The Holst-Knudsen Award for Scientific Research goes to Ann Wenzel
The Rigmor and Carl Holst-Knudsen Award for Scientific Research is one of Denmark’s oldest scientific awards. Aarhus University awards the prize to a researcher who has excelled at the very highest level. This year, the prize of DKK 100,000 will be awarded to Professor and Dentist Ann Wenzel. The presentation will take place at a ceremony on 29 May 2019. On the same occasion, the Aarhus University Research Foundation will present five PhD prizes.
The Regatta: Can you get to work as normal?
The annual Regatta will be held in the University Park on 3 May. This means congestion in the park and that there will be changes affecting some of the roads leading to the university and some of the car parking around the campus.
Grant: Why do we get Parkinson's disease?
Does Parkinson’s disease begin in the intestines? Clinical Professor and Consultant Per Borghammer from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital has received DKK 10 million to find an answer.
Faeces transplantation: effective treatment with economic benefits
From an average of 37 days in hospital to just 20 days per year. So pronounced is the decrease in hospitalisations for patients who are treated with faeces transplantation instead of antibiotics to fight the deadly intestinal disease Clostridium difficile. This is shown by the first study using what is known as ‘real world data’.
Health signs cooperation agreement with Roche
A new one-year cooperation agreement between Health and the world-wide pharmaceutical company Roche has just been negotiated. The agreement, which comes into force on 1 May 2019, is intended to build bridges between the faculty's students and researchers and the biotech group Roche.
The faculty is looking for Honorary Advisors from the private sector
Health wishes to form closer ties with business and industry and the faculty management team are therefore on the lookout for people with strong profiles from start-ups and the life science industry who can act as special advisors to the faculty. You can recommend candidates on an ongoing basis.
Chronic pain to be recognised as a disease
Two researchers from Health, Aarhus University, have contributed to the inclusion of chronic pain in the WHO’s new disease manual, which will be ready in May. The inclusion means that patients suffering from chronic pain can look forward to new diagnoses and thus better treatment.
