Inaugural seminar clinical professor Jesper Ryg - October 14th 2022

Date and time:

14 October 2022 from 14:00 hrs. CEST

Venue:

The Auditorium, University of Southern Denmark
J.B. Winsløws Vej 25
DK-5000 Odense C

On the occasion of Jesper Ryg’s appointment as clinical professor in Geriatric Medicine at the Research Unit of Geriatrics, Department of Clinical Research, SDU and at the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Odense University Hospital (OUH), the Faculty of Health Sciences hereby invites you to attend an inaugural seminar with the following program:

14.00-14.05: Introduction and welcome

Uffe Holmskov, Vice Dean for Research and Innovation, Faculty of Health Sciences, SDU

14.05-14.35: Frailty, multimorbidity, and polypharmacy – challenges of Geriatric Medicine

Clinical professor Jesper Ryg, MD, PhD, Research Unit of Geriatrics, Department of Clinical Research, SDU and Department of Geriatric Medicine, OUH

14.35-15.05: Why do we age so differently?

Professor Kaare Christensen, MD, Research Unit of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography, Department of Public Health, SDU

15.05-15.35: Falls prevention and management – new horizons

Professor Tahir Masud, Geriatric Medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham UK, and visiting professor, Research Unit of Geriatrics, Department of Clinical Research, SDU and Department of Geriatric Medicine, OUH

15.35-15.45: Discussion and closing of the seminar

After the seminar, a reception will be held in the Café, J.B. Winsloews Vej 25, ground floor.

The Faculty of Health Sciences would like to invite all interested persons to attend the seminar and the following reception.

If you wish to participate, we kindly ask you to register here no later than 6 October, 2022.

For further information or questions, please contact administrative officer Charlotte Schytte, e-mail: charlotte.bremer.schytte@rsyd.dk

Best regards,

Uffe Holmskov
Vice Dean for Research and Innovation Faculty of Health Sciences, SDU

Driving directions

The rules that apply to parking in the parking ground by the university buildings, J. B. Winsløws Vej 15 – 25, DK-5000 C, exact that visitors arriving by car give the registration number of their vehicle on the iPad in the hall at J.B. Winsløws Vej 25, as soon as they arrive. There are some parking places where a parking disc may be used, but this will appear from the local signs. If you do not register your car, you may get a parking fine.