The key activities of the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) are divided into six programmes:
Within these programmes, DDEA offers courses, symposia, seminars, workshops, networking events, grants, and various communication activities.
The Annual Events Programme at the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) provides 25-30 education or networking events each year for early-career basic, translational, and clinical researchers in the diabetes, classical endocrinology and metabolism fields in Denmark and beyond. Activities are rich in scientific content, employ both on-site and virtual formats, e.g., courses, symposia, workshops, networking activities, webinars, etc., and welcome researchers working in a variety of sectors including academia, industry and hospitals.
The Programme is directed toward early-career researchers, but many events are also relevant for those at other career levels.
Annually, the DDEA Committee for Education establishes education and networking activities that provide a platform for sharing the latest research findings, discussing emerging trends and best practices, and addressing challenges in the field. Renowned national and international experts and specialists are invited contribute to the organisation, deliver lectures, and facilitate interactive sessions, ensuring that participants gain valuable insights and knowledge. Additional networking events such as roundtable discussions, panel sessions, and social gatherings are employed to foster an environment of open dialogue and knowledge sharing among researchers from diabetes, metabolism and classical endocrinology research fields.
A new events programme is proposed by the DDEA Committee for Education, approved by the DDEA Board of Directors and implemented by the DDEA Secretariat each year through education and networking components.
The education component of the Programme includes established, ongoing DDEA courses and symposia (e.g. the DDEA PhD Summer School, the DDEA/DCA Basic Cardiometabolic PhD course, the DDEA Postdoc Summit, and various DDEA symposia) that cover various aspects of diabetes, metabolic and endocrine disorders.
The networking component of the Programme provides opportunities for researchers across sectors and disciplines to connect, exchange ideas, and establish collaborations, and includes an already established ongoing activity, the DDEA Annual Day.
DDEA activities are implemented as professional events of high quality with clear learning outcomes to foster knowledge-sharing and a community of opportunities for early-career researchers. To this end, DDEA events feature participant engagement, involvement and interactivity.
Development of the Annual Events Programme and prioritisation of activities annually is done with the DDEA Committee for Education and approved by the DDEA Board of Directors. Some events are planned as part of new and established partnerships, e.g., with the other Danish Academies: Danish Cardiovascular Academy, Danish Data Science Academy, and Neuroscience Academy Denmark. Furthermore, a wide variety of partners, including the Danish Endocrine Society (DES), The Association for Young Endocrinologists (FYEN), Danish university hospitals’ departments of endocrinology, Steno Diabetes Centers, PhD schools and research groups at Danish universities, non-governmental organisations, life science industry, and many individual researchers.
DDEA utilises its various communication channels, including the DDEA website, newsletters, social media, and podcasts, to support and enhance the programme. These channels provide platforms for sharing information, promoting events, engaging in discussions, and disseminating valuable content, ultimately strengthening the impact of the programme.
The Talent Development Programme for Early-Career Researchers at the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) supports capacity-building and professional and career development among early-career researchers through training in transferable skills and methods.
The Programme is directed toward early-career researchers.
The Programme is implemented annually through DDEA education and networking activities, providing opportunities both for learning through hands-on, active experience and for researchers across sectors and disciplines to connect, exchange ideas, and establish collaborations. Implementation strengthens two general areas of capacity: 1) methods and 2) transferrable skills training.
Annually, the DDEA Committee for Education establishes education and networking activities that form a platform for sharing the latest research findings, discussing emerging trends and best practices, and addressing challenges. With regard to postgraduate talent development, experts are invited to deliver courses and facilitate interactive, often hands-on, sessions, ensuring that participants gain valuable knowledge and experience. In addition, networking activities such as discussions, panel sessions, and social gatherings are offered to provide forums for discussion and tools to manage one's life as a researcher.
In this programme, special focus is placed on:
New and emerging technologies in diabetes and classical endocrine research to promote innovative, multidisciplinary, and translational research
Clinical and translational research training focusing on how to design and conduct clinical studies to strengthen the collaboration between research centres at universities, hospitals and life science companies
Public involvement and outreach to strengthen dialogue between the public and researchers and train early-career researchers in involving end-users in the co-design and co-creation of research projects.
