Two researchers from the Department of Clinical Medicine have received awards from the Erhoff Foundation this year. Professor, Department Chair Henrik Toft Sørensen from the Department of Clinical Epidemiology is being honoured with the Erhoff Award, while Associate Professor Lars Wiuff Andersen receives the Talent Prize.

2019.11.11 | Lise Wendel Eriksen

Professor Henrik Toft Sørensen (centre) receives the Erhoff Award and the DKK 250,000 that follows with it, while Associate Professor Lars Wiuff Andersen (left) receives the Erhoff Foundation's Talent Prize. Both awards were conferred by chair of the board Oluf Borbye Pedersen (right). Photo: Hans Barth

The Erhoff Foundation makes two annual awards to strong research profiles within the health sciences. This year, both the main Erhoff award and the lesser talent prize go to researchers from Health. This has only happened once before.

The Erhoff Award

The Erhoff Foundation states that the award to Henrik Toft Sørensen was made on the basis of his position among the internationally most important and influential researchers within clinical epidemiology. Henrik Toft Sørensen's register-based research into the identification of new biomarkers for cancer and circulatory diseases is singled out for being a particular landmark and clinically applicable. The foundation also underlines that Henrik Toft Sørensen is among the few researchers in Denmark with the ability to put together a research team of impressive scope, originality and productivity. In addition to the award, Henrik Toft Sørensen also receives DKK 250,000.

The Erhoff Foundation Talent Prize

The Erhoff Foundation awards the talent prize to Lars Wiuff Andersen in recognition of the indisputable talent which he has already demonstrated in developing research ideas and securing the funding and competences needed to realise them. The foundation points out that Lars Wiuff Andersen has produced and positioned an admirable number of original research contributions of translational and clinical relevance in the field of acute and critical medicine. Lars Wiuff Andersen’s primary area of research is cardiac arrest and severe infections. The award includes a DKK 50,000 cash prize.

Contact

Professor, Department Chair & Consultant Henrik Toft Sørensen
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and
Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Clinical Epidemiology
Telephone: (+45) 8716 8215
Email: hts@clin.au.dk

Associate Professor Lars Wiuff Andersen
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine
Mobile: (+45) 5178 1511
Email: lwandersen@clin.au.dk