News about Health

'The Social Life of Health Data': Health Records and Knowledge Production in Ghana

Guest Researcher at CAS and Marie Curie fellow at the IT University Alena Thiel has published a new book examining 'The Social Life of Health Data'

Do you want to organise Global Health Film Days 2026?

Would you like to learn how to curate films and debates about the most urgent global health challenges of our time? Global Health Film Days are looking for student volunteers.

New international pioneer centre for medical data research

Aarhus University, the University of Copenhagen and University of Oxford are now joining forces to create a new pioneer centre that will become a significant international partner for data-driven medical research.

Submit your film to Global Health Film Days

Global health film makers are encouraged to submit their films now - either for programme selection or inclusion in the Global Health Film Database.

New publication in Nature Communications

"Sex-specific DNA-replication in the early mammalian embryo"

New partnership for a better healthcare system

Charlotte Vermehren is Co-Pl on the project, which is supported by the Velux Foundation with DKK 5.7 million.

ADVANCE's Annual Meeting 2024

The ADVANCE consortium gathered for its Annual Meeting on June 20-21, 2024, setting the stage for mental health innovation at the picturesque University of Verona in Italy.

Discovery of replisome component’s dual function in mediating epigenetic memory

An international research collaboration reveals that the fork protection complex component Mrc1 is a central coordinator of symmetrical parental histone inheritance to both leading and lagging DNA strands during…

Benjamin Seeks to Improve Gut Health with Bacterial Lysate

Associate Professor Benjamin A.H. Jensen’s research is centered on the gut and bacteria, which could be key to treating a wide range of diseases. His work with bacteria may also pave the way for more climate-friendly…

Cocaine discovery could pave way for treatment for substance abuse

University of Copenhagen have studied and described how cocaine binds to a specific transporter in the brain, producing new knowledge that may bring us a step closer to designing a drug for cocaine abuse.

Maria Marti Castaner: Preventing mental health challenges among migrants

Meet Maria Marti Castaner, an Assistant Professor at the Section of Health Services Research, University of Copenhagen.

Webinar on CliCNord - the Main Findings: Full Recording

On June 6 2024, the Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research, along with University College Copenhagen and University of Copenhagen hosted a presentation of the main findings of the CliCNord project.

The Influence of Cash Assistance on Disaster Response and the Humanitarian System

Pablo V. Holm-Nielsen defended his PhD thesis “The Influence of Cash Assistance on Disaster Response and the Humanitarian System" at the University of Copenhagen, financed by the Danish Red Cross.

We are all Storytellers: Art and Narrative as a tool for climate and humanitarian communication at the Red Cross Climate Centre

Raramai is a former MSc Global health student at University of Copenhagen. She specialised in Disaster Risk Management as part of her studies and now works as a consultant at The Alliance of Bioversity International and…

Neural network solves crystallographic problem

A team of researchers from Department of Pharmacy have successfully shown how a neural network can solve a central problem in crystallography.

Noise Disturbances

The building management at Panum (CAS) has informed us that there will be noise disturbances during the next couple of weeks, specifically in calendar weeks 31 and 32. The construction work will take place at Panum leve…

No association between COVID-19 vaccination or infection during pregnancy and congenital anomalies

Large Nordic registry-based study concludes that neither COVID-19 vaccination nor infection with the virus during the first trimester is associated with increased risk of congenital anomalies.

Martin Bardenfleth joins CMP

Martin joins the EPITOPE team

Widespread practice among athletes harms both performance and health

Drastically cutting back on caloric intake to lose weight ahead of competition is commonplace among athletes. However, this type of 'dieting' doesn’t just diminish performances, it can also compromise their immune…

Health in Greenland - local and global perspectives

On 28 June 2024, University of Copenhagen's Department of Public Health, Globe Institute, and the School of Global Health hosted an enlightening afternoon symposium about health in Greenland.

The plague may have caused the downfall of the Stone Age farmers

Ancient DNA from bones and teeth hints at a role of the plague in Stone Age population collapse. Contrary to previous beliefs, the plague may have diminished Europe's populations long before the major plague outbreaks o…

Plague emerges from Stone Age graves

Ancient DNA from bones and teeth hints at a role of the plague in Stone Age population collapse

A practical introduction to holo-omics

The study of holobionts, which is an animal and plant species in association with all of their microorganisms, is complex and therefore often challenging. A new methodology paper highlights critical decision points…

Sister hormone of GLP-1 can lead to better weight-loss drugs

Data from more than 500,000 individuals provide fundamental understanding of how the GIP hormone works.