents’ weight status plays a key role in whether or not their children become overweight and obese

In Denmark, more and more people suffer from overweight and obesity. A new study suggests that children with parents with obesity begin to develop overweight and obesity at earlier ages than children with parents with…

Interview with Suchismita Goswami, PhD student at COPE

Meet COPE PhD student, Suchismita Goswami. She is currently working on the project ‘Disaster Risk Creation and Urban Resettlement Processes’, funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Climate change likely increased extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding highly vulnerable communities in Pakistan

From mid-June until the end of August 2022, large parts of Pakistan experienced record-breaking monsoonal rainfall, leading to large parts of the country being flooded.

Not all covid-19 lockdowns improved air quality in world cities

Contrary to what one might expect, air quality did not improve during mild covid-19 lockdowns in all cities. In fact, the emission of harmful gasses from transport has in some places increased, even during stringent…

Mexicans should consume less ultra-processed products – especially pregnant women

Ultra-processed products negatively impact Mexican pregnant women, and Mexico could learn a great deal from Denmark when it comes to living a healthier life, says Adriana Granich, a Mexican epidemiologist and medical…

The ABCs of mental health receives the Public Health Award 2022

The Danish Society for Public Health gives an award every year to a person, a project, an institution or a municipality for special efforts in public health. This year the award goes to "The ABCs of mental health".

Global health summer courses: 150 students are ready to tackle future global health challenges

Over three weeks, 150 students from more than 20 different countries have participated in School of Global Health's summer courses

Strengthening links between technologies and society for European disaster resilience

On August 22, 2022, the Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research (COPE) invited Anne Bach Nielsen, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen and Nina Blom Andersen, reader at University College Copenhagen…

The PartoMa guidelines and seminars are now implemented at all study sites in Dar es Salaam

The PartoMa guidelines were adapted for Dar es Salaam last year, and they have now been implemented at five of the biggest and most congested maternity units in the city

Kick-off meeting in Kampala

On August 20-21, key members of the study team met for an inception workshop in Kampala.

Podcast: The PFAS problem - From Fanø to Flint

Professor Lisbeth E. Knudsen contributes to podcast about health and clean drinking water in Denmark