Cand.med. Gitte Bruun Lauridsen
Title: "Cancer symptoms, healthcare seeking and timely diagnosis of cancer in Denmark"
Date and time: 05-03-2026 at 14:00
Venue: Auditorium O-100, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M
Committee of Examiners:
MD, Professor of Cancer Epidemiology Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Epidemiology of Cancer Healthcare & Outcomes (ECHO), University College London
MHSc, Ph.d., Senior researcher Linda Aagaard Rasmussen, Forskningsenheden for Almen Praksis, Institut for Folkesundhed, Aarhus Universitet, Forskningsenheden for Almen
Praksis
MD, PhD, Professor Mikkel Brabrand, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Dorte Ejg Jarbøl, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark
Cand.med. Karin Jeppesen
Title: "Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: Adherence, Follow-up, and Phenotypes"
Date and time: 06-03-2026 at 14:00
Venue: Den Røde Mødeboks (Red-room 2), SDU Sønderborg, Alsion 2, 6400 Sønderborg
Committee of Examiners:
Associate Professor Harald Hrubos-Strøm, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Institute of Clinical Medicine, Akershus University Hospital and Universityof Oslo
Clinical Associate Professor Jannik Bertelsen, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University
Clinical Associate Professor Knud Larsen, Department of Regional Health Research (IRS) and Otorhinolaryngology Department in Esbjerg, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) (chair)
Main supervisor:
Assoc. Professor Helene Skjoet-Arkil, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
MHH Marie Nedergaard Jeppesen
Title: "Home Visits for Children with Type 1 Diabetes Living in Families in Vulnerable Positions – A qualitative study"
Date and time: 06-03-2026 at 14:00
Venue: Auditorium U300, SUND, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense
Committee of Examiners:
Senior Researcher, ph.d. MA Dan Grabowski, Steno Diabetes Centre Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Prof., ph.d., RN Lisbeth Porskrog Kristiansen, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper (HOV), Mid Sweden University
Prof. ph.d., RN Dorthe S. Nielsen, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Mette Juel Rothmann, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
Cand.med. Sven Hoedt Karstensen
Title: "Ovarian Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors: Exploring New Primary Cancers"
Date and time: 06-03-2026 at 14:00
Venue: Forsknings og Læringshusets auditorium, Kresten Philipsens Vej 15 F, 6200 Aabenraa
Committee of Examiners:
PhD, senior consultant Mikkel Rosenberg, Gynecology, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Senior Consultant Ulla-Maija Haltia, Gynocology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Professor, PhD Senior Consultant Lone Kjeld Petersen, Gynecolog, Odense Universitetshospital (chair)
Main supervisor:
Assoc. Professor Finn Friis Lauszus, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
Cand.mag. Cecilie Karen Ljungmann
Title: "Exploring Sport Participation Among Girls in Low Socioeconomic Status Neighbourhoods and the Role of a Community Sports Programme"
Date and time: 12-03-2026 at 11:00
Venue: Det store auditorium, Herlev Hospital, Borgmester Ib Juuls Vej 1, 2730 Herlev
Committee of Examiners:
Professor Louise Mansfield , College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University of London
Associate Professor Laila Ottesen, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Sport, Individual & Society, University of Copenhagen
Lektor Tina Dalager , Institut for Idræt og Biomekanik, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Assoc. Professor Charlotte Skau Pawlowski, Department of Sports Science and Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark
Cand.manu. Johanne Brinch Filtenborg
Title: "Diagnostic and prognostic value of two quantitative clinical tests in patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation with radiculopathy: A 4-year multicenter prospective cohort study"
Date and time: 13-03-2026 at 14:00
Venue: The Auditorium, Entrance 2, Kolding Hospital, Sygehusvej 24, 6000 Kolding
Committee of Examiners:
PhD, PGCert, MChiro, BSc, Senior Lecturer Alister Du Rose, Clinical Sciences, Health Sciences University
M.Sc. Ph.D., Lektor Carsten Dahl Mørch, Institut for Medicin og Sundhedsteknologi, Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet, Aalborg Universitet
MD, PhD, Forskningsleder Ane Simony, Forskningsenhed for Ortopædkirurgi, Institut for Regional Sundhedsforskning, Syddansk Universitet samt Sygehus Lillebælt (chair)
Main supervisor:
Klinisk lektor Søren O'Neill, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.scient.san. Lene Nygaard
Title: "The FAMKO project - Early intervention to support wellbeing of vulnerable women and their children"
Date and time: 13-03-2026 at 14:00
Venue: Room U301, SUND, SDU, Campusvej 55 5230 Odense
Committee of Examiners:
Professor, RN, RM, PhD Tine Schauer Eri, Research Group Midwifery Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University
