News list

• 18.12.2023

  Headed to SDU with a million grant and leadership ambitions

  Aida Solhøj Hansen, associated with the Institute of Molecular Medicine, is among the three accomplished skin researchers who are the first to be granted a LEO Foundation Dr. Abildgaard Fellowship, along with a 12 million Danish kroner award.

• 15.12.2023

  Artificial intelligence helps eye doctors

  With the growing need for eye doctors, it becomes clear that employing artificial intelligence for routine tasks is a viable option – and Professor Jakob Grauslund suggests it could be highly successful.

• 14.12.2023

  New Education in Odense Aims to Address Healthcare Challenges

  Starting next year, it will be possible to pursue a master’s degree in public health science at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) in Odense. The program aims to educate graduates focused on preventing and alleviating diseases, with a special emphasis on implementation, evaluation, and digitalization.

• 13.12.2023

  SDU researchers lead the largest Danish EU project on cancer research

  With 60 million Danish kroner in funding, an international team of researchers led by Malene Grubbe Hildebrandt aims to find the best way to scan so that breast cancer patients can live longer.

• 11.12.2023

  Professor focusing on osteoporosis, breast and prostate cancer

  Kent Søe has been appointed professor of cell biology and bone pathology at the Department of Clinical Pathology, Odense University Hospital (OUH), and the Research Unit for Pathology at the Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark.

• 07.12.2023

  Pioneering project on pain and posttraumatic stress symptoms following sexual assault initiated

  Researchers from the Department of Psychology, in collaboration with Odense University Hospital and Lillebaelt Hospital, have received a grant of two million Danish kroner from the the Council of the Danish Victims Fund to conduct an ambitious three-year research project.

• 05.12.2023

  The latest addition to the rheumatologists' team is named Arthur

  Even though Arthur entered through the main entrance like any other employee on his first day at work, he is no ordinary staff member. He is, in fact, a robot. But the question arises: What role does a robot play in a rheumatology hospital?

• 30.11.2023

  Artificial Pain-Sensing Cells Aim to Aid Cancer Patients

  Skin pain is a common side effect that significantly affects patients' quality of life, persisting for years after chemotherapy. Tore B. Stage, supported by a Sapere Aude grant, seeks to elucidate the mechanisms behind these side effects, including the involvement of pain-sensing cells.

• 30.11.2023

  Understanding the Development of Resistance to Cancer Medication

  Cancer cells gradually acquire resistance to medication over time, with the immune system playing a crucial role in this process. Aida Solhøj Hansen, from the Department of Molecular Medicine, seeks to explore a specific mechanism contributing to this phenomenon through a Sapere Aude grant.

• 29.11.2023

  Chemicals in Our Environment Impact Children's Health Through Breastfeeding

  Amalie Timmermann from the National Institute of Public Health aims to explore the interplay between environmental chemicals and breastfeeding. She has received a Sapere Aude grant of just over six million Danish kroner for this project.

• 29.11.2023

  Theme day to pave the way for more collaboration on innovation across SDU

  HEALTH INNOVATION DAY 2024: Unfolding the vision!

• 16.11.2023

  Researcher among the most cited scientists in the world

  Clinical Professor Asbjørn Hróbjartsson from Department of Clinical Research is among Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers for the second year in a row.

• 07.11.2023

  Doctoral thesis shows the way to more valid medical research

  Professor and chief physician Janus Christian Jakobsen has defended his doctoral dissertation, which contains practical guidance on how to increase the quality of clinical research through the systematic use of certain methods.

• 07.11.2023

  Charlotta Pisinger is Denmark's only professor of tobacco and nicotine prevention

  For several years, Charlotta Pisinger has had a close and very fruitful collaboration with tobacco researchers at the National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark. She is therefore employed in the professorship that will strengthen and formalize this collaboration.

• 26.10.2023

  Better help for patients with chest pain and discomfort

  New research from the Department of Regional Health Research and Esbjerg Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, may make it easier to identify patients who would benefit from treatment for stable angina pectoris and those who appear to be improving.

• 11.10.2023

  Novo Nordisk Foundation grant PET/MRI scanner to University of Southern Denmark

  Researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Southern Denmark (SDU) have received a grant of DKK 17 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to acquire a new simultaneous preclinical PET/MRI scanner once they have moved into the new faculty buildings connecting SDU to Odense University Hospital.

• 10.10.2023

  Danish data support fluoride being toxic to brain development

  Even an apparently small amount of fluoride transferred from the mother during her pregnancy to the fetus can damage the fetal brain development.

