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Please find latest news before the vacation:

Senior consultant Jørn Olsen from Department of Clinical Epidemiology has received a grant of DKK 1.591.952 from the Danish Council for Independent…

Søren Laurberg from AU and AUH has become an honorary member of one of the world's largest gastrointestinal surgical associations, the American Society of Colon Rectal Surgeons. He receives the honour for his ground-breaking research and clinical efforts.

Three Danish foundations are investing millions of Danish kroner in the biotech company NMD Pharma, which was founded by Ole Bækgaard Nielsen, Thomas Holm Pedersen and Claus Olesen from the Department of Biomedicine. The goal is to develop medicine that can treat incurable neuromuscular diseases. The grant will also benefit the department.

Associate Professor Søren Dinesen Østergaard from AU and AUH has received grants from the Aarhus University Research Foundation and the Riisfort Foundation for the testing of a new tool that can measure the severity of schizophrenia symptoms.

Mogens Vestergaard from Aarhus University is this year’s recipient of the Magda and Svend Aage Friederich's Commemorative Scholarship. He receives the scholarship for his contribution to research in the field of general practice.

The Department of Public Health at Aarhus University has just appointed Erik Parner as professor. He conducts research into the development and use of statistical methods for the analysis of health data.

Due to the holidays, HE Estates Facilities -Cleaning will operate with reduced staffing during July and August. This means that focus will be on cleaning toilets and kitchens and emptying rubbish.

Associate professor Jiong Li from Department of Clinical Epidemiology has received a grant of DKK 2,588,067 from the Danish Council for Independent…

Clear layout and increased usability. These are the goals of AU’s new external website design which will be implemented from autumn 2016 until spring 2017.