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PhD and Consultant Lene Sofie Granfeldt Østgård has defended her higher doctoral dissertation at Aarhus University. She has carried out a number of epidemiological studies on the disease acute myeloid leukaemia, and it is hoped that her dissertation will contribute to improved treatment options and survival for leukaemia patients.
2021.01.12 |
Lene Sofie Granfeldt Østgård's doctoral dissertation is based on data from all Danish patients diagnosed with acute leukemia since the year 2000. Photo: Private
Lene Sofie Granfeldt Østgård has researched the factors which impact the risk of developing the disease acute myeloid leukaemia, and which factors affect the course of the disease and survival following the cancer disease. Among other things, she has investigated whether inflammation in the body increases the risk of developing acute leukaemia, and the extent to which chronic diseases and patients’ previous haematological disorders play a role in treatment and prognosis.
The new Doctor of Medical Science has also looked at what socio-economic factors such as education, income, family and address mean for access to treatment and thus for survival. Last but not least, Lene Sofie Granfeldt Østgård has examined how different treatment-related factors such as e.g. rapid start-up of chemotherapy and early bone marrow transplantation affect the course and survival of acute leukaemia.
The dissertation is based on data from all Danish patients diagnosed with acute leukaemia since the year 2000. While completing her higher doctoral dissertation, Lene Sofie Granfeldt Østgård has been employed at the Department of Haematology at Aarhus University Hospital and affiliated with the Department of Clinical Epidemiology.
Consultant, DMSc & PhD Lene Sofie Granfeldt Østgård
Odense University Hospital, Haematological Research Unit
Mobile: (+45) 4017 2677
Email: Lene.sofie.granfeldt.ostgard@rsyd.dk