• 03.10.2023

  Small doses of mushrooms can have a beneficial effect on mental disorders

  Studies on rats provide insight into how microdosing of psychedelic mushrooms may be used for therapeutic treatment in humans.

• 29.09.2023

  Professor Christine Stabell Benn has been awarded the George Macdonald Medal

  The medal is awarded by The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, for outstanding research leading to improvement of health in the tropics.

• 25.09.2023

  Significant increase in the need for treatment of eye diseases

  A greater number of elderly people means more cases of eye diseases requiring treatment. New research from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) reveals that the need will increase by 50 percent in the coming years.

• 04.09.2023

  The keys to New SUND have officially been handed over to SDU

  On Friday 1 September, the University of Southern Denmark signed an agreement signalling that the new building housing the Faculty of Health Sciences has now been formally handed over to SDU.

• 16.08.2023

  Who Receives Help Following Sexual Assault?

  A new study will investigate access to services at Danish centers for sexual assault. The study will shed light on what happens to survivors who are not offered treatment at these centers.

• 15.08.2023

  Researchers find link between PFAS and children's IQ

  A new study from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and Odense Child Cohort shows a correlation between exposure to PFAS as a fetus and lower intelligence quotient (IQ) at the age of 7.

• 07.07.2023

  How psychology can contribute to a strained healthcare system

  Researchers present three suggestions on how health psychology and specially trained psychologists can contribute to both prevention and treatment in a challenged healthcare system.

• 05.07.2023

  New Professor in Implementation Science and Active Living

  Thomas Skovgaard, MSc, PhD, has been appointed as a professor in implementation research with a special focus on children, youth, and physical activity.

• 03.07.2023

  Lars P. Schødt Riber has been appointed as a clinical professor in cardiac surgery at OUH and SDU.

  Lars Riber, 49 years old, completed his specialization in thoracic surgery at Aarhus University Hospital in 2012. Following his specialization, he was employed at the cardiac surgery department at OUH. After five years as a senior resident, he became a consultant and later took on a functional responsibility in the field. As the leading consultant in the specialized field, Lars Riber handles all types of cardiac surgeries performed at OUH.

• 29.06.2023

  Professor of Translational Pharmacology at University of Southern Denmark

  Tore B. Stage assumes the position of Professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and Environmental Medicine at the Institute of Health Services Research at University of Southern Denmark (SDU), where he also serves as a research leader.

• 15.06.2023

  Are you exercise-dependent? A new test provides you with answers!

  Has exercising taken over to such an extent that you might be "addicted" to it? With a relatively simple questionnaire, you can find out.

• 07.06.2023

  DKK 10 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for a research project on mechanical circulatory support for patients after heart attacks

  The grant will be used to initiate several experiments. Both experimental, register-based, patient- and relative-centred - and randomised clinical studies across OUH and Rigshospitalet will form the basis for the study of how heart patients can get help for weak hearts.

• 24.05.2023

  Back pain is a rapidly increasing problem - especially among the elderly

  New data shows that back pain is a rapidly increasing problem. The forecast says that in 2050 there will be 10% more Danes with serious back problems than today. Professor Jan Hartvigsen from the University of Southern Denmark is concerned about the development.

• 15.05.2023

  Researchers criticize exposure limits for PFAS

  Danish researchers have shown that the EU’s limits for PFAS are erroneous. This may well have serious consequences for estimating the costs for the anticipated clean-up.

• 11.05.2023

  New leader appointed for the Department of Psychology at SDU

  The University of Southern Denmark has found a new department head for the Department of Psychology. Rikke Holm Bramsen, who previously served as the head of Børnehus Midt in the Central Denmark Region, has been appointed to the position and will start on June 1st.

• 10.05.2023

  How do we get more Danes to choose the bicycle over the car?

  We love the story of Denmark as one of the world's leading cycling nations. But in reality, an increasing number of Danes have abandoned cycling in favor of their car in the last 10 years. How can we encourage Danes to cycle again?? A new digital map of Denmark shows where in Denmark there is potential for more cycling.

• 01.05.2023

  Meet our researchers: Maria Peleli-Pedersen

  Maria Peleli-Pedersen is an assistant professor at the Department of Molecular Medicine. With a grant of 10 million kroner from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, she is working on a research project on fatty liver and a certain molecule which seems to play a central role in the development of the disease.

• 24.04.2023

  Invitation to Kim Brøsen's farewell symposium

  We celebrate Professor Kim Brøsen's career with a public symposium after more than 40 years as a clinical pharmacologist and more than 20 years as editor-in-chief of the journal Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology.

• 20.04.2023

  Carrots as a superfood - Three things you (maybe) didn't know

  Researchers at SDU have collaborated across disciplines for 15 years to uncover the preventive and healing properties of carrots.

