The faculty awards 4-year PhD scholarships to four talented early-career researchers who can now carry out research on topics such as tissue protection during heart failure and the nasal microbiome.

Marina Romero-Ramos is a new professor of Neuroscience at the Department of Biomedicine at Aarhus University, where she is researching the processes that contribute to neuronal death in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Deirdre Cronin Fenton is a new professor of breast cancer prevention at the Department of Clinical Medicine at Aarhus University and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology (KEA) at Aarhus University Hospital.

Professor Christoffer Laustsen aims to develop a new MRI scanning technique to make it easier and faster to diagnose patients with dementia. The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of almost DKK 3 million to the project.

Postdoc Mariavittoria d'Acierno from the Department of Biomedicine is one of 16 grant recipients supported by the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) with a total pool of just over DKK 10 million. She receives DKK 1.2 million for her…