Projects

The titles of some of the research projects, which take place in the supervisor groups, are listed alphabetic in the following diagram. In most of the cases you can click on the title and a more detailed description of the project will appear in pdf-format.

Project titles	Participants	Institute/Dept/institution
Cardiac potassium channels: molecular function, pharmacology and role in disease	Søren Peter Olesen	Med. Fysiol. Inst., KU
Cardiovascular disease and postmenopausal replacement therapy: Clinical, epidemiological and experimental studies	Bent Ottesen	Gynækologisk afd. Hvidovre Hospital
Cardiovascular pharmacology and pathophysiology: Experimental and human investigations with focus on nitric oxide, heart failure and heart transplantation	Jan Aldershvile Søren Boesgaard	Dept. Medicine B, Div. Cardiol., Rigshospitalet
Cardiovascular regulation by the autonomic nervous system with special reference to the patophysiological causes of syncope	Jesper Mehlsen Andreas Kjær Anne-Birgitte Pedersen	Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Frederiksberg Hospital
Cardiovascular risk prevention and rehabilitation	Mogens L Larsen	Department of Medicine and Cardiology, Aarhus Amtssygehus
1- Characterisation of i) CGRP receptors, ii) CGRP signal transduction and iii) the mechanism behind desensitisation of CGRP-induced responses in coronary small arteries. 2- Change in vascular reactivity during ageing, diabetes and congestive heart failure. 3- Investigation of cardiac pain during ischemia and diabetes. 4- Alteration in coronary artery receptor expression during ischemia	Majid Sheykhzade Bjarne Fjalland Ole Jannik Bjerrum	Department of Pharmacology, The Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen
Clinical and biochemical aspects of the haemostatic balance in relation to development and prevention of cardiovascular diseases.	Jørgen Jespersen Jørgen Gram Else-Marie Bladbjerg Anna-Marie Münster Johannes J. Sidelmann Cornelis Kluft Moniek de Maat	Department for Thrombosis Research University of Southern Denmark Niels Bohrs Vej 9
Clinical epidemiology of ischemic heart disease and congestive heart failure	Christian Torp-Petersen Lars Køber	Department of Cardiology, H:S Bispebjerg University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, H:S Rigshospitalet
Determinants and prognosis of systolic and diastolic dysfunction of the left cardiac ventricle assessed by echocardiography in the population.	Jan Skov Jensen Henrik Scharling	The Copenhagen City Heart Study, Epidemiological Research Unit, Bispebjerg University Hospital.
Development of hypertension and subclinical cardiovascular damage and the effect of blocking the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldoserone System	Michael H. Olsen Jørgen Jeppesen Per R. Hildebrandt Steen Abildstrøm	The Cardiovascular Research Unit, Cardiology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Glostrup University Hospital
Det molekylærgenetiske grundlag for dyslipidæmi og aterosklerose	Ole Færgeman	Med. kardiol. afd. A, Århus KH
Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease – epidemiology, prevention and genetic studies	Knut Borch-Jonsen	Steno Diabetes Center
Effekten af fysisk træning på endotelfunktionen hos raske og pt. med metabolisk syndrom. Molekylære mekanismer ved træningsinduceret angiogenese	Flemming Dela	Med. Fysiol. Inst., KU
Experimental and clinical studies of potassium and genes in cardiovascular disease focusing on diagnostic and therapeutic implications.	Keld Kjeldsen Thomas Andersen Schmidt Henning Bundgaard Ole Havndrup	Human and experimental ion research laboratory. The heart centre and Copenhagen heart arrhythmia research centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen
Eksperimentelle studier af nyrens regulering af vand-og saltbalancen under fysiologiske og patofysiologiske forhold, med særlig fokus på vand- og salttransporterende proteiner i nyre og andre organer.	Søren Nielsen Jørgen Frøkiær	Water and Salt Research Center Anatomisk institut Aarhus Universitet
Eksperimentelle studier af patogenesen til kardiovaskulær sygdom ved type 1 og 2 diabetes, Herunder betydningen af cytokiner og vækstfaktorer.	Allan Flyvbjerg	Medicinsk afd. M Århus Kommunehospital
Gene and stem cell therapy in ischemic heart disease	Jens Kastrup Erik Jørgensen Hans E. Johnsen	Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory 2014, The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9
Genetic aspects of common multifactorial disease: Ischemic heart disease, lung disease and cancer	Anne Thybjerg Hansen	Klin. Biokem. afd. Rigshospitalet
Gravity and Weightlessness to Understand Cardiovascular and Fluid Volume Control in Humans	Peter Norsk Mogens Tangø	Medical Department B, Rigshospitalet
