Young Danish talents on unique research stay in California
Five talented medical students are currently preparing to participate in the Lundbeck Foundation's research programme DARE – Danish American Research Exchange. The five students have travelled to San Francisco, where they will conduct research at Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco.
Mette, Cecilie, Mark, Søren and Emma have travelled across the Atlantic to conduct research into atrial fibrillation, bipolar disorder, intestinal diseases, epileptic seizures and aggressive blood cancer.
This is the fourth time we have sent a team of medical students on a research trip, and we are collaborating with Innovation Centre Denmark on the programme so that all the practical arrangements are made in advance and the students do not have to worry about paperwork or finding accommodation, but can devote themselves to their research.
What have the recent changes in the diagnostic criteria for mania meant for patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder? Mette Ungermann Fredskild will spend the next ten months investigating this question when she takes up her position at Stanford University in California with the support of the Lundbeck Foundation.
Emma is one of five medical students who have been accepted into our DARE programme (Danish American Research Exchange) this year, and she will be affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco, where she will investigate, among other things, the effect of gluten on patients' microbiome, metabolome and immune system.
Søren is one of five medical students who have been accepted into our DARE programme (Danish American Research Exchange) this year, and he will therefore be working with some of the world's most talented researchers at Stanford University.
Patients with acute leukaemia (an aggressive type of blood cancer) can experience serious complications during their treatment, requiring admission to intensive care units – i.e. hospital wards for seriously ill patients.
With support from the Lundbeck Foundation, Marc Meller Søndergaard will spend the next 10 months investigating how the amount of oestrogen in the body over the course of a lifetime affects the risk of developing atrial fibrillation.
Every year, the Lundbeck Foundation sends some of Denmark's most talented medical students to Stanford University and the University of California San Francisco to learn from and conduct research alongside some of the world's most talented researchers.
The programme is called the Danish American Research Exchange, and students who have previously been part of the programme have conducted research on everything from childhood leukaemia to arthritis and ultrasound scans of the heart.
The Lundbeck Foundation collaborates with Innovation Centre Denmark on the programme, so that all the practical arrangements are made in advance and the students do not have to worry about paperwork or finding accommodation, but can devote themselves to their research.
The fourth group will be sent in August 2018.
