Danish Sleep Center for Children and Adolescents
The Danish Sleep Centre for Children and Adolescents specializes in sleep disorders in children and young people.
The center's scientific focus is on diagnosis, consequences, and prevention of sleep disorders. It aims to create a national network for all researchers in the field of sleep and work to build knowledge that can optimize sleep among children and adolescents in Denmark and globally.
Researchers at the center will study and monitor both ill and healthy children to understand the importance of sleep. To this end, a cohort of children with chronic diseases will be established — including conditions such as headaches, epilepsy, diabetes, brain tumors, or diseases of the muscles and nerves. In addition, the goal is to gain more detailed knowledge of sleep in healthy children by following a group of children from birth and throughout their childhood.
The results will not only benefit children with sleep disorders but also create new knowledge that can be used in the treatment of other patient groups — for example, children with psychiatric conditions and adults with similar sleep problems. The technologies and AI tools developed by the center will be useful in both future research and clinical practice.
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The center is a collaboration between the Departments of Pediatrics at Herlev and Gentofte Hospitals and the upcoming hospital for children, adolescents, and pregnant women at Rigshospitalet, Mary Elizabeth's Hospital.