Professor, RM, PhD Hanne Kristine Hegaard, Department of Gynecology, Fertility and Obstetrics, , The Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen
Professor, MD, PhD Dorte Ejg Jarbøl, Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Ellen Aagaard Nøhr, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Frederik Novak Stenstad
Title: "Anti-CD20 therapy in multiple sclerosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: extended interval dosing with ocrelizumab and immune responses to SARS‑CoV‑2 mRNA
vaccination"
Date and time: 17-03-2026 at 15:00
Venue: The Auditorium, Bygning D (ground floor), Esbjerg Hospital, Finsensgade 35, 6700 Esbjerg
Committee of Examiners:
Consultant, Ass. Professor Marianne Kragh Thomsen, Department of MicrobiologyMedicin, Aarhus University Hospital (AU)
Consultant, Dr. med., Ass. Prof Robert Hoepner, Neurology, Inselspital, Bern, Schweiz (University of Bern)
Consultant, Ass. Professor, Head of Research Mette Enok Munk Lauridsen, Gastromedicine, Esbjerg University Hospital (SDU) (chair)
Main supervisor:
Assoc. Professor Tobias Sejbæk Mathiesen, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
Cand.med. Thomas Delvin
Title: "A Pharmacoepidemiologic Framework for Active Pharmacovigilance in Dermatology: Real-World Data Screening for Aberrant Drug Utilization Patterns and Adverse Drug Reactions"
Date and time: 19-03-2026 at 14:00
Venue: U231, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M
Committee of Examiners:
Associate professor, PhD Rob Heerdink, Clinical Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology & Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Professor, MD PhD Kasper Fjellhaugen Hjuler, Afdeling for Hud- og Kønssygdomme, Klinisk Institut Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet Aalborg Universitetshospital
Associate Professor, DMV PhD Kim Oren Gradel, Forskningsenhed for Klinisk Epidemiologi, KIinisk Institut, OUH (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Jesper Hallas, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark
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M.Sc. Andrietta Sofie Grentzmann
Title: "The Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase/Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Axis in Cardiovascular Diseases: from Cellular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Implications"
Date and time: 20-03-2026 at 13:15
Venue: U301, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M
Committee of Examiners:
Prof., Ph.D. Maria Johansson, Department of Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Assoc. Prof., Ph.D. Joanna Kalucka, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University
Assoc. Prof., Ph.D. Åsa Fex Svenningsen, Department of Neurobiology, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Daniel Ketelhuth, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Egle Kavaliunaite
Title: "Targeting Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Therapeutic Insights from Animal Studies"
Date and time: 20-03-2026 at 12:00
Venue: Room U240, SUND, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense
Committee of Examiners:
Prof. Anne Lejay, Department of Vascular Surgery and Kidney Transplantation, Strasbourg, France, the Hospital University Center in Strasbourg
Dr. Med. Chalotte Winther Nicolajsen, Vascular Surgery, Viborg Regionshospital
Prof. Muscha Steckelings, Institut for Molekylær Medicin, SDU (chair)
Main supervisor:
Assoc. Professor Jane Stubbe, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark
Cand.scient. Emil Birch Christensen
Title: "Off-the-shelf allogeneic CAR NK cells for the treatment of haematological malignancies"
Date and time: 20-03-2026 at 12:30
Venue: DIAS Auditorie (V24-501a-0), SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M
Committee of Examiners:
Senior researcher Arnika Kathleen Wagner, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Professor, dr.med. Per thor Straten, Department of Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
Professor, dr.med.,ph.d. Henrik Jørn Ditzel, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Torben Barington, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
Cand.scient.san.publ. Sofie Smedegaard Skov
Title: "Demensomsorgens dilemmaer – et etnografisk studie af etiske dilemmaer, omsorgsfulde løgne og litteraturens potentiale i en hverdag med demens"
Date and time: 20-03-2026 at 12:00
Venue: Room 'Luftskibet', The National Institute of Public Health, SDU, Studiestræde 6, 1455 Copenhagen
Committee of Examiners:
Assoc. Prof., PhD Nina Jøranson, Institute for Nursing, VID Specialized Universit
Prof., PhD Mette Terp Høybye, Institut for Klinisk Medicin - Interacting Minds Centre (IMC, Aarhus Universitet)
Prof. PhD Birgitte Nørgaard, Institut for Sundhedstjenesteforskning, Syddansk Universitet (chair)
Main supervisor:
Senior Researcher Sigurd Mørk Rønbøl Lauridsen, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.scient. Marie Lykke Bach
