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Upcoming PhD Defences

Cand.cur. Tina Kirstine Vestphal

Title: "Intersecting roles in forensic mental health care: Unveiling family caregivers' and healthcare professionals' perspectives on family caregiver involvement in care and treatment of the service user"

Date and time: 08-10-2024 at 14:00

Venue: Odense Adelige Jomfrukloster, Albani Torv 6, 5000 Odense

Committee of Examiners:

Professor Bodil Hansen Blix, Institutt for helse-og omsorgsfag, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Professor Hanne Konradsen, Institut for Klinisk medicin, KU

Professor Hanne Agerskov, Klinisk Institut, SDU (chair)

Main supervisor:

Assoc. Professor Ellen Boldrup Tingleff, Institut for Regional Sundhedsforskning, SDU

Cand.pharm. Ali Jasim Mohammad Jamil

Title: "Cellular heterogeneity as predictor for the differentiation and regenerative potential of bone marrow stromal cells"

Date and time: 10-10-2024 at 13:00

Venue: Room U46,  SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M

Committee of Examiners:

Professor, PhD Martina Rauner, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology

Associate professor, PhD Abbas Jafari Kermani, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen

Associate professor, PhD Charlotte Harken Jensen , Clinical research, University of Southern Denmark (chair)

Main supervisor:

Assoc. Professor Alexander Rauch, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark

Cand.med. Isabella Pernille Raasthøj

Title: "Multiple physical symptoms and coping in the Danish general population"

Date and time: 11-10-2024 at 14:00

Venue: DIAS auditorium V24-501a-0, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M

Committee of Examiners:

MD, PhD Tim Olde Hartman, Department of Primary and Community care , Radboud University Medical Center

Cand. Psych., PhD Anette Fischer Pedersen , Department of Clinical Medicine and Department of Public Health, Aarhus University

MD, PhD Ditte Roth Hulgaard, Department of Regional Health Research, IRS, Mental Health Services, the Region of Southern Denmark (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Dorte Ejg Jarbøl, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark

Cand.scient. Maria Aagesen

Title: "Co-development of rehabilitation for young adult cancer survivors"

Date and time: 11-10-2024 at 14:00

Venue: Room U55, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M

Committee of Examiners:

PhD, Senior Researcher, Associate group leader Olga Husson, The personalized oncology group, Netherlands Cancer Institute

PhD, associate professor Jane Andreasen, The Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University

Professor, MSc. PhD. Lisbeth Rosenbek Mine, Geriatric Research Unit Department of Clinical Research, , University of Southern Denmark (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Karen la Cour, Department of Public Health, University of  Southern Denmark

Cand.san. Camilla Gry Temmesen

Title: "Timing of Motherhood - Women's Age related Fertility Challenges and Considerations on the Timing of Motherhood"

Date and time: 11-10-2024 at 14:00

Venue: Auditorium O-100, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M

Committee of Examiners:

Professor of Midwifery Studies, Associate Dean, Research and Knowledge Exchange Soo Downe, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire 

Professor of Midwifery and Prevention & Head of Graduate Programme ClinFo Rikke Damkjær Maimburg, Department of Clinical Medicine & Occupational Health, Aarhus University Hospital

Associate professor Katja Schrøder, Research Unit of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Department of Clinical Research / Institute of Public Health, Odense University Hospital / University of Southern Denmark (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Jane Clemensen, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark

MKS Marianne Dyrby Lorenzen

Title: "Health care initiatives to support the course of early post-discharge recovery after elective degenerative spine surgery"

 Date and time: 25-10-2024 at 14:00

Venue: SLB-KS-Auditorium - Konference lokale 01.02.200, Kolding Sygehus, Sygehusvej 24, 6000 Kolding

Committee of Examiners: 

Prof Marianne Elisabeth Klinke, School of Health Sciences / Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Iceland

Prof Birthe Dinesen, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University

Prof Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Mikkel Østerheden Andersen, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark

MPQM Lis Knærke Søgaard Berthou

Title: "Pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injuries" PhD Oral Defence Session

Date and time: 30-10-2024 at 14:00

Venue: The Auditorium U301 (Nyt SUND), Campusvej 55 5230 Odense M

Committee of Examiners:

Professor, PhD, Physiotherapist Peter Worsley, Health Sciences, University of Southampton

Professor, PhD, RN Andrea Pokorná, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Sciences, Masaryk University

Professor, PhD, overlæge Martin Lindberg-Larsen , Klinisk Institut / Kirurgisk Afdeling O, Syddansk Universitet/ Odense Universitetshospital (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Jens Ahm Sørensen, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark

Cand.med. Majken Højrup Wiborg

Title: "Treatment with stromal vascular fraction of Peyronies disease in humans"

Date and time: 01-11-2024 at 15:00

Venue: Auditoriet på Esbjerg Sygehus, Finsensgade 35, 6700 Esbjerg

Committee of Examiners:

MD Maarten Albersen, Urology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven Leuven, Belgium

MD Hans Jørgen Kirkeby, Urology, Skejby Universitetshospital

Professor Palle Jørn Sloth Osther, Urology, Sygehus Lillebælt, vejle (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Lars Lund, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark

Cand.med. Anne Heltborg Kastberg

Title: "Early diagnosis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department: Imaging and Biomarkers"

Date and time: 01-11-2024 at 14:00

Venue: The Auditorium, Lærings- og Forskningshuset, Sygehus Sønderjylland Kresten Philipsens vej 15F, 6200 Aabenraa

Committee of Examiners:

PD, Dr. Med Christian Hohenstein, Department of Emergency Medicine, Zentralklinik Bad Berka

Professor, Dr. Med, PhD Ove Andersen, Department of Clinical Research, Amager and Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen University

Prof., PhD, Dr. Med. Uffe Christian Steinholtz Bødtger, Department of internal Medicine, Sjællands Universitetshospital., IRS, SDU (chair)

Main supervisor:

Clinical Professor Christian Backer Mogensen, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark

Cand.scient.san. Camilla Littau Nielsen

Title: "Compassion in childhood cancer care: The value and potential of human interconnectedness"

 Date and time: 01-11-2024 at 14:00

Venue: Room U260, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M

Committee of Examiners:

Professor Sigríður Halldórsdóttir, School of Health Sciences, University of Akureyri, Iceland

Professor Charlotte Delmar, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark

Associate Professor Elisabeth Assing Hvidt, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Jane Clemensen, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark

Cand.pharm. Katrine Agergaard Sørensen

Title: "New strategies to increase the dosing precision of tacrolimus and mycophenolate in kidney transplanted adults "

Date and time
: 01-11-2024 at 11:00

Venue: U46, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M

Committee of Examiners:

Prof. dr. Birgit C. P. Koch, Department of Pharmacy, Erasmus MC

Lektor Trine Meldgaard Lund, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen

Professor, MD PhD, Dr.med. Muscha Steckelings, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark. (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Troels Korshøj Bergmann, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark

Cand.med. Louise Raunkilde Larsen

Title: "Clinical application of circulating tumor DNA in risk classification and treatment of colorectal cancer"

Date and time: 04-11-2024 at 14:00

Venue: Bygning E210, Konferencerum 1, Vejle Sygehus, Beriderbakken 4 7100 Vejle

Committee of Examiners:

Professor, Barling Chair of Surgery Dion Morton, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham, University of Birmingham

Clinical research associate professor, PhD, Consultant Malene Støchkel Frank, Department of Oncology and Palliative Care, Zealand University Hospital, Department of Clinical Medicine/University of Copenhagen

Professor, MD, DMSc Henrik Jørn Ditzel, Department of Oncology, Department of Clinical Research/SDU (chair)

Main supervisor:

Assoc. Professor Lars Henrik Jensen, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark

Cand.med. Ulla Lei Larsen

Title: "Mortality and morbidity of infants with symptomatic Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia treated at Odense University Hospital between 1998 and 2015"

Date and time: 08-11-2024 at 14:00

Venue: Room Emil Aarestrup, Klinikbygningen, OUH, Kløvervænget 17, 5000 Odense C

Committee of Examiners:

Professor Richard Keijzer, HSC Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Canada

Professor Bo Chawes, COPSAC / Pediatric dept. Herlev-Gentofte , University of Copenhagen

PhD MD Issam Al-Najami, Unit of abdominal surgery / Research Unit for Surgery, Odense University Hospital / SDU (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Palle Toft, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark

Cand.med. Morten Svarer Hansen

Title: "From intestines to skeleton: The impact of incretin hormones on human bone"

Date and time: 15-11-2024 at 14:00

Venue: Room OD NAT DIAS Auditorie (V24-501a-0), SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M

Committee of Examiners:

Prof. Jan Tuckermann, Institute of Comparative Molecular Endocrinology, Ulm University, Germany

Prof. Bente Lomholt Langdahl, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital

Prof. Henrik Dimke, Cardiovascular and Renal Research Unit, Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Morten Frost Nielsen, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark


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