• 19.04.2023

  Researchers find connection between PFAS exposure and overweight

  A new study finds that an increased PFAS content in blood promotes increases body weight and especially added difficulty in maintaining a lower body weight after weight loss.

• 12.04.2023

  International recognition for football fitness and football professor Peter Krustrup

  UEFA has awarded a Gold Award for "Best Social Initiative" to the Football Fitness U90 Training Camp, a project developed by SDU and DBU Bornholm.

• 29.03.2023

  Psychology – West Jutland style: SDU and Education Esbjerg in groundbreaking collaboration on new psychology programme in Esbjerg

  SDU wants to open a new bachelor's and master's degree in psychology at SDU Esbjerg. The aim is to create 75 new student places from 2025. There will be a total of 350 students when the program is at full swing.

• 24.03.2023

  Marie Curie grant for research into identity changes in people adapting to a life with pain

  Canadian pain researcher Peter Stilwell receives prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship to be held at University of Southern Denmark.

• 13.03.2023

  New study aims to break the taboo surrounding spirituality

  SDU researchers have conducted the world's largest study on spiritual and existential needs, revealing a significant need among Danes that could be beneficially integrated into the healthcare system.

• 02.03.2023

  New focus on spiritual care in healthcare

  With the first clinical guideline for existential and spiritual care, healthcare professionals receive concrete recommendations on how to support and care for patients' needs.

• 09.02.2023

  Simulator to assess driving ability of traffic accident victims

  Researchers from SDU will develop a method to help doctors assess when accident victims can get back behind the wheel.

• 08.02.2023

  On the trail of depression

  With a grant from the Lundbeck Foundation, Maria Semkovska, associate professor, Department of Psychology, will map factors that lead to depression. The hope is to find ways of better prevention.

• 05.02.2023

  9 SDU researchers among the top cited in 2022

  The journal ‘DM Akademikerbladet’, in collaboration with Infomedia, has calculated experts’ appearances in the press last year. On 2022's top 50 list, we find nine researchers from SDU.

• 03.02.2023

  Researchers find a link between traffic noise and tinnitus

  There is a correlation between traffic noise and risk of developing tinnitus, researchers from the University of Southern Denmark have found. They point to a vicious cycle involving stress reactions and sleep disturbance as a potential cause.

• 01.02.2023

  The Controlled Slowdown, KOP-23, at SDU and at SUND

  Financial imbalance at SDU and SUND

• 01.02.2023

  The Controlled Slowdown, KOP-23, at SDU and at SUND

  Financial imbalance at SDU and SUND

• 26.01.2023

  Research in gene regulatory mechanisms crucial to brain development granted Chair award by Danish National Research Foundation

  Vijay Tiwari, MSc Phd., newly appointed Professor of neurobiology at the Department of Molecular Medicine has received a DNRF Chair grant to work on revealing gene regulatory mechanisms crucial to the development of cerebral cortex and its disruption in neurodevelopmental disorders.

• 10.01.2023

  Can carrots prevent bowel cancer? 

  We asked associate professor Morten Kobæk Larsen to explain what it is about carrots that is so great in connection with bowel cancer specifically.

• 10.01.2023

  Can carrots prevent bowel cancer? 

  We asked associate professor Morten Kobæk Larsen to explain what it is about carrots that is so great in connection with bowel cancer specifically.

• 04.01.2023

  How to keep your New Year’s resolutions

  Goals and motivation are among the most important factors for achieving what you set out to do.

• 01.01.0001

  New WHO Guidelines Set Higher Standards for the Treatment of Back Pain

  Professor Jan Hartvigsen from the University of Southern Denmark is part of the WHO working group: "In Denmark, back pain is the cause of 38% of all early retirements. Therefore, we need to upgrade our efforts for back pain – especially for the elderly."

• 01.01.0001

  Older adults with alcohol use disorder experience improved quality of life through alcohol treatment

  It's never too late to start, as evidenced by the latest research. Older adults dealing with alcohol use disorder can be helped towards a better quality of life.

• 01.01.0001

  New Professor of Epidemiology

  Katrine Hass Rubin is the new professor of epidemiology at the research unit OPEN at Odense University Hospital and the Department of Clinical Research, SDU.

• 01.01.0001

  SDU-SUND develops education for the digital reality

  How should the health science programs at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) be developed to ensure that future healthcare professionals are equipped to participate in continuous digital and technological advancements?

• 01.01.0001

  A new treatment gives hope to back patients

  Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark have helped test a treatment that is effective for back pain patients who cannot be helped otherwise.