Funding for junior Health researchers strengthens diabetes research
Four talented junior researchers have received grants from the Danish Diabetes Academy that enable them to complete either their PhD or postdoc programme at Health. This is good news for diabetes research both nationally and internationally, as the junior researchers collaborate with colleagues from elite universities.
We want to keep patients pain-free without using morphine
Consultant Thomas Fichtner Bendtsen from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital conducts research into pain relief after hip, knees and ankle surgery – without the use of morphine. He has now received funding to expand his field of research in a five-year clinical professorship.
You can register for the autumn courses in research communication
This autumn, the Central Denmark Region and Aarhus University will offer seven different courses which will give researchers and PhD students training in how to communicate health science research to people who are not academics and specialists.
Overweight children have a greater risk of blood clots later in life
The risk of suffering a blood clot in the legs or lungs as an adult is higher for people who were overweight as a child. But the good news is that losing weight before becoming a teenager reduces the risk. This is shown by research from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital.
Summer greetings from the Dean: As a university, we must lead the way when it comes to gender equality
There is a long way to go before we have true gender equality, as men dominate the academic career track positions, receive the majority of funding from foundations and are over-represented on most assessment committees. This is according to Dean Lars Bo Nielsen, who uses his summer greeting to call for a better gender balance at Health.
Researchers link gene to cannabis abuse
New research from the national psychiatric project, iPSYCH, shows that a specific gene is associated with an increased risk of cannabis abuse. The gene is the source of a so-called nicotine receptor in the brain, and people with low amounts of this receptor have an increased risk of cannabis abuse.
The brain controls teeth grinding
A new study confirms that teeth grinding – also known as bruxism – is not due to an abnormal bite, as has otherwise been thought thus far. It is actually the brain which makes the jaw muscles work, and for this reason it could be that stretching and relaxation exercises are better than mouth guards or filing down the teeth, says the professor behind the study.
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