Faculty of Health Sciences

03.09.2025

SDU and Odense Municipality in new partnership for healthier lives

A strategic collaboration will translate research into preventive health initiatives with a local impact.

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Education

01.09.2025

Esbjerg welcomes the psychologists of the future

75 students begin a socially oriented and practice-based psychology degree at SDU

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Research

01.09.2025

Comprehensive health checks lower mortality in older men

A major Danish study conducted by the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and Odense University Hospital has found that thorough health checks in men aged 60–64 help initiate cardiovascular disease prevention – and result in a marked drop in mortality rates.

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Research

29.08.2025

Sport with care: 19 shared recommendations to support young people's wellbeing

Researchers and practitioners from across Denmark agree – wellbeing in youth sport requires concrete action, both on and off the pitch

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The dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences takes stock

21.08.2025

17 years as SDU’s dean of health sciences have left a lasting mark: Ole Skøtt turned 70 on 18 July

There’s plenty of room to grow for both students and staff at the Faculty of Health Sciences. Both literally in the new buildings at the University of Southern Denmark's campus in Odense, but also in a figurative sense.

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Research

20.08.2025

Young adults with psychosis find recovery through everyday communities

A new PhD thesis from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) shows that young adults find more hope and empowerment in friendships and creative environments than in psychiatry.

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Education

20.08.2025

New master’s programme to strengthen nurses’ role in community-based healthcare

From September 2025, SDU will launch a new profile of the MSc in Clinical Nursing with a focus on advanced practice nursing (APN). The programme is designed for experienced nurses who will play a key role in ensuring timely care in a healthcare system facing more elderly patients and increasingly complex care pathways. It will be offered both as a full-time programme and as a professional master’s alongside employment.

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Grant

20.08.2025

Artificial intelligence to improve radiotherapy for cancer patients

SDU researcher plays key role in international AI project supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

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Gender Equality Council

19.08.2025

A new path to greater diversity: SIF’s partnership with Væksthuset is delivering results

At the National Institute of Public Health (SIF), the ambition to be a diverse and inclusive workplace isn’t just a nice idea – it’s a concrete effort. As part of the institute’s gender equality plan, SIF is working actively to make room for staff with different educational and life experiences. One important step in this direction is its collaboration with the social enterprise Væksthuset.

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Research

01.08.2025

More discontinuity for vulnerable patients in their contact with general practice

A new nationwide study from SDU shows that patients with low socioeconomic status, chronic disease and residence in the Capital Region of Denmark and Region Zealand more frequently change their GP – which can have consequences for treatment, equality in health and national economy.

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