See examples of activities within the programme.
The Programme is updated annually with input and suggestions from both early-career and senior researchers affiliated with Danish universities, Danish university hospitals’ departments of endocrinology, Steno Diabetes Centers, non-governmental organisations and the life science industry as well as international collaborators. Part of the programme each year is co-organised and co-funded with sister academies, the Danish Cardiovascular Academy, Danish Data Science Academy and Neuroscience Academy Denmark.
Various DDEA communication channels, including the DDEA website, newsletters, social media, and podcasts, support and enhance the programme. These channels provide platforms for sharing information, promoting events, engaging in discussions, and disseminating valuable content, ultimately strengthening the impact of the programme.
The Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA)’s Strategic Partnership Programme connects experts, allocates Strategic Partnership Postdoctoral Fellowships and PhD Scholarships and supports education and networking initiatives. Active 2024-2027, this programme initiates, facilitates, and establishes international strategic partnerships with esteemed researchers, research centres, and departments across diverse sectors, fields and borders.
The programme targets early-career and senior researchers involved in allocated DDEA Strategic Partnership Postdoctoral Fellowships and PhD Scholarships.
The programme is executed through DDEA’s annual grant, education, and networking activities:
Grants: Allocation of seven 1/3 and 2/3-financed PhD scholarships, seven one-year postdoctoral fellowships and up to 25 travel grants
Education: Courses on scientific topics, tools and technologies, integrated into existing DDEA courses and symposia
Networking: Workshops, roundtable discussions, panel sessions, and social gatherings to share research findings, discuss trends, and foster collaboration
The programme is developed and continually refined with input from researchers at national and international institutions collaborating through DDEA’s Strategic Partnership Postdoctoral Fellowships and PhD Scholarships.
DDEA utilises various communication channels to support and enhance the programme, including the DDEA website, newsletters, social media, and podcasts. These platforms share information, promote events, engage experts in discussions, and disseminate valuable content, thereby amplifying the programme's impact.
The Diabetes-Endocrine Bridge Programme at DDEA strengthens collaborations among scientists in diabetes, metabolism, and classical endocrinology research throughout Denmark, across sectors, and from basic to clinical research disciplines.
The Programme is directed toward early-career researchers.
The Programme is implemented through DDEA's education and networking activities every year. The programme consists of education and networking components.
The education component of the Programme includes established, ongoing DDEA courses and symposia (e.g. the DDEA PhD Summer School, the DDEA/DCA Basic Cardiometabolic PhD course, the DDEA Postdoc Summit, and various DDEA symposia) that will cover various aspects of diabetes, metabolic, and endocrine disorders.
The networking component of the Programme provides opportunities for researchers across sectors and disciplines to connect, exchange ideas, and establish collaborations. This includes an already established ongoing activity, the DDEA Annual Day.
Annually, the DDEA Committee for Education establishes additional education and networking activities that provide a platform for sharing the latest research findings, discussing emerging trends and best practices, and addressing challenges in the field. Renowned national and international experts and specialists are invited to deliver lectures and facilitate interactive sessions, ensuring participants gain valuable insights and knowledge.
Additional networking events such as roundtable discussions, panel sessions, and social gatherings (e.g. at the annual European Congress for Endocrinology and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual Conference) are employed to foster an environment of open dialogue and knowledge sharing among researchers from diabetes, metabolism, and classical endocrinology research fields.
The Programme is established and updated with significant input from the Danish Endocrine Society (DES), The Association for Young Endocrinologists (FYEN), Danish university hospitals’ departments of endocrinology, Steno Diabetes Centers, research groups at Danish universities, non-governmental organisations, and the life science industry.
Various DDEA communication channels support and enhance the Programme, including the DDEA website, newsletters, social media, and podcasts. These channels provide platforms for sharing information, promoting events, engaging in discussions, and disseminating valuable content, ultimately strengthening the impact of the Programme.
The Mentoring and Alumni Programme at Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) draws on the combined strengths and needs of alumni and early-career researchers, supporting both in the development of their careers. Specifically,
The alumni aspect is designed to support the career development of early-career researchers currently or previously funded by the DDA or DDEA
The mentoring aspect creates and nurtures mutually beneficial mentor-mentee relationships
By offering mentorship, guidance, and networking opportunities, we aim to facilitate professional growth and enhance research capabilities for early-career researchers within the diabetes and endocrine domains.
