News from Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography

• 03.07.2024

  PhD Defence : Signe Bedsted Clemmensen, MSc

  13-08-2024: Familial Risk of Hematological Malignancies - a Twin Study.

• 13.03.2024

  Declining fertility is a huge problem for Denmark

  We know a lot about why Danes are having fewer children, but not nearly enough to do anything about it. Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen, Professor of Epidemiology and Biodemography, takes us through the factors at play. And offers his take on a path to the solution.

• 22.01.2024

  Beyond the Zenith?

  What can the new late-style studies tell us about old age as a special phase of life? And is it only for special geniuses to flourish in old age in arts, politics, and science?

• 18.10.2022

  PhD Defence : Laura Loekkegaard Johansen, MD

  24-10-2022: Postmenopausal hormone therapy and dementia, cognition, and mortality

• 29.03.2022

  Men’s use of diabetes medicine may cause malformations in children

  The diabetic preparation metformin may be associated with a risk of malformations if consumed while the sperm for a pregnancy is produced.

• 19.11.2021

  What are the causes of cancer and why are some more susceptible to risk factors than others?

  If we can understand the causes of cancer better, we can also prevent it much more precisely. Maria Timofeeva explains how she plans to use resources of the Danish Twin Registry to answer this question.

• 20.10.2021

  Niels V. Holm (50th anniversary) & Kirsten Ohm Kyvik (30th anniversary)

  Monday, October 25, 2021 at 3-6 pm, the auditorium, Winsløwparken 25, Odense C

• 25.06.2021

  PhD Defence : Afsaneh Mohammadnejad, MSc

  02-07-2021: Generalized association analysis of omics data on cognitive aging

• 02.06.2021

  Adjunct Professor in Biostatistics at EBB, SDU Health

  Christian Bressen Pipper, Senior Statistical Advisor, Biostatistics and Pharmacoepidemiology, LEO Pharma A/S

• 01.12.2020

  Analysis of twin data in health sciences

  This course introduces the modern analysis in studies of twins. The students will be able to understand founding theory and apply basic methods and biometric models in a research context.

• 29.12.2019

  Its in your genes

  Prof. Qihua Tan explains his research on genes, twin register use, biostatistics, ageing, and epigenetics...

• 07.10.2019

  Why is high age and good health inherited?

  For more than a decade oldest-old Danes and Americans and their children have been investigated in the Long Life Family Study. Now the researchers in the study has raised no less than 68 million dollars from NIH to continue the study and include the grandchildren of the oldest-old individuals.

• 26.03.2018

  Ageing research and the VELUX FONDEN

  Ane Hendriksen sets out the VELUX FONDEN’s commitment to supporting ageing research projects that contribute to improving the quality of life for elderly people.

• 09.01.2018

  Women live longer than men even during severe famines and epidemics

  Even under extreme conditions as famines, epidemics, and slavery. Women live longer than men.

• 26.06.2017

  Many more survive to their 100th birthday

  Signe Høi Rasmussen has visited many old people – and she is surprised at how well they manage.

• 02.12.2016

  Age milestones and round birthdays

  Are you 50+ years old, and do you find it a little hard to believe that you have reached another round birthday? You might find some comfort in the thought that throughout most of the history of mankind, at this age you would probably have been dead for a long time. In fact, you are in overtime – a gift to today’s middle-aged and elderly people, and you have just begun the long journey towards 100 years. (*)

• 03.08.2015

  The APP A673T frequency differs between Nordic countries

  A gene variant which protects against Alzheimer's - is rarer in Danes than in people from the other Nordic countries.

• 11.07.2013

  The Lancet: Mental performance of people who reach their nineties may be improving

  Danish study challenges speculations that the improving longevity is the result of the survival of very frail and disabled elderly.

• 21.05.2013

  Cardiovascular diseases are largely underreported in Danish centenarians

  Most studies on the health of oldest olds are based on self-reported or physician-reported information, not objective health information. But is that good enough?

• 14.12.2012

  NATURE: Great expectations

  Scientists are searching for a genetic blueprint that will enable humans to stay healthy and vital well into their old age.