Children with autism are often first diagnosed at the ages of five or six – and even later for children with ADHD. A major Danish study now documents that deviant development can already be seen during the child’s first two years.

Peter Vedsted from Aarhus University has just received the Magda and Svend Aage Friederich Commemorative Scholarship. He receives the scholarship for his contribution to research within general medicine.

Professor Peter Hokland and his research team from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital have received two grants to conduct research into the disease acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) – a cancer of the bone marrow and blood.

Ole Hilberg from Aarhus University (AU) and Aarhus University Hospital (AUH) is part of a research team that has just received a grant from InnovationsFonden (the Danish innovation foundation) to develop a test for tuberculosis.

Peter Christensen has just been appointed professor at Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital. The professorship is affiliated with the Pelvic Floor Unit, a clinical unit that will take care of patients with pelvic floor issues.