News about Public health

Faster knowledge of side effects via artificial intelligence

Together with the Danish Medicines Agency and Bispebjerg & Frederiksberg Hospital, Department of Computer Science is launching a three-year research project whose goal is to ensure faster and better knowledge about side…

Parents’ weight status plays a key role in whether or not their children become overweight and obese

In Denmark, more and more people suffer from overweight and obesity. A new study suggests that children with parents with obesity begin to develop overweight and obesity at earlier ages than children with parents with…

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…

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…

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".

Third research article published

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

Cover page article in Nucleic Acids Research

Here, we present the first comprehensive analysis of CRISPR-Cas systems across the largest curated dataset of wildtype bacterial and archeal plasmids.

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…

The PartoMa guidelines and seminars are now implemented at all study sites in Dar es Salaam

The PartoMa guidelines were adapted for Dar es Salaam last year, and they have now been implemented at five of the biggest and most congested maternity units in the city

Kick-off meeting in Kampala

On August 20-21, key members of the study team met for an inception workshop in Kampala.

Podcast: The PFAS problem - From Fanø to Flint

Professor Lisbeth E. Knudsen contributes to podcast about health and clean drinking water in Denmark

New book: Global Health in a Danish Context

The book has a specific focus on inspiring a debate about the opportunities and challenges that globalization entails for health, health professionals and health practices in Denmark.

CORS at ISPE 2022, Copenhagen

Christine E. Hallgreen and Helle Christiansen will present two posters at the 38th International Conference on Advancing Pharmacoepidemiology and Real-World Evidence for the Global Community. Additionally, Mathias…

New publication from study in international journal

The overlooked paradox of the coexistence of overweight/obesity and anemia during pregnancy

Steffen Thirstrup appointed as Affiliate Professor at CORS

We are delighted to welcome Steffen Thirstrup as an affiliate Professor at CORS. Steffen Thirstrup is a commitment to promoting and supporting teaching and research in Regulatory Science. Steffen Thirstrup recently took…

Professor receives honorary award for 11-year-old study that has been cited more than 2,800 times

In Denmark, we are famous for our register-based research, and now Professor Elsebeth Lynge – one of the pioneers in the field – receives the honorary 10-Year Impact Award. However, new work procedures threaten Danish…

‘Picturing PrEP’ exhibition

A selection of photographs and stories from the PrEPping project will be exhibited at Pride Art: A Space for Queer Expression.

Stakeholder report published

The report, written in Danish, describes the experiences of PrEP users and prescribers in Denmark.

Y-ENGAGE has found its eight excellent doctoral students

The project has been fortuned with no less than eight doctoral students that are currently shaping their individual research studies within the project frame of exploring young people’s awareness, agency, and action in…

Are you aged 40 or over? In that case, you need to do heavy weight training to keep fit

Heavy weight training can help make sure your nerves and muscles continue to work together, and it is never too late to get started. This is the conclusion of a new study from the University of Copenhagen.

Inadequate access to harm reduction services may cause higher HIV prevalence among women who use drugs in Tanzania

People who use drugs are more affected by HIV compared to the general population in Tanzania. In the last few years, the prevalence of HIV among people who use drugs has decreased but women who use drugs are…