Title: "Contribution of plasmin to lectin-pathway amplification of complement activity in kidney injury in a DOCA-salt murine model"
Date and time: 23-03-2026 at 14:00
Venue: Auditorium U301, SUND, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense
Committee of Examiners:
Professor, MD, PhD Sophie de Seigneux, Médecin cheffe de Service de Néphrologie et Hypertension, Hôpitaux Universitaires Genève
Professor, MD, PhD Niels Henrik Buus, Nyresygdomme, AUH, Aarhus University
Associate Professor, MD, PhD Karoline Schousboe, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Boye L. Jensen, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Lasse Møllegaard Obel
Title: "Novel epidemiological and genetic insight in ascending thoracic aortic disease"
Date and time: 25-03-2026 at 14:00
Venue: Emil Aarestrup auditorium, Odense University Hospital, Klinikbygningen, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C
Committee of Examiners:
Professor, MD, PhD, FEBVS Kevin Mani, Department of Surgery / Department of Surgical Sciences; Vascular Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital / Uppsala University
Professor, MD, PhD Timothy Andrew Resch, Department of Vascular Surgery/ Department of Clinical Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet / University of Copenhagen
Professor, MD, PhD, DMSci Lars Lund, Department of Urology / Department of Clinical Research , Odense University Hospital / The University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Jes Sanddal Lindholt, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
Cand.psych. Esben Kjems Jensen
Title: "Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and depression: Effect and prediction in routine care"
Date and time: 27-03-2026 at 13:00
Venue: Dialogen (M-0.60), SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M
Committee of Examiners:
Professor, PhD Heather Hadjistavropoulos, Department of Psychology, University of Regina
Professor, PhD Lisbeth Frostholm, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University
Associate Professor, PhD Stine Bjerrum Møller, Department for Psychology, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Mia Beck Lichtenstein, Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark
Cand.med. Thomas Leth Fink
Title: "Patient-centered use of stereotactic body radiation therapy for lung cancer"
Date and time: 27-03-2026 at 14:00
Venue: Auditorium "På Bjerget", Building S, Beriderbakken 28, Vejle Hospital, 7100 Vejle
Committee of Examiners:
Professor, PhD Marianne Aznar, Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Clinical professor, consultant, PhD Jesper Grau Eriksen, Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital
Clinical associate professor, consultant, PhD Rikke Hedegaard Dahlrot, Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor, Dr. Med., PhD Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
Cand.scient. Vicki Rytoft Lillegaard Kristensen
Title: "Population Heterogeneity in the Medieval Town of Viborg, Denmark"
Date and time: 09-04-2026 at 14:00
Venue: Auditorium U301, SUND, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense
Committee of Examiners:
Professor Torbjörn Ahlström, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lunds Universitet
Phd, Senior Researcher Marie Louise Schjellerup Jørkov, Globe, Copenhagen University
Assoc. Professor, PhD Birgitte Schmidt Astrup, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Jesper Lier Boldsen, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark
Cand.med. Birgitte Møller Luef
Title: "From Pregnancy to Adolescence: Longitudinal Insights into Maternal Metabolism, Lifestyle Intervention in Pregnancy, and Offspring Health."
Date and time: 10-04-2026 at 14:30
Venue: Auditorium U300, SUND, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense
Committee of Examiners:
Associate Professor, M.D, PhD Emilia Huvinen, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Helsinki, Finland
Professor, PhD Berit Heitmann, Research Unit for Diet and Health at The Parker Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Associate Professor, M.D, PhD Sanne Rasmussen, The Research Unit for General Practice, University of Southern Denmark (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Christina Anne Vinter, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
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Cand.med. Kristian Als Nielsen
Title: "Open versus Robotic-Assisted Ventral Hernia Repair: Clinical and Economic Perspectives"
Date and time: 21-04-2026 at 14:00
Venue: The Auditorium, Lærings- og forskningshuset, Hospital Sønderjylland, Kresten Philipsens Vej 15F, 6200 Aabenraa
Committee of Examiners:
Adjunct Professor Jaana Vironen, Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital
Associate professor Nadia Henriksen, Digestive Disease Center, Bispebjerg Hospital
Professor Torben Knudsen, IRS, Esbjerg og Grindsted Hospital, SDU (chair)
Main supervisor:
Professor Michael Festersen Nielsen, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark