Cand.cur. Helle Poulsen
Title: "Shared Agenda at Surgical Ward Rounds – Participatory Design of a Digital Framework to Support Collaborative and Person-centered Encounters"
Date and time: 29-10-2025 at 14:00
Venue: Auditorium - Konference lokale 01.02.200, Kolding Sygehus, Sygehusvej 24, 6000 Kolding Committee of
Examiners:
Professor, PhD Lena Heyn, Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway
Professor, PhD Pia Dreyer, Institut for Folkesundhed - Sygepleje, Aarhus University
Professor, PhD Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt , Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Poul-Erik Lund Kofoed, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
MD Karsten Dieter Helmut Werner Kaiser
Title: "Effect of 24 mg dexamethasone preoperatively on surgical stress, pain and recovery in robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy"
Date and time: 30-10-2025 at 14:00
Venue: Auditorium 57.001, Indgang B, Psykiatrien Aabenraa, Kresten Philipsens vej 15, 6200 Aabenraa
Committee of Examiners:
Professor DrMed Martin Heubner, Gynecology, Kantonspital Baden, Schwitzerland
PhD Mikkel Rosendahl, Gynækologi, Rigshospitalet, København
Profesor, dr.med Martin Rudnicki, gynecology and Obstetrics, OdenseUniversitetshospital (chair)
Main supervisor:
Assoc. Professor Finn Friis Lauszus, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Mikkel Seremet Kofoed
Title: "Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: More than What Meets the Eye. An Investigation of Neurovascular Manifestations and the Cerebral Screening Dilemma"
Date and time: 30-10-2025 at 15:30
Venue: The Auditorium WP 15, J. B. Winsløws Vej 15, 5000 Odense
Committee of Examiners:
Prof., Dr. Med. Karin Klijn, Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center
Associate prof., MD Thomas Hjuler, Institut for Klinisk Medicin, Oto-rhinolaryngologi, University of Copenhagen
Prof., MD. Thomas Strøm, KI, OUH Forskningsenhed for Anæstesiologi, Southern University of Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Assoc. Professor Troels Halfeld Nielsen, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Simon Kornvig
Title: "Psychopharmacological treatment in hip and knee arthroplasty: Usage, patient-reported outcomes, new chronic opioid use, and missing data"
Date and time: 31-10-2025 at 14:00
Venue: "På Bjerget", Auditorium S1, Beriderbakken 28, Vejle Sygehus, 7100 Vejle
Committee of Examiners:
Associate professor Maaike G.J. Gademan , Department of Clinical Research, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Associate professor, MD, PhD Jeppe Vejlgaard Rasmussen , Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Associate professor, MD, PhD Tine Nymark , Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Claus Varnum, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Helle Ibsen
Title: "Motivational factors and barriers to Continuing Medical Education in General Practice"
Date and time: 31-10-2025 at 14:00
Venue: The Auditorium, Esbjerg Hospital, Haraldsgade 12, Indgang D, 6700 Esbjerg
Committee of Examiners:
Assoc. Professor Patrick E. ODonnell, School of Medicine, University of Limerick
Assoc. Professor Anette Fischer Pedersen, Department of Clinical medicine , Aarhus University
Professor Else Marie Bladbjerg, Department of Regional Health Research, SDU (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Niels Kristian Kjær, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Julie Rye Noer Pontoppidan
Title: "DIACOR – Personalized medicine and coordinated care versus usual care in patients with concomitant type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease"
Date and time: 31-10-2025 at 15:00
Venue: Store Mødelokale, Forskningens hus, Slagelse sygehus, Fælledvej 2f, 4200 Slagelse
Committee of Examiners:
Professor Kåre I. Birkeland, Oslo Diabetes Research Center, University of Oslo
MD PhD, lektor Merete Heitmann, Deparment of cardiology, Bispebjerg, KU
Lektor, associate professor Britt Borregaard, Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Peter Haulund Gæde, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Nicolai Gundtoft Uhrenholt
Title: "Effect of Semaglutide versus placebo on psychotic symptoms and quality of life - a pre-specified secondary analysis of HISTORI: A randomized clinical trial in people with pre-diabetes and schizophrenia"
Date and time: 31-10-2025 at 14:00
Venue: Psykiatrisygehuset i Slagelse, Bygning 3, stuen, Auditoriet, Fælledvej 6, 4200 Slagelse
Committee of Examiners:
