News about Health

Professor Torben Hansen secures DKK 60M NNF Challenge Grant

Infections in the mouth, such as gum disease and cavities, are connected to serious health issues like systemic inflammation, heart disease, and diabetes. These are known as cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs). With support…

Impaired vision and quality of life – how are they related?

Professor Miriam Kolko, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, and Postdoc Catharina Thiel Sandholdt, Department of Public Health, have recently received grants from VELUX FOUNDATION within the area ”transitions an…

Carrión-Nessi F et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (in press)

Team SURFACE manuscript accepted

Mental health problems may spill over in mother groups

In mother groups, mental health challenges can spread among new parents. New research from the University of Copenhagen and VIVE shows that the risk of experiencing postnatal reactions, such as depression, increases if…

New Danish research centre to make designed proteins with vast potential

Designed proteins are anticipated to have groundbreaking impact on a range of issues from treating disease to tackling environmental problems. With a DKK 700 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and headed by…

ADVANCE's Annual Meeting 2025

The ADVANCE Consortium convened its 2025 annual meeting at Vilnius University with a pointed and powerful message: Europe’s mental health policies needs to evolve into concrete action.

From early humanity to treating today’s metabolic diseases

Two researchers from SUND, Associate Professor Frido Welker and Assistant Professor Lærke Smidt Gasbjerg, have received Sapere Aude grants of more than 6 mill DKK each.

Pool for 2025 for networking activities in Future Prevention & Health initiative

Future Prevention & Health funding available! Apply for grants to support research network development in health and science. Apply by September 15, 2025!

Vitus ES et al. Gastro Hep Adv 4, 100699, 2025

Team EPITOPE paper published

Clinical and preclinical research recognised with prestigious awards

The Kirsten and Freddy Johansen Foundation will present its two annual prizes for preclinical and clinical research at the Ceremonial Hall today.

Fougeroux C et al. Nat Nanotechnol 20: 845-855, 2025

Team VLPVAC/ BIOENGINEERING/ OF-CANCER/ BIVAC paper published

New project will give a better understanding of GPCRs

Professor Trond Ulven has received 6.2 mill DKK from Independent Research Fund Denmark for his project Bivalent ligands as tools for structural studies of dimeric GPCRs.

Vaccine disguised as a virus tricks the body into stronger immunity

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it wasn’t just face masks that became part of everyday conversation - so did a new vaccine technology: the mRNA vaccine. As the first of its kind, the COVID-19 vaccine was developed using…

More women can now get answers about their hereditary risk of breast and ovarian cancer due to new genetic method

A new gene-editing method enables researchers to more easily determine whether a patient has inherited an increased risk of developing cancer—before any symptoms appear. Researchers at Rigshospitalet have tested the…

NIVI Research Center welcomes Henrik Nyhus Kløverpris

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity welcomes Henrik Nyhus Kløverpris who has joined NIVI Research Center.

NIVI Research Center welcomes Mustafa Ghanizada

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity welcomes Mustafa Ghanizada, MD who has joined NIVI Research Center.

NIVI Research Center welcomes Professor Søren Buus

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity welcomes Professor Søren Buus who is joining NIVI Research Center and the Airway Immunology Research group.

Centre Director Mette Birkedal Bruun engaged in two insightful panel debates at Folkemødet 2025

Centre Director Mette Birkedal Bruun participated in two insightful panel debates at this year’s Folkemødet on Bornholm, both addressing key questions about the ethics and future of research. In her roles as professor,…

Enciso-Martinez A et al. J Extracell Vesicles 14: e70106, 2025

Team OF-BIOMARKER/ BIOENGINEERING/ OF-CANCER paper published

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW: Meanwhile the 12th EuPAT conference is in full speed, remember the EuPAT SPECIAL ISSUE, too!

Whereas the 12th EuPAT Conference is happening these days, bringing together international experts from academia, industry, and regulatory authorities to discuss the latest developments in pharmaceutical process and…

Lauritz Brorsen wins AI Award for innovative skin cancer project

Postdoc Lauritz Brorsen recently won the AI Award at the AI and Pharmacology – now and in the future symposium hosted by Altinget 3 June.

CULTMIND Resilience Workshop 20-21 May 2025

A two-day interdisciplinary and multi-regional workshop on resilience was organised at CULTMIND on May 20th and 21st, 2025.

Tina Rowell joins CMP

Tina joins the DISCOVERY team

Understanding cancer cell subclones opens door to more personalized treatment

Using advanced techniques, the researchers from LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, UCPH, have been able to see which genes are switched on in each cell, and which…