Hemodynamics, biomechanics, heart valves, robotic cardiac surgery, cardiac imaging (MRI, ultrasound), bioacoustics, self managed oral anticoagulant therapy, mitral valve dynamics	J. Michael Hasenkam Peter K. Paulsen Hans Nygaard	Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery – Research unit T Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby Sygehus
Hypoxic dilation of coronary arteries - possible mechanisms	Ole Frøbert Ulf Simonsen Claus H. Gravholt	Department of Cardiology S, Aalborg University Hospital
Importance of proximal tubular fluid output in regulating urinary sodium excretion in health and disease	Klaus Thomsen Martin Bak	Institute for Basic Psychiatric Research
Integrative studies of cerebrovascular function and cerebral metabolism: Pathophysiological mechanisms and pharmacological approaches	Niels Vidiendal Olsen	Farmakologisk Inst., Københavns Universitet
Integrative studies of cardiovascular function and salt and water metabolism in cardiovascular and renal diseases. Pathophysiological mechanisms and pharmacological approaches.	Thomas Jonassen, Sten Christensen, Ole Amtorp	Farmakologisk Institut Københavns Universitet
Inter- and intracellular communication in the cardiovascular system	Niels-Henrik Holstein-Rathlou, Max Salomonsson	Department of Medical Physiology, The Panum Institute, Københavns Universitet
Integrative studies of human cardiovascular control in health and disease. Applications in clinical medicine and exercise physiology.	Niels H. Secher Stefanos Volianitis	Department of Anaesthesia, The Abdominal Centre, Rigshospitalet
Integrated basic and clinical studies of the resistance vasculature in hypertension and erectile dysfunction. Therapeutic approaches.	Michael J. Mulvany Ulf Simonsen	Department of Pharmacology, University of Aarhus
Interactions of the sympathetic nervous system and the nitric oxide system in the control of blood pressure and flow during rest and exercise. Integrative oharmacological and neurophysiological studies.	Mikael Sander	Muskelcentret, Rigshospitalet
Invasive treatment of cardiac tachyarrhytmias	Jesper Hastrup Svendsen Xu Chen	Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen County Hospital Gentofte.
Ion transport and associated signalling in vascular and epithelial function	Christian Aalkjær Holger Nielsson Jens Leipziger	Water and Salt Research Center Fysiologisk Institut Århus Universitet
Kadiovaskulære risikofaktorer og endotelial dysfunktion ved uræmi	Bo Feldt Rasmussen	Nefrologisk afd., RH
Lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis	Lars Bo Nielsen	Department Clinical Biochemsitry, Rigshospitalet, blegdamsvej 9
Long QT syndrome and cardiomyopathy: Genotype-phenotype relationship, pathogenetic mechanisms and gene-specific treatment	Michael Christiansen Paal Skytt Andersen	Statens Serum Institut
Molecular mechanisms of exercise on local and systemic functions in health and disease	Thorkil Ploug	Department of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen The Panum Institute
Molecular mechanisms underlying cardiac hypertrophy and arrhythmia	Stig Haunsø Søren P. Sheikh Ole Amtorp Peter Busk	Laboratory for Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine B, Rigshospitalet 9312
Pathogenetic mechanisms of diabetic angiopathy	Thomas Ledet Lise Wogensen Bach	Research Laboratory for Biochemical Pathology
Receptors and transporters for biogenic amines: structure, molecular function and cellular regulation	Ulrik Gether	Molecular Neuropharmacology Group, Department of Pharmacology
Renal and cardiovascular regulation of salt and water balance in the normal condition, during development, and under pathological salt and water retaining conditions	Peter Bie, Ole Skøtt, Boye L. Jensen, Ulla Friis	Fysiologi og Farmakologi Syddansk Universitet Odense
Studies of the relation between endothelial dysfunction, diabetes and atherosclerosis	Christian Torp-Petersen Lars Køber	Department of Cardiology, H:S Rigshospitalet, Department of Cardiology, H:S Bispebjerg University Hospital
Studies on the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of hypertensive lesions in brain, kidney and peripheral circulation	Svend Strandgaard Olaf B. Paulson Arne Høj Nielsen	Department of Nephrology, Herlev University Hospital
The molecular basis of myocardial tolerance to ischemia/reperfusion. The role of Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) and its contribution to ischemic preconditioning	Marek Treiman	Med. Fysiol. Inst., KU
Studies of diabetic micro- and macrovascular complications with a special focus on diabetic nephropathy – genetic aspects and cardiovascular risk factors	Hans-Henrik Parving Lise Tarnow Peter Rossing	Steno Diabetes Center