News about Health

Proof of Concept grant to explore innovative research

Postdoc Søren Blikdal Hansen has been awarded an innovation grant from the University of Copenhagen’s Proof of Concept Fund, providing time and resources to further develop an analysis method originating from his PhD…

Sorgho SF et al. BMC Infect Dis 25: 1825, 2025

Team DRUGS paper published

Vidal-Calvo EE and Salanti A. Expert Opin Drug Deliv (in press)

Team OF-CANCER manuscript accepted

Sander AF and Fougeroux C. Clin Transl Med 15: e70560, 2025

Team VLPVAC paper published

Ouare N et al. Malar J (in press)

Team DRUGS manuscript accepted

From Archived Brains to Future Psychiatry: Revealing the role of infection in mental health

One of five projects under the new SUND Collaborates initiatives by the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH goes to Associate Professor Sandra Breum Andersen from Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics. Her…

Mujollari J et al. Blood (in press)

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

Mothering on the Move: New NNF grant for Maria Marti Castaner

Maria Marti Castaner , will head INTERGEN, an interdisciplinary research international project aimed at Advancing Maternal Health and Wellbeing in Contexts of Forced Migration Across Borders.

Smaragda Kompocholi will defend her PhD thesis

15 Jan. 2026, 13:30-16:30, Mærsk Building 7,Auditorium 7.15.92

Zhenzhen Wu will defend her PhD thesis

13 Jan. 2026, 14:00-17:00, Building 13, Niels K. Jerne Auditorium, Maersk Tower, Panum,

DFC funds research collaboration with NIMR and State University of Zanzibar

Support from DFC

DFC funds research collaboration with University of Ghana

Support from DFC

DFC funds research collaboration with University of Hargeisa (Somaliland)

Support from DFC

Double degree PhD student Ludovica Preite

Ludovica Preite has started as a new PhD student at the University of Sydney and University of Copenhagen, in a double PhD degree position.

Hocke EF et al. Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist 29: 100611, 2025

Team DRUGS paper published

Santos MI et al. Infect Immun 93: e00516-25, 2025

Team SURFACE paper published

Stefania De Angelis

Stefania is an Italian PhD student at the University of Calabria. her research project focuses on air pollution, effects and legal consequences of the responsibility of private individuals and the State for the…

The UCPH spin-out company Sonohaler invents a new inhaler for respiratory patients

SUND researchers have co- developed a new dry powder inhaler for respiratory patients, where the patients can more easily take high-dose medication and monitor the effectiveness of their inhalation via an app.

Congratulations to Catarina Pechincha and Sofia Ramalho

who are awarded EMBO Fellowships to study mRNA translation

Introducing Pétur O. Heiðarsson

Meet one of ISBUC’s newest group leaders: Pétur O. Heiðarsson in the Department of Biology.

Researchers test “smart-pill” to explore tiger stomach microbiomes

New research takes a major step toward understanding the little-known world of stomach-dwelling bacteria by feeding high-tech capsules to tigers.

Dube Y et al. J Immunol Methods 545: 114003, 2025

Team BIVAC paper published

Lundbeck Foundation Professorships for Løland and Kiehn

The Lundbeck Foundation is now awarding professorships to five research projects, all of which have the potential to push the boundaries of our knowledge of the brain. Two of the professorships are going to scientists…

Lundbeck Professorships for two IKM scientists

Kamilla Miskowiak and Abigail Mackey, both professors at the Department of Clinical Medicine, will each receive DKK 20 million in LF Professorships from the Lundbeck Foundation.