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PhD Programme at the Faculty of Health Sciences

Upcoming PhD Defences

Cand.scient. Caroline Eckert

Title: "Structured Physical Activity and Health in Danish Primary School Children: Dose–Response and Differential Effects of the FIT FIRST 10 Intervention"

Date and time: 01-10-2026 at 14:00

Venue: Lab for Leg og Innovation i bygning 39 , SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M

Committee of Examiners:

Associate Professor Dimitris Vlachopoulos, Public Health and Sport Sciences, University of Exeter

Professor Anna Melin, Department of Sport Science, Linnaeus University

Associate Professor Jens Bojsen-Møller, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Peter Krustrup, Department of Sports Science and Biomechanics University of Southern Denmark


Cand.scient. Camilla Rosendal Lindekilde

Title: "Graduating Psychiatric Coercive Measures"

Date and time: 05-10-2026 at 14:00

Venue: Auditorium "Dialogen", SUND, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense

Committee of Examiners:

Professor Ingunn Mundal, Faculty of Health Science and Social care, Molde University College Norway

Klinisk Professor Julie Midtgaard, Institut for Klinisk Medicin, Københavns Universitet

Klinisk professor Dorthe Susanne Nielsen, Forskningsenhed for Geriatri , Syddansk Universitet, Klinisk Institut (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Søren Birkeland, Department of Regional Health Research University of Southern Denmark

Cand.scient. Chiara Cimenti

Title: "Unpacking Physical Education: Evaluating Intervention Effects and Designing for Student Engagement"

Date and time: 06-10-2026 at 13:00

Venue: DIAS Auditorium (V24-501a-0), SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense

Committee of Examiners:

Associate Professor Damien Tessier, Laboratorie SENS, Université Grenoble Alpes

Associate Professor Stefan Wagnsson, Department of Educational Studies, Karlstad University

Associate Professor Annemari Svendsen, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Nikos Ntoumanis, Department of Sports Science and Biomechanics University of Southern Denmark

 

Cand.scient.san. Karina Hesselvig Vaupell

Title: "The patient pathway after neonatal gastrointestinal surgery how to support the family?"

Date and time: 08-10-2026 at 14:00

Venue: Auditorium AU 103, UCL Erhvervsakademi og Professionshøjskole, Niels Bohrs Allé 1, 5230 Odense M

Committee of Examiners:

Associate Professor, Head of department Pia Lundquist, Department of Health Sciences, Lund University

Professor Pia Dreyer, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University

Professor Malene Beck, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) (chair)

Main supervisor:

Assoc. Professor Kristina Garne Holm, Department of Clinical Research University of Southern Denmark

 

Cand.med. Sofie Kruckow

Title: "Predictors of injury and premature death in youth - exploring risk factors and socioeconomic inequities"

Date and time: 08-10-2026 at 14:00

Venue: Luftskibet, Statens Institut for Folkesundhed, Studiestræde 6, 1455 København K

Committee of Examiners:

Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, M.D, DSc George Davey Smith , Bristol Medical School (PHS), University of Bristol

M.D, PhD  Kirsten Arntz Boisen,  Afdeling for Børn og Unge JMC, Rigshospitalet

Professor of Health Promotion and Health Sociology Pernille Tanggaard Andersen, Institut for Sundhedstjenesteforskning, SDU  (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Janne Schurmann Tolstrup, National Institute of Public Health University of Southern Denmark


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Last Updated 08.04.2026