News about Health

Jiang K et al. Gut (in press)

Team BIOENGINEERING, OF-BIOMARKER, OF-CANCER manuscript accepted

Ding H et al. J Infect Dis (in press)

Team SURFACE manuscript accepted

Group Leader Positions

Tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of De novo Protein Design

Researchers receive Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Grant to screen for appetite-regulating targets in stem cell models

A research project based at the Department of Biomedical Sciences receives a grant of 75 million DKK over 6 years from the Novo Nordisk Foundation

India-Nordic Health Forum focuses on future-ready health workforce

Experts from India and the Nordics met in Oslo to advance collaboration on health education, workforce development, and technology.

Young people from less advantaged backgrounds are more likely to have an undiagnosed eating disorder

A new study from the University of Copenhagen suggests that eating disorders are not necessarily more common among families with a high level of education – but that young people from these families are more likely to b…

After weight loss, exercise improves cardiovascular health more than weight-loss medication

People with severe obesity who exercise regularly have healthier blood vessels and lower inflammation than those who rely on medication alone, a new study from the University of Copenhagen shows.

“Walk your brain” at Roskilde

At this year’s Roskilde festival, the participators had the opportunity to meditate while Martin Rath took them on a guided tour through their brains.

Fossil fuel emissions have rapidly worsened European heatwaves in just a few decades

A new attribution study shows that the latest European heatwave was made much more intense by fossil-fuel-driven climate change and would have been far less likely in the past.

Language barriers and culture clash: Frustrations among Ukrainian refugees with the Danish healthcare system

Several Ukrainian refugees have sought alternative medical care and received medication from their home country despite getting rapid access to the Danish healthcare system. There is a risk that frustrated patients fall…

ADHD and autism diagnoses have increased: New study points to broader diagnoses as an explanation

Far more people are being diagnosed with ADHD and autism today than in the past, and a new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that the genetic contributions have decreased over the past 20 years.

Hoppner YD et al. PLoS Pathog 22: e1014377, 2026

Team DISCOVERY paper published

Researchers to teens: get to bed – it’s good for your blood sugar

If you’re 18, getting a bit more sleep could matter more than you think. New research from the University of Copenhagen and COPSAC shows that even in healthy young people, longer nights of sleep are linked to more stabl…

"I gathered small pieces from experts across CBMR and puzzled it together"

Born in Germany and raised mostly in Sweden, Svenja Hansson joined CBMR as a PhD Student in the Barrès Group, where she established a CRISPRi screening system in human stem cells differentiated into skeletal muscle to…

EnigmaHPAI.org version 1.2 released

The open access forecasting model for risk of avian influenza outbreaks in Europa https://www.enigmahpai.org/ has been updated.

Guerra PR et al. Vaccines 14: 515, 2026

Team DISCOVERY/ BIVAC/ VLPVAC paper published

Why ‘yo-yo dieting’ may not be as harmful as often believed

A review of research on repeated weight loss and regain suggests that yo‑yo dieting is not necessarily as harmful as it is often portrayed.

Naghizadeh M et al. NPJ Vaccines (in press)

Team EPITOPE/ BIVAC/ VLPVAC manuscript accepted

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.

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