How do you regain swallowing function after a brain injury?
Associate Professor Mohit Kothari of Aarhus University and the Hammel Neurorehabilitation Centre has received the Bagger-Sørensen Foundation’s Young Researcher Award for his work to alleviate some of the many different conditions that affect the quality of life of people suffering from the long-term side effects of brain injury.
Mohit Kothari, who is a dentist and associate professor at the Department of Clinical Medicine, has dedicated his research to mitigating some of the many conditions that often follow in the wake of a brain injury, and which can affect the quality of life of individual patients. Patients may for example find it difficult to swallow, and Mohit Kothari has, amongst other things, developed treatment programmes that help people with the long-term side effects of brain damage to regain the swallowing function and good oral health in general. He is now being honoured with the Bagger-Sørensen Foundation’s Young Researcher Award.
Along with the award, Mohit Kothari receives a personal prize of DKK 100,000 for his extraordinary efforts in the field of dental research.
This year, the Bagger-Sørensen Foundation is awarding its Young Researcher Prize to two young scientists under the age of 40 who have made a special contribution to research. The other award winner is postdoc Lærke Smidt Gasbjerg of Herlev and Gentofte Hospital and the University of Copenhagen.
This article is based on press material from the Bagger-Sørensen Foundation and the Regional Hospital Central Jutland.
Contact
Associate Professor, Dental Surgeon and PhD Mohit Kothari
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and
Hammel Neurorehabilitation Centre
Mobile: +45 7841 9544
E-mail: mohit.kothari@clin.au.dk