Mogens Vestergaard from Aarhus University is this year’s recipient of the Magda and Svend Aage Friederich's Commemorative Scholarship. He receives the scholarship for his contribution to research in the field of general practice.

The Department of Public Health at Aarhus University has just appointed Erik Parner as professor. He conducts research into the development and use of statistical methods for the analysis of health data.

Jens Cosedis Nielsen from Aarhus University has received a grant of DKK five million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to improve the treatment of patients with heart rhythm irregularities, otherwise known as arrhythmias.

Nanna Brix Finnerup has been appointed professor at Aarhus University. In her new position she will continue her research into pain at the Danish Pain Research Center.

Ida Vogel from AU and AUH has just received a grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The money will go towards developing and applying new methods of showing serious diseases in foetuses.