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2020.04.28 | PhD defense, Health and disease, Public/Media

Virtual PhD defence: Pankaj Taneja

Multisensory integration of orofacial stimuli with possible implications for orofacial pain.

2020.04.28 | PhD defense, Health and disease, Public/Media

Virtual PhD defence: Sarah Christine Christensen

Characterization of antibodies for receptor-mediated drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier.

We ought to be almost paranoid about our conclusions when it is not clear that the comparison group is a good match to compare to. But nevertheless it happens, Henrik Støvring says.

2020.04.28 | Research, Health and disease, Academic staff

The effect of screening – what are we actually measuring?

A person who is given a clean bill of health at their breast cancer screening has a fifty per cent lower risk of dying as a result of suicide or violence. While it might sound like nonsense, this is nonetheless one of the main results of a new study that demonstrates a well-known but problematic weakness in measuring the effect of screening.

Per Kallestrup (t.l.) and Ulrik Bak Kirk receive million grant from The Innovation Fund Denmark to research into virtual medical consultations. Photo: Lars Kruse/AU & private.

2020.04.27 | Grants and awards, Public/Media, Health

First major grant for corona research in the primary healthcare system

Researchers from Aarhus University and the Research Unit for General Practice in Aarhus will work together with colleagues and collaborative partners in the industry to explore how virtual GP consultations can be improved as part of the fight against the coronavirus. The project is supported with DKK 4.3 million from the Innovation Fund Denmark.

2020.04.28 | Administrative, Administration (Academic), All groups

Even though no one is travelling, AU’s travel group has plenty of work to do.

In a new series of articles, university director Arnold Boon highlights important operational tasks being carried out in various corners of the administration. This month, we’re focusing on the travel group in the accounts department, which is part of the AU Finance and Estates Projects and Development. This team recently launched a development…

2020.04.27 | Events, Public/Media, Dandrite

Check out EMBL's virtual conferences and other online training resources

With the onsite 2020 EMBL Course and Conference programme paused, we invite you to take advantage of the new ways in which EMBL’s high-quality training to the scientific community is delivered. Check out what EMBL have on offer so far, and keep an eye out for more announcements.

We’re living in a time where none of us can say what tomorrow will bring, neither privately nor professionally, Søren Dinesen Østergaard says. Photo: Melissa B. Kirkeby Yildirim, AU.

2020.04.27 | Research, Health and disease, Public/Media

The corona crisis is taking a greater toll on women’s psychological well-being

Living with the threat of the coronavirus may have a greater negative effect on the psychological well-being of women compared to men, states Professor Søren Dinesen Østergaard from Aarhus University on the basis of a newly-published study.

Grethe Andersen from the Department of Clinical Medicine receives a grant from Lundbeck Foundation for her corona research. Photo: Eigil Lihn.

2020.04.24 | Grants and awards, Public/Media, Health

Why does a corona infection lead to some people losing their sense of taste and smell?

In a new research project, Professor Grethe Andersen from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital is examining whether there is a correlation between acute neurological symptoms – such as e.g. the loss the sense of smell – and COVID-19 infection, and whether the infection causes damage to the brain, spinal cord and nerves. The Lundbeck…

Six talented postdocs from Department of Clinical Medicine receive research grants from the Lundbeck Foundation. Photo: Private.

2020.04.24 | Grants and awards, Health and disease, Academic staff

Six researchers from Health receive millions of kroner from Lundbeck

More than DKK 12 million given to research projects at the Department of Clinical Medicine will, among other things, help us to learn more about the brain and its role in connection with physical and mental disorders. The research grants come from the Lundbeck Foundation and go to younger, promising researchers.

[Translate to English:] Lektor Lasse Sommer Kristensen får 300.000 kr. fra Riisfort Fonden til forskning i tyktarmskræft.

2020.04.28 | Grants and awards, Academic staff, Department of Biomedicine

Associate professor receives grant for research into colon cancer

Lasse Sommer Kristensen, associate professor at the Department of Biomedicine at Aarhus University, receives DKK 300,000 from the Riisfort Foundation to improve the treatment options for patients with colon cancer.

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