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Cand.scient.anth. Ida Nielsen Sølvhøj

Title: "Subtleties of Violence - An Ethnographic Exploration of Psychological Violence in Denmark"

Date and time: 21-10-2025 at 11:00

Venue: Room 'Luftskibet', The National Institute of Public Health, SDU, Studiestræde 6, 1455 Copenhagen K

Committee of Examiners:

Professor of Sociology Margunn Bjørnholt, Fakultet for Sosialvitenskap, VID vitenskapelige høyskole

Senior researcher Laura Emdal Navne, Sundhed, VIVE - Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd

Assoc. Professor Maj Hansen, Institut for Psykologi, SDU (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark

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Cand.cur. Maria Monberg Feenstra

Title: "Tele-Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in endometriosis follow-up of patients. The PROMise study"

Date and time: 21-10-2025 at 14:00

Venue: Room Dialogen, SUND, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense

Committee of Examiners:

Professor Andrew Horne, Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh

PhD, Lektor i Klinisk Sygepleje Lone Jørgensen, Clinical Nursing Research Unit, Aalborg University Hospital

PhD, forskningsansvarlig overlæge Finn Friis Lauszus, Kvindesygdomme og fødsler, Sygehus Sønderjylland (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Martin Rudnicki, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark

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Cand.med. Katrine Holtz Thorhauge

Title: "Biomarkers and patient characteristics to predict changes in alcohol-related liver disease over time"

Date and time: 22-10-2025 at 14:00

Venue: Auditorium "Dialogen" (V13-918a-0), SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense

Committee of Examiners:

Senior Associate Professor, Deputy Head of Department, senior consultant Mattias Ekstedt, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Health, Medicine, and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Linköping University, Sweden

Clinical Associate professor, consultant, PhD Konstantin Kazankov, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus University, Denmark

Professor, senior consultant Peer Brehm Christensen, Department of infectious diseases, University hospital of Odense , University of Southern Denmark (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Aleksander Krag, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark

Cand.scient. Didde Riisager Hansen

Title: "Investigating Adipocyte-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Obesity using Mouse Models"

Date and time: 24-10-2025 at 14:00

Venue: Auditorium U300, SUND, SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense

Committee of Examiners:

Professor Valérie B. Schini-Kerth , Department of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine , University of Strasbourg

Associate Professor Yuya Hayash, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University

Associate Professor Aida Solhøj Hansen, Deparment of Cancer and Inflammation, University of Southern Denmark (chair)

Main supervisor:

Professor Per Svenningsen, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark

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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

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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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


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