Environmental Medicine
Current Ph.D. projects:
Maja Kirkegaard, MSc, cand.scient.:
Effekter af POP-eksponering via kost: Vitamin- og hormonkoncentrationer i grønlandske slædehunde i relation til eksponering for organohalogener.
Principal Supervisor: Philippe Grandjean
Co-supervisors: Rune Dietz, DMU, og Bjørn Munro Jenssen, NTNU, Norway.
Signe Beck-Nielsen, MD, cand.med.:
Rakitis hos børn i Danmark: Forekomst og senkomplikationer.
Principal Supervisor: Bendt Brock Jacobsen, Clinical Institute.
Co-supervisors: (4) a.o. Tina Kold Jensen
Mia Birkhøj Kjærstad, MSc, cand.scient.:
Potential endocrine disturbance of fetal development by azole compounds used as antifungals in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. A study on placental transport and effects on steroid metabolizing enzymes.
Principal Supervisor: Helle Raun Andersen
Co-supervisors: Kim Brøsen, Clinical Pharmacology, Lisbeth Knudsen, University of Copenhagen and Anne Marie Vinggaard, Danmarks Fødevareforskning.
Rikke Holmgaard, MSc, cand.med.:
Transdermal therapeutic system for fentanyl (TTS-F) - variations in absorption related to skin temperature and interindividual variations in pharmacokinetics related to gender and age.
Principal Supervisor: Jesper Bo Nielsen
Co-supervisors: Kim Brøsen, Clinical Pharmacology, Eva Benfeldt, Gentofte General Hospital, and Jens Ahm Sørensen, Odense University Hospital.
Signe Beck-Nielsen, MD, cand.med.:
Rakitis hos børn i Danmark: Forekomst og senkomplikationer.
Principal Supervisor: Bendt Brock Jacobsen, Clinical Institute.
Co-supervisors: (4) a.o. Tina Kold Jensen
Recent Ph.D. projects
Maria Skaalum Petersen, MSc, cand.pharm.
Gene-environment interaction: PCB and mercury exposure, P450 enzymes and Parkinson´s disease in the Faroe Islands.
Principal Supervisor: Philippe Grandjean
Co-supervisors: Pál Weihe and Kim Brøsen
Defended: 6 March 2009
Jónrit Halling, MSc, cand.pharm.
Pharmacogenetic variation in drug metabolism among Faroese.
Principal Supervisor: Kim Brøsen, Clinical Pharmacology
Co-supervisors: Philippe Grandjean and Pál Weihe
Defended: 25 March 2008
Anne Estmann, MD, cand.med.
Smoking and Allergy. A prospective cohort study of infants with high risk of allergy development.
Principal Supervisor: Arne Høst, MD, University Hospital of Odense.
Co-supervisors: Tina Kold Jensen.
Defended: 3 December 2004
Thomas Høj Rasmussen, MSc, cand.scient.
Modulation of Estrogen-regulated Pathways by Xenobiotics and PPAR-dependent Crosstalk.
Principal Supervisor: Jesper Bo Nielsen
Co-supervisors: Philippe Grandjean
Defended: 7 March 2003
Esben Budtz-Jørgensen, MSc, cand.scient.
Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of Health Effects of Prenatal Mercury Exposure.
Principal Supervisor: Niels Keiding, University of Copenhagen
Co-supervisors: Philippe Grandjean and Pál Weihe
Defended: 12 April 2002