Danish Aging Research Center has a number of PhD students associated. Click on the project titles to learn more about their research.
Current PhD projects:
Christian H. Garm, MSc
Advisors: Associate Professor Tinna Stevnsner, University of Aarhus and Professor Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark.
Investigating the correlation between DNA repair efficiency and healthy human aging and characterizing the regulation of the DNA repair activities of RecQ helicases
Enrolled as a PhD student at the University of Southern Denmark, March 1st 2009.
Christina Poulsen Hvitby, MSc
Advisors: Associate Professor Tinna Stevnsner, University of Aarhus and Associate Professor Kirsten Avlund, University of Copenhagen.
The role of genome maintenance in age-related fatigue and importance of synaptic mitochondrial maintenance in healthy aging.
Enrolled as a PhD student at University of Aarhus, October 1st 2008.
Mikael Thinggaard, MSc
Advisors: Professor Merete Osler, University of Copenhagen, Professor Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark.
Exceptional longevity - Predictors and methods for handling missing data
Enrolled as a PhD student at University of Southern Denmark, March 1st 2012.
Recent PhD projects:
Anette Ekmann, MSc
Advisors: Associate Professor Kirsten Avlund & Merete Osler University of Copenhagen and Kaare Christensen University of Southern Denmark.
Fatigue – an indicator of early aging?
PhD Thesis defended November 2nd 2012.
Mette Sørensen, MSc PhD
Advisors: Associate Professor Lene Christiansen & Professor Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark, Associate Professor Tinna Stevnsner, University of Aarhus and Professor Vilhelm A. Bohr NIA, Baltimore USA.
Genetic and molecular determinants of human ageing and longevity.
PhD Thesis defended March 29th 2012.
Mia Madsen, MSc PhD
Advisors: Professor Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark, and Professor Anne Marie Nybo-Andersen, and Professor Merete Osler, University of Copenhagen.
Causation and selection in the association between adult socioeconomic position and health and survival. A twin approach.
PhD Thesis defended November 24th 2011.
Laila Bendix , MD PhD
Advisor: Professor Kirsten Avlund & professor Merete Osler University of Copenhagen, and Professor Steen Kølvraa, University of Aarhus/Vejle Hospital.
Telomeres in Aging and Disease.
PhD thesis defended June 26th 2009.