Calendar 2019 – University of Copenhagen

17 December 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Effects of Dietary Factors on Metabolic Regulation

Ceyda Tugba Pekmez is defending her PhD thesis: Effects of Dietary Factors on Metabolic Regulation - Illustrated with protein pre-meals and short chain fatty acids

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17 December 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Sarcopenia and Geriatric Medical Patients

Josephine Gade Bang-Petersen is defending her PhD thesis: Sarcopenia and Geriatric Medical Patients - Screening of risk, protein supplementation combined with resistance training, and measurement of body composition

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9 December 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Renal function and vitamin D level in HIV positive adults in Ethiopia

Daniel Yilma Bogale is definding his PhD thesis: Renal function and vitamin D level in HIV positive adults in Ethiopia: the effect of antiretroviral treatment and nutrition

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12 November - 14 November 2019

Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Monitorering of clinical research

The course language is Danish. Course responsible: Lene Stevner and Jens Rikardt Andersen
Registration deadline: 25 October 2019

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11 November - 15 November 2019

PhD course: Doping and human exercise performance

PhD course. Course responsible: Nikolaj B. Nordsborg. Deadline for registration: 1 October 2019.

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11 November - 15 November 2019

PhD course: Energy Balance in Humans

PhD course. Course responsible: Faidon Magkos. Deadline for registration: 30 September 2019.

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11 November - 13 November 2019

Symposium: Anti-doping – a scientific approach

The aim of the symposium is to disseminate and discuss state-of-the-art knowledge of physiology and emerging technologies relevant for detection of banned methods and substances with a link to basic research and with a clinical application.

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6 November 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Trajectories of growth in early childhood and body composition and cardiometabolic risk markers in Ethiopian children

Rasmus Wibæk Christensen is definding his PhD thesis: Trajectories of growth in early childhood and body composition and cardiometabolic risk markers in Ethiopian children

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1 November 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Gut function in children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition

Betty Lanyero is definding her PhD thesis: Gut function in children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition - Cohort study in Uganda

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1 November 2019, 09:00-12:00

PhD defence: Team Handball – a health-promoting activity?

Therese Hornstrup Bondebjerg is defending her PhD thesis: Team Handball – a health-promoting activity? The physiological effects of small-sided team handball in young adults and overweight premenopausal women

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22 October 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Is appetite reduction an effective tool for body weight management in the context of obesity?

Thea Toft Hansen is defending her PhD thesis: Is appetite reduction an effective tool for body weight management in the context of obesity?

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27 September 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Discovery of novel biomarkers of fruit intake by untargeted metabolomics

Natalia Vázquez Manjarrez is defending her PhD thesis: Discovery of novel biomarkers of fruit intake by untargeted metabolomics

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23 September - 26 September 2019

5th Saltin International PhD Course: Exercise as Medicine: a Translational Perspective

International PhD course in Denmark. Deadline for registration: 7 June 2019

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23 September 2019,

PhD course: Applied biostatistics in biological sciences using R

- with focus on applications in nutrition, physiology and plant and environmental sciences.

Module 2.

Coordinators: Signe Marie Jensen and Christian Ritz

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18 September 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: 'It's 5 o'clock in the morning and you're just on fire': Exploring Embodied Experiences in Performance Swimming

Gareth McNarry is defending his PhD thesis: 'It's 5 o'clock in the morning and you're just on fire': Exploring Embodied Experiences in Performance Swimming

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21 August 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Exercising with insulin action

Dorte Enggaard Steenberg is defending her PhD thesis: Exercising with insulin action. The “condition” of skeletal muscle and its influence on the insulin-sensitizing effect of a single bout of exercise

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19 August - 23 August 2019

Dairy & health - from structure and technology to biological implications

5 days course about the biological implications.

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19 August - 23 August 2019

PhD course: Applied biostatistics in biological sciences using R

- with focus on applications in nutrition, physiology and plant and environmental sciences.

Module 1.