The Programme is directed toward early-career researchers.
The Programme is implemented through Mentoring for Postdocs facilitated by a specialist as well as other DDEA education and networking activities each year:
Mentoring for Postdocs is provided to all funded DDEA postdoc fellows in their second year. With the support of an external expert, fellows are matched to appropriate mentors and guided through a year-long mentoring programme.
The education component of the Programme includes activities at established, recurring DDEA courses and symposia (e.g. the DDEA PhD Summer School, the DDEA/DCA Basic Cardiometabolic PhD course, the DDEA Postdoc Summit, and various DDEA symposia) and new activities such as a mentoring webinar series and cross-academy career fair.
The networking component of the Programme provides opportunities for researchers, including DDEA alumni, across sectors and disciplines to connect, exchange ideas, and establish collaborations, such the already established ongoing activity, the DDEA Annual Day.
Through the programme, we anticipate that alumni will:
Gain training and hands-on experience as a mentor
Get promoted on DDEA communication channels, e.g., the DDEA Alumni Newsletter and social media
Increase their network (both with peers and senior researchers)
Add mentoring skills to their CV
Get recognition from DDEA in the form of a certificate for mentorship
And early-career researchers will:
Improve transferrable skills that support their career development
Become more informed of career paths and opportunities
Become empowered to drive their career and tackle hurdles
Increase their network (i.e., with peers, senior researchers)
Have the opportunity for mentorship as well as gain in one’s mentoring skills
The Programme is established and updated with significant input from early-career researchers and external experts. Collaboration and cooperation with the other Danish academies, Danish Cardiovascular Academy, Danish Data Science Academy and Neuroscience Academy Denmark, is also essential.
Various DDEA communication channels, including the DDEA website, newsletters, social media, and podcasts, support and enhance the programme. These channels provide platforms for sharing information, promoting events, engaging in discussions, and disseminating valuable content, ultimately strengthening the impact of the programme.
The Public Involvement and Outreach Programme at Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) facilitates cooperation between researchers, especially those early in their careers, and the public, including persons with lived experience of endocrine conditions, to create public and user-driven solutions that benefit science and society.
The Programme is directed toward the research community and public in Denmark.
The Programme is co-created and implemented with the DDEA Public Advisory Panel, a group of up to 10 persons, collectively with substantial experience living with or being a relative of a person with one or more chronic diseases, including diabetes and/or other endocrine diseases, as well as co-morbidities, experience in strategic planning, organizational development, and establishing collaborations, networks, and partnerships across sectors, including NGOs, and experience in knowledge-sharing and use of social media in a professional context.
The Public Advisory Panel provides recommendations, ideas, and feedback to the DDEA Secretariat on strategy for connecting early-career researchers with society through education, networking activities, funding and communication activities, taking into consideration the current framework of DDEA, including the budget, funding agreement between DDEA and the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and the strategy outlined in the DDEA application that forms the basis for the grant to DDEA for 2023-2027.
Specifically, the main tasks of the Public Advisory Panel are to:
Contribute to the establishment of events that bridge the gap between citizens, individuals, and relatives living with diabetes and other classical endocrine diseases in their everyday lives and early-career researchers studying these diseases.
Provide suggestions on how public and user involvement in selected DDEA educational and networking activities can create value for younger researchers, citizens, and individuals and relatives living with diabetes and other classical endocrine diseases.
Provide suggestions on how an Academy post-2027 can be established with an organization that caters to the interests and needs of citizens, individuals, and relatives living with diabetes and other classical endocrine diseases, as well as early-career researchers, in a way that ensures user involvement in world-class research.
Various DDEA communication channels, including the DDEA website, newsletters, social media, and podcasts, to support and enhance the programme. These channels provide platforms for sharing information, promoting events, engaging in discussions, and disseminating valuable content, ultimately strengthening the impact of the programme.
EAN: 5798 0022 30642
Reference: 1025 0006
CVR: 29 19 09 09
