News about Health

Our new professor of radiopharmaceutical chemistry

We celebrated the inauguration of Professor Matthias Herth as our new professor of radiopharmaceutical chemistry on May 31.

Unravelling Water Scarcity and Pathogen Transmission: PhD Research Stay in Bangladesh

Sara Almeida is a PhD fellow at COPE and her research is part of the DANIDA funded WatScarce project, a multidisciplinary project studying the influence of water scarcity on pathogen transmission in low-income urban…

Best poster presentation - Sarah Nissen

Post doc Sarah Nissen wins poster presentation prize at the European conference Atrial Signals in The Nederlands

Gaja Kobal

Cand. scient. (immunology and inflammation), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

New parenting programme to help children in families with complex psychosocial problems

With a grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, researchers from the Department of Psychology will test a new intervention in families with multiple psychological and social challenges.

New research centre on complex health issues

Professor Naja Hulvej Rod will be heading a new research centre focussing on complex health issues. The Copenhagen Health Complexity Center has been made possible by a six-year grant of DKK 30 million from TrygFonden.

Williams BG et al. Nat Commun 15: 4857, 2024

Team EPITOPE paper published

Now we know why successful treatment does not affect specific cancer cells

BRIC researchers reveal how glioblastoma cancer cells change appearance to avoid immunotherapy

Understanding the interactions between gut microbiome and host epigenetics

Recent research highlights a complex and dynamic relationship between the gut microbiome and host epigenetics, suggesting a bidirectional "epigenome-microbiome axis" that could revolutionise our understanding of health…

“Working in a small company where I get insights into everything is fantastic”

Sofie Liljewall is an industrial PhD Student at SOLID Therapeutics and CBMR. Sofie has a Master’s degree in molecular biotechnology engineering and did her Master's thesis in the Schwartz Group at CBMR.

DKK 80 million to eight SUND researchers

Eight researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences receive grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The grants are awarded to researchers ranging from younger researchers establishing their own group and…

Lise Kuseke visits CMP

Lise visits CMP

New project will examine the surface properties of drug polyAmorphs

The project “Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of surface and bulk mobility in structurally related amorphous drugs” has received funding from NNF as part of the Project Grants in the Natural and Technical Sciences…

Elias Hammer ur Skuoy

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

Bolette Frydendahl Larsen: The everyday life of people living with HIV/AIDS in Denmark

Meet Bolette Frydendahl Larsen, a postdoc at the Centre for Gender, Sexuality and Difference, University of Copenhagen.

Kusi KA et al. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 14: 1375249, 2024

Team GLURP paper published

Noemie Richet joins CMP

Noemie joins the VLPVAC team

Our new expert in clinical and applied biochemistry

Friday 3 May we celebrated Lasse Bak's appointment as professor. Lasse Bak is part-time Professor of Clinical and Applied Biochemistry in a collaboration with the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at Rigshospitalet.

10th BBBB conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences in Tartu: deadline for final abstract submissions 31.5.2024!

We welcome you to the 10th BBBB Conference, “Today’s science, tomorrow’s healthcare” that takes place September 12th - 14th 2024 in Tartu, Estonia. The conference will offer opportunities to exchange scientific ideas an…

Borgernes forståelser af skybrud og andre beredskabshændelser samt forventninger til kommunikation i Frederiksberg Kommune

Nina Blom Andersen and Louise Hill have published a report (in Danish) presenting the findings from the Danish LINKS case study on cloud bursts in the city of Frederiksberg. Based on a comprehensive study involving both…

"I hear Teams in my nightmares," Dutch report reveals groups with technostress

A new ADVANCE report highlights factors that make Dutch employees vulnerable to mental health problems in increasingly digitised work environments.

Good things often come in pairs

Peter Haahr has a new collaborative paper published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology .

Naturally occurring substance in pomegranates can improve treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

A substance naturally occurring in i.a. pomegranates, strawberries and walnuts can improve memory and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen concludes.

New research initiative is to shed light on the role of intestinal bacteria in obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases

A new research initiative, the Microbiome Health Initiative, will investigate whether there is a causal relationship between intestinal bacteria and conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The Departmen…