Coordinators: Signe Marie Jensen and Christian Ritz

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2 July 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Determinants of Obesity and Weight Loss

Anne Lundby Hess is defending her PhD thesis: Determinants of Obesity and Weight Loss - Genetic Variants, Circulating miRNAs, and Dietary Fibres

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1 July - 5 July 2019

Introduction to Nutritional Metabolomics

PhD course. Coordinators: Xiaomin Zhou and Lars Dragsted

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21 June 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Biomarkers of red meat intake: are we there yet?

Cătălina S. Cuparencu is defending her PhD thesis: Biomarkers of red meat intake: are we there yet? - Applications of untargeted metabolomics in the discovery and validation of biomarkers

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24 May 2019, 10:30

PhD defence: Novel insights into GLUT4 trafficking and subcellular distribution in adult muscle

Jonas Borup Roland is defending his PhD thesis: Novel insights into GLUT4 trafficking and subcellular distribution in adult muscle

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23 May 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Fish-based, ready-to-use therapeutic food in treatment of severe acute malnutrition

Sanne Sigh is definding her PhD thesis: Fish-based, ready-to-use therapeutic food in treatment of severe acute malnutrition - Optimisation, acceptability and effectiveness of a fish-based RUTF, and correlates of polyunsaturated fatty acid status

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20 May 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: The Clinical Epidemiology of Hypertension in Tanzania: Health Systems and Links to HIV

Robert Nathaniel Peck is definding his PhD thesis: The Clinical Epidemiology of Hypertension in Tanzania: Health Systems and Links to HIV

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3 May 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: The role of whole grains and lignans in lifestyle diseases – emphasis on prostate cancer and type 2 diabetes and their risk factors

Anne Kirstine Eriksen is defending her PhD thesis: The role of whole grains and lignans in lifestyle diseases – emphasis on prostate cancer and type 2 diabetes and their risk factors

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3 May 2019, 11:00-14:00

PhD defence: Physiological mechanisms underlying performance- and health-enhancing effects of high-intensity exercise training in human skeletal muscle

Matteo Fiorenza is defending his PhD thesis: Physiological mechanisms underlying performance- and health-enhancing effects of high-intensity exercise training in human skeletal muscle - Insights into mitochondrial adaptive responses

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26 April 2019, 14:00-17:00

PhD defence: Effect of training frequency as several shorter training sessions compared to less frequent but longer training sessions - in a military population

Thor Anders Kilen is defending his PhD thesis: Effect of training frequency as several shorter training sessions compared to less frequent but longer training sessions - in a military population

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8 March 2019, 13:00-16:00

PhD defence: Detection and physiological effects of blood volume manipulations

Jacob Bejder is defending his PhD thesis: Detection and physiological effects of blood volume manipulations

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5 March 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Investigations into culinary improved meals-on-wheels for nursing home residents

Signe Loftager Okkels is defending her PhD thesis: Investigations into culinary improved meals-on-wheels for nursing home residents

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28 February 2019, 13:00-16:00

PhD defence: Improvements in vascular function and angiogenesis to ameliorate blood supply and healing in non-healing diabetic foot ulcers

Tue Smith Jørgensen is defending his PhD thesis: Improvements in vascular function and angiogenesis to ameliorate blood supply and healing in non-healing diabetic foot ulcers

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12 February 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Infants with excessive weight gain during exclusive breastfeeding - an exploratory study

Melanie Wange Larsson is defending her PhD thesis: Infants with excessive weight gain during exclusive breastfeeding – an exploratory study

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23 January 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: The development and effect of a New Nordic Renal Diet on phosphorus homeostasis in patients with moderate chronic kidney disease

Louise Havkrog Salomo is defending her PhD thesis: The development and effect of a New Nordic Renal Diet on phosphorus homeostasis in patients with moderate chronic kidney disease

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16 January 2019, 13:00

PhD defence: Effects of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy on Food Preferences

Mette Søndergaard Nielsen is defending her PhD thesis: Effects of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy on Food Preferences

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