The grants provide the researchers with the chance to pursue original ideas ranging from research into the micro-environment of the intestine to an understanding of the body's circulatory system.

Health has the important task of improving the quality of research at a time when leading journals are being criticised for publishing research results that cannot be reproduced. Dean Lars Bo Nielsen challenges conventional thinking in the form of…

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective treatment for severe depression and other mental disorders, but the procedure is feared by many. A recent study headed by researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark documents that this fear is…

Head Consultant Berit Andersen from Aarhus University and Randers Regional Hospital has been appointed Clinical Professor of screening behaviour and organisation of screening programmes.

The Academic Council points out that performance measurements such as h-index and the number of publications do not in themselves identify the good or poor performers in the research groups. The council has submitted an 'agenda' of important topics…