News about Health

Working in the sun - Heating of the head may markedly affect safety and performance

Prolonged exposure of the head to strong sunlight significantly impairs cognitively dominated functions and coordination of complex motor tasks shows a new study from the Heat-Shield project coordinated by researchers…

The death marker protein cleans up your muscles after exercise

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports have demonstrated that physical activity prompts a clean-up of muscles as the protein Ubiquitin tags onto worn-out proteins,…

Three out of four international students have experienced anxiety during the corona crisis

Many international students at the University of Copenhagen have struggled with isolation, loneliness and anxiety during lockdown in Denmark, a new study shows.

Working from home: Forgetting to inform colleagues about what you're up to can have consequences

Almost overnight, Denmark transitioned from a physical to virtual workplace as the Corona shutdown went into effect. However, broader involvement is required to ensure for the success of our collaborative endeavours whe…

3D breakthrough: Now anyone can print an interactive model of the brain

A new method developed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen allows anyone to print interactive 3D objects. These might include models of the brain, to be used as educational tools.

How to convince the Danes to stay home?

Professor at SODAS Robert Böhm and Professor at the Department of Psychology Ingo Zettler investigate how the Danes react to the authorities recommendations during the corona crisis.

August Krogh still relevant 100 years later

In this podcast, Professor Christopher Ellis talks about how August Krogh's research has shaped the current understanding of the blood circulatory system and how the field has progressed.

Fighting COVID-19 in the Middle East, North Africa and the Philippines

We have asked two graduates from our master programme in Disaster Management how they are dealing with COVID-19 in their daily work and what the situation looks like in the Middle East, North Africa and The Philippines.

New theme page gathers research on corona crisis

A new online theme page gives a comprehensive overview of all research projects looking into the social impact of the COVID-19 crisis thanks to emergency grants from the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Sociologists are mapping out volunteer work and community spirit during the coronavirus outbreak

In collaboration with the Danish Institute for Voluntary Effort, sociologists at the University of Copenhagen study the Danes' informal help and volunteeringduring the COVID-19 crisis through a large survey.

What catches the attention of Twitter-Denmark during the Corona-pandemic

At Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science, a group of researchers are collaborating to analyze Corona-related debates and reactions across social and news media, funded by UCPH SAMF and the DISTRACT-project.

Artificial intelligence to predict corona-patients' risk of needing ventilators

Experts at the University of Copenhagen have begun using artificial intelligence to create computer models that calculate the risk of a corona patient’s needing intensive care or a ventilator. The new initiative is bein…

New faculty emergency grants for research on how the Corona Crisis affects specific societal groups

Do civil society initiatives match the needs of their target groups? How are atypical workers’ job security affected by government aid packages? And how are international students responding to being trapped in Denmark?…

Sociologists participate in emergency research on the corona epidemic

Updated 30 March 2020: Sociologists from the Department of Sociology are contributing to several research projects initiated by the Faculty of Social Sciences at short notice to investigate societal aspects of the coron…

4 projects receive funds for research on societal aspects of Covid-19

How does social distancing affect us as human beings? What do Danes think about Covid-19 and authority initiatives? And how does the crisis affect our behaviour – from our own perspective? This is what four research…

SODAS researchers to be part of team studying our social behavior during the Covid-19 epidemic

As a direct result of the spread of the Corona virus and the acute health crisis in Denmark and the rest of the world, the Carlsberg Foundation grants DKK 25 million to a new Semper Ardens project to investigate behavio…

The Faculty of Social Sciences allocates funding for emergency research on COVID-19

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Copenhagen allocates funding for researchers interested in studying COVID-19 with the purpose of helping citizens and authorities in the coming weeks and in relation t…

Coronavirus: Measures for students, staff and visitors to the Faculty of Social Sciences

The University of Copenhagen has decided to take a number of precautions. Naturally, these also apply to the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Paradise Under Pressure

Paradise Under Pressure – new podcast series reveals the consequences of increased tourism in Zanzibar.

Community-directed interventions against schistosomiasis in Malawi

A research project in Malawi sets out to test the effectiveness of community-directed interventions against schistosomiasis.

Scientists pinpoint brain coordinates for face blindness

Danish and Norwegian researchers have moved one step closer to understanding where face blindness stems from in the brain.

29-year-old Danish physicist helps pioneering Harvard researchers understand cancer

The result is a major step forward towards understanding and preventing cancer. The new knowledge could even be used for detecting problems within cells before cancer develops.

Niels Grarup wins Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research

CBMR's Niels Grarup has won the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research for his work with the increase in type 2 diabetes in Greenland.

New tool opens up old data and discovers novel links between exercise and health

MetaMEx pools data from 66 studies that examined the impact of exercise on gene behavior in muscles and holds enormous potential.