Screening Interest Group

Screening and early detection of diseases is a newly founded interest group (2024) that will connect junior and senior researchers from all fields and disease specialties to discuss screening relevant topics.

Chairs

  • Mette Kielsholm Thomsen, MSPH, PhD, Department of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Stine Bisgaard Greve, MD, PhD student, Department of Radiology

Aims

The “Screening and early detection of diseases”-group has two overall aims.

  1. To disseminate knowledge and experiences on screening and early detection methodology
  2. To facilitate integration between basic, clinical and epidemiological research on screening and early detection of specific diseases

As a member, you will receive inspiring information on seminars and tips for relevant conferences and lectures.

Examples of topics for seminars will include

  • Lessons learned from controversies in cancer screening
  • “If we test enough, everybody suffers from some disease” – when is screening applicable?
  • Screening of high-risk vs. average-risk populations
  • Screening as an involuntary inequality magnifier – how can we support vulnerable populations to participate in screening efforts
  • Risk-stratification for personalized screening tools
  • Screening specific biases in observational studies – rules of thumb and why they are not enough
  • Novel biomedical, clinical and epidemiologic perspectives on early detection of x disease