The PhD Day warmed up with presentations by PhD students who were all recipients of the Fogh-Nielsens Legacy and the DKK 100,000 that was available. Their performance on the stage determined how much of the grant each of them received.

The PhD students at Health have named Associate Professor, PhD Jacob Giehm Mikkelsen from the Department of Biomedicine as the year's best supervisor.

Professor and medical specialist in general practice Mogens Vestergaard from Aarhus University has been chosen as the new chair of the Committee on General Practice and Family Medicine Research of the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Daniel Witte has just been appointed as professor at the Department of Public Health, Aarhus University. Here he will continue his research into diabetes.

Claus Lindbjerg Andersen from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital has just received DKK 1.8 million for a major new research project which it is hoped can ensure earlier detection of colon and bowel cancer so that more patients survive.

Medical doctor Marlene Beyer Eg from the Department of Forensic Medicine, Aarhus University, is receiving DKK 1,750,000 from the Council of the Danish Victims Fund towards a PhD project on the “Abuse of Children in the North & Central Denmark Regions".

Hanne Mohr is leaving her position as head of SKT (the School for Dental Assistants, Hygienists and Clinical Technicians) at Aarhus University.