News about Health

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…

New book on Malaria Immunology – including cutting-edge methods and protocols

During the last few years, Professor Lars Hviid and Professor Anja Ramstedt Jensen from Centre for Medical Parasitology at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, UCPH, have spent many, many hours editing this…

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…

Equine cardiologi meeting 2022

This year Equine cardiology meeting was held at the Panum Institute.

50th Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Microbiology

Nader Abdelmalek attended the Microbiology section at the 50th Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Microbiology

Pregnant women and their unborn babies can die of malaria. Vaccine may be on the way

Malaria is a major health challenge especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Pregnant women and their unborn babies in particular are affected by the parasite. But now a team of researchers has received DKK 75 million in…

Five SUND-researchers get DKK 42 million to exciting projects

Five researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences receive big grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Stung by a scorpion while doing research in Tanzania

Line Hjort studies diabetes and pregnancy, and is working on the Tanzania study. Read more about her research career and motivations here.

The 2022 edition of ISGSB was held on September 19-23, 2022

Pareena Verma was selected to present her work in a session titled Metabolism

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".

Creepy apps cause emotional stress

We know that apps collect all sorts of data about us, and that makes us feel uncomfortable. In a new study researchers from the University of Copenhagen have measured how uncomfortable and ‘creeped out’ using apps can…

Creepy apps cause emotional stress

We know that apps collect all sorts of data about us, and that makes us feel uncomfortable. In a new study researchers from the University of Copenhagen have measured how uncomfortable and ‘creeped out’ using apps can…

Major investment for developing Denmark’s first fully functional quantum computer

Denmark’s first fully functional generally applicable quantum computer will be available in 2034. This is the objective of the ambitious Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme that is being launched in…

Major investment for developing Denmark’s first fully functional quantum computer

Denmark’s first fully functional generally applicable quantum computer will be available in 2034. This is the objective of the ambitious Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme that is being launched in…

Third research article published

Obese women, excessive gestational weight gain was associated with having lower haemoglobin levels in the third trimester

Three proteins join forces to spread cancer. Now scientists may destroy them

With cryo-electron microscopy, it is possible to examine proteins more than a 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. Now research using the technology may help develop treatment for some of the deadliest…

Three proteins join forces to spread cancer. Now scientists may destroy them

With cryo-electron microscopy, it is possible to examine proteins more than a 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. Now research using the technology may help develop treatment for some of the deadliest…

Corona virus and epidemics – the Annual meeting of the Graduate School of Immunology

PhD students and leading researchers within immunology and infectious diseases were gathered to discuss the epidemics and especially Covid-19. The annual meeting is an exclusive chance for PhD students to meet and learn…

“Extremely satisfying” as researchers find new hope for heart patients

There is currently no cure for the heart condition ARVC, which usually affects young individuals. A new study from the University of Copenhagen presents a surprising new treatment strategy.

“Extremely satisfying” as researchers find new hope for heart patients

There is currently no cure for the heart condition ARVC, which usually affects young individuals. A new study from the University of Copenhagen presents a surprising new treatment strategy.

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…