This PhD course consists of a 1.5 day course (Wednesday and Thursday morning) and a 1.5 days symposium (Thursday afternoon and Friday morning). If you sign up for the PhD course, you are automatically signed up for the Circadian Rhythms and Metabolic Stress Symposium as well.

The course / symposium will cover different topics including:

• The clinical epidemiology of:
  • Glucocorticoid treatment
  • Cushing syndrome (endogenous GC excess)
  • Addison disease (endogenous GC insuffciency)
• Glucocorticoid physiology:
  • Substrate metabolism and insulin sensitivity
  • Circadian rhythms and clock genes
  • Tissue regulation of GC function (11β-HSDs)
  • Anti-inflammatory actions
• Glucocorticoid pharmacology:
  • GC treatment in rheumatology
  • GC treatment in Sports Medicine
  • Adverse effects of GC treatment

Speakers:

– Henrik Oster (DE)
– Gudmundur Johannsson (SW)
– Jonathan Seckl (UK)
– Michael Kjær (DK)
– Olaf M. Dekkers (NL)
– Paul M. Stewart (UK)

Organisers:

Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen, MD, DMSc
Professor and Chair
Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine
Aarhus University Hospital
Contact: joj@clin.au.dk

Marianne Skovsager Andersen, professor, MD, PhD, DMSc
Professor, Consultant; Department of Endocrinology,
Odense University Hospital

Niels Jessen, MD, PhD, Professor,
Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus,
Aarhus University Hospital

Randi Maria Hanghøj Tei
Clinical specialist, PhD, MHH, RN
Contact: randitei@rm.dk

Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, MD, DMSc
Professor, Chief of Medical Endocrinology PE 2132
Rigshospitalet

This course is intended for PhD students and postdocs with an interest in GC physiology and pharmacology. This includes participants involved in clinical and translational research in diabetes and endocrinology, in addition to PhD students and postdocs involved in GC research from other fields such as rheumatology, oncology and pulmonology.

The participants are selected based on abstract submission.

Dinner registration
Networking Dinner 15 & 16