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PhD Programme at the Faculty of Health Sciences

Upcoming PhD Defences

Cand.med. Karen Middelbo Buch-Olsen

Title: "Staging of prostate cancer with [18F]PSMA-1007-PET/CT versus Na[18F]F-PET/CT: Diagnostic accuracy, influence on staging and patient management, and evaluation

of patient benefit, Results from the PRISMA-PET trial"

Date and time: 07-08-2026 at 14:30

Venue: Emil Aarestrup auditorium, Odense University Hospital, Klinikbygningen, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C

Committee of Examiners:

Professor, Dr. Med Tobias Maurer, Martini-Klinik am UKE GmbH, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Associate Professor, MD, Ph.d. Helle Hendel, Nuklearmedicinsk. Afd., Herlev Gentofte Hospital, KU

Professor Kent Søe, Klinisk Patologi, KI, OUH, SDU (chair)

Main supervisor:

Assoc. Professor Malene Grubbe Hildebrandt, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark

Cand.med. Anja Fenger Dreyer

Title: "Maternal cortisol during pregnancy in relation to insulin resistance and child cognitive development: the impact of offspring sex."

Date and time: 17-08-2026 at 14:00

Venue: Emil Aarestrup auditorium, Odense Universitetshospital, Klinikbygningen, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense

Committee of Examiners:

Prof. Gudmundur Johannsson, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical nutrition, University of Gothenburg

Ass. prof. Ulla Kampmann Opstrup, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University

Professor Lone Kjeld Petersen, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Marianne Skovsager Andersen, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark

Cand.scient.anth. Lærke Bing  Røikjer

Title: "Gestures of Belonging: Young Adults and the Relational Life within Cancer Care"

Date and time: 21-08-2026 at 14:00

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

Committee of Examiners:

Senior Researcher Anna Dowrick, Nuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford

Professor Tine Gammeltoft, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen

Associate Professor Lotte Huniche, Department of Psychology, University of Sourthern Denmark (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Rikke Sand Andersen, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark

 

MPH Gitte Frydenlund

Title: "The Stay-At-Work (SAW) Trial: Developing and Evaluating a Co-Designed, Person-Centred, Cross-Sectoral Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention for Individuals with

Chronic Low Back Pain"

Date and time: 11-09-2026 at 13:00

Venue: Auditoriet, ved indgang 2, Kolding Sygehus Sygehusvej 24, 6000 Kolding

Der er mulighed for at overvære forsvaret online. Link hertil kan fremsendes ved forespørgsel til Dorthe.Pape@rsyd.dk

Committee of Examiners:

Senior Researcher Chris Jensen, FoUI-enheten, Rehabiliteringssenteret AiR, Norway, Rehabiliteringsklinikken FoU, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital

Associate Professor, Ph.d. Lisa Gregersen Østergaard, Department of Public Health, Aarhus university

Clinical Associate professor and head of research Jesper Pihl-Thingvad, Department of Clinical Research, KI, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Syddansk universitet

(chair)

Main supervisor:

Klinisk lektor Søren O'Neill, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark


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Last Updated 08.04.2026