Professor of Psychiatry Najma Siddiqi, Department of Health Sciences and the Hull York Medical School (HYMS), Centre for Health and Population Sciences, University of York
Professor of Psychiatry René Ernst Nielsen, Department of Psychiatry, Aalborg University Hospital
Professor MSO Anette Søgaard Nielsen , Department of Clinical Research, Unit of Clinical Alcohol Research, Research Unit of Psychiatry, The Faculty of Health Sciences (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Niels Bilenberg, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.scient. Nicoline Daugaard
Title: "Fibrinogen and risk of ischemic stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes"
Date and time: 03-11-2025 at 14:00
Venue: The Auditorium, Esbjerg Hospital, Haraldsgade 12, Indgang D, 6700 Esbjerg
Committee of Examiners:
Professor Robert Ariëns , Vascular biology, University of Leeds
Associate professor Rolf Blauenfeldt , Neurology, Aarhus university
Dr. Med, PhD Jess Lambrechtsen , Research Unit, Medical ward, Svendborg, Syddansk Universitet (chair)
Main supervisor:
Ass. Professor Anna-Marie Bloch Münster, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Anne Bryde Alnor
Title: "Clinical Risk Factors in Haemostasis: Evaluating VTE and Bleeding through Epidemiological and NLP-based methods"
Date and time: 06-11-2025 at 14:00
Venue: Emil Aarestrup auditorium, Odense Universitetshospital, Klinikbygningen, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense
Committee of Examiners:
Dr.med. John Bjarne Hansen, Thrombosis Research Center (TREC), University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø
Dr.med. Thomas Decker Christensen, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Aarhus University
Prof., PhD Torben Bjerregaard Larsen, Department of Regional Health Research, Research Support Unit, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Ass. Professor Pernille Just Vinholt, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Line Holdgaard Thomsen
Title: "Endometriosis-Associated Ovarian Cancer - An epidemiologic approach"
Date and time: 07-11-2025 at 14:00
Venue: Emil Aarestrup auditorium, Odense University Hospital, Klinikbygningen, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense
Committee of Examiners:
Associate professor MSc in Public Health, PhD Mads Kamper Jørgensen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Section of Epidemiology, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen
M.D., Ph.D. Lennie van Hanegem, Gynaecoloog Endometriose en Minimaal Invasieve Gynaecologie, University Medical Center Utrecht
Associate professor, M.D., PhD. Alan Patrick Ainsworth, Department of Surgery, Odense University Hospital (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Jan Blaakaer, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Line Holdgaard Thomsen
Title: "Endometriosis-Associated Ovarian Cancer - An epidemiologic approach"
Date and time: 07-11-2025 at 14:00
Venue: Emil Aarestrup auditorium, Odense University Hospital, Klinikbygningen, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense
Committee of Examiners:
Associate professor MSc in Public Health, PhD Mads Kamper Jørgensen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Section of Epidemiology, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen
M.D., Ph.D. Lennie van Hanegem, Gynaecoloog Endometriose en Minimaal Invasieve Gynaecologie, University Medical Center Utrecht
Associate professor, M.D., PhD. Alan Patrick Ainsworth, Department of Surgery, Odense University Hospital (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Jan Blaakaer, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Lytfi Krasniqi
Title: "Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement and the Influence of statins"
Date and time: 11-11-2025 at 14:00
Venue: Emil Aarestrup Auditorium, Klinikbygningen, Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense
Committee of Examiners:
Clinical Professor, DMSc, PhD, FESC, FEHRA Henrik Kjærulf Jensen, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus University
Adjunct, Associate Professor Farkas Vánky, Dept. of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Linköping University
MD, Ph.d. Claus Andersen, Department of Intensive Care, Department of Clinical Research (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Lars Peter Riber, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
Cand.scient. Laust Vind Knudsen
Title: "Investigating Brain Metabolism and Dopaminergic Alterations in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Aging Using Multimodal Neuroimaging"
Date and time: 12-11-2025 at 10:00
Venue: Marie Krogh auditorium, The Clinic Building, Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C
Committee of Examiners:
Prof. Dr. Med. Irene Neuner , Psychiatry , Aachen University
Prof. Dr. Med. Gitte Moos Knudsen , Institut for Klinisk Medicin, København Universitet
Lektor Mikael Palner , Klinisk institut, Syddansk universitet (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Tanja Maria Sheldrick-Michel, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.scient. Nadja Bødker Pedersen
Title: "Fibrinogen in individuals with obesity and steatotic liver disease "
Date and time: 14-11-2025 at 14:00
Venue: The Auditorium, Esbjerg Hospital, Entrance D, Haraldsgade 12, 6700 Esbjerg
Committee of Examiners:
Professor Johannes Antonius Lisman, Experimental Surgery, Surgical Research Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands
Associate Professor Julie Brogaard Larsen, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Associate Professor Martin Overgaard , Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Odense University Hospital, Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Else-Marie Bladbjerg, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Kevin Heebøll Nygaard
Title: "MetaHip Trials: Single-Dose Methadone and the Future of Pain Management in Older Hip Fracture Patients"
Date and time: 19-11-2025 at 13:00
Venue: Auditorium Psyk 57.00, Sygehus Sønderjylland, Kresten Philipsens Vej 15, 6200 Aabenraa
Committee of Examiners:
Prof. Dr. med. Arndt-Peter Schulz, BG Klinikum Hamburg, Dept. Trauma & Orthopedics Pofessor, Section Medicine, Universität zu Lübeck
Associate Professor, Dr. med., MD Tazio Maleitzke, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre University of Copenhagen
Prof., PhD, MSc Pain Management, Fysioterapeut, PhD Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Assoc. Professor Jesper Ougaard Schønnemann, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.scient. Zainab Hikmat
Title: "Predicting response to medical treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) using transcriptomic methods on intestinal biopsies: a prospective cohort study of personalised medicine"
Date and time: 01-12-2025 at 13:00
Venue: The Auditorium WP 15, J. B. Winsløws Vej 15, 5000 Odense
Committee of Examiners:
Prof. Gisela Orozco, Center for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchestor
Associate Prof. MD. PhD Lone Larsen, Center for Molecular Prediction of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (PREDICT), Aalborg University Hospital
Associate Prof. Marianne Nygaard, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Mads Thomassen, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Licentiat Bodil Winther Hansen
Title: Creative activities as intervention in mental health - Exploring the concept, the occupational value, the influence on wellbeing and everyday life and occupational therapist practitioners’ narratives of using creative activities as an intervention
Date and time: 12. december 2025 kl. 13.00
Venue: Festsalen v/ Centerterapien, Færgegårdsvej 15, 4760 Vordingborg
Committee of Examiners:
Senior Lecturer Greta Häggblom Kronlöf, Department of health and rehabilitation. Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University ofGothenburg
Associate professor, PhD, Reg.OT Petra Wagman, , School of Health and Welfare, JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY
Ergoterapeut, MSc., PhD., Professor Hanne Kaae Kristensen, Klinisk Institut, Sdu (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Lene Lauge Berring, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
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M. D. Mathias Just Nortvig
Title: "Assessment of intracranial fluid dynamics using fundoscopy"
Date and time: 18-12-2025 at 16:00
Venue: Auditoriet WP15, J.B. Winsløwsvej 15, 5000 Odense C
Committee of Examiners:
Senior Neurosurgeon/Professor Eirik Helseth, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo University Hospital/University
MD, PhD, Head of Department Steffen Birk, Afdeling for Hjerne- og Undersøgelser, Rigshospitalet
Professor Bente Finsen, Department of Molecular medicine, The Faculty of Health Sciences, Neurobiology Research Unit (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Frantz R. Poulsen, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark