News about Health

PhD Fellowship to Leticia Hartmann (DISCOVERY)

Support from DARA

Andrew W Thompson

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

Stauning MA et al. Malar J (in press)

Team DRUGS manuscript accepted

University of Copenhagen and Healthcare Denmark enter strategic partnership

The aim of the partnership is to foster international cooperation and showcase the unique strengths of Denmark's healthcare and life science ecosystem, innovation and research.

Professor Ruth Loos wins Kirsten and Freddy Johansen Foundation Award

Professor Ruth Loos has helped transform our understanding of how genetic factors interact with lifestyle to influence the risk of overweight and related diseases.

Researchers behind new spinout: Only a fraction of the chemicals in drinking water are tested for

Much of our drinking water contains hundreds of chemicals, but today we test for only a fraction of them. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have now launched a company offering an exceptionally broad…

Khote FL et al. Malar J (in press)

Team DRUGS manuscript accepted

Oldest strains of plague caused deadly outbreaks 5,500 years ago

A new study published in Nature reconstructs the earliest known plague genomes and for the first time shows that early forms of plague caused deadly outbreaks – long before the Black Death killed up to half the…

New scale measures mental health promoting behaviour

With the help of a nine-item scale, researchers from the University of Copenhagen are now able to measure mental health promoting behaviour and gain insight into how it affects our well-being.

Children improve their fraction skills by playing basketball in class

Combining fractions with basketball improves pupils’ mathematical skills in primary school, a new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes. The researcher behind it calls for the approach to be integrated into…

Children improve their fraction skills by playing basketball in class

Combining fractions with basketball improves pupils’ mathematical skills in primary school, a new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes. The researcher behind it calls for the approach to be integrated into…

Department of Clinical Medicine strengthens innovation efforts with new Deputy Head of Department

On 1 August, Clinical Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology Katrine Buggeskov will take up a newly established position as Deputy Head of Department at the Department of Clinical Medicine (IKM), with a particular focus…

To understand a weight-loss drug, scientists mapped a brain circuit older than humanity

Researchers have traced one drug's appetite-suppressing power to a single population of neurons buried deep in the brainstem.

Alexandra Blackwell: Building evidence for mental health and violence prevention among displaced youth

Meet Alexandra Blackwell, a postdoctoral researcher at the Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen.

Can resonance be used to “communicate with” the body’s cells?

Resonance is a fundamental phenomenon in the biological world. Perhaps it can be used to communicate with the body’s cells?

Data collection in Kenya: Understanding nursing students’ expectations to their future work life

Data collection in Kenya explores nursing students’ motivations for studying and practicing nursing, as well as their challenges and expectations for their future careers, providing insights into the future of the…

Shayo MJ et al. Virology 617: 110813, 2026

Team DRUGS paper published

How Cells Sense Ribosome Stress: New Study in Molecular Cell

New study from the Bekker-Jensen lab is online now.

Partey, Dos Santos et al. J Infect Dis (in press)

Team SURFACE manuscript accepted

Olga Toftegaard Helmersen

Master of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medicinal Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Partnerships in practice: Insights from a visit to Kenya

A visit to PEP partners in Kenya strengthened collaboration and helped shape future capacity-strengthening activities in health professions education.

Changsi Cai awarded prestigious grant for vision restoration project

Associate Professor Changsi Cai has been awarded a prestigious Novo Nordisk Foundation Hallas-Møller Ascending Investigator grant to lead an innovative project aimed at restoring vision through advanced neurotechnology.

Annual bird trip to Fyn and Sprogø

In late May 2026, the annual Avian Influenza Epidemiology Group bird trip went to the island of Fyn (Funen) to learn about and experience pheasant rearing in Denmark.

Mingshi Yang, our new Professor of Translational Drug Delivery Engineering

As of May 1, Mingshi Yang is Professor of Translational Drug Delivery Engineering at Department of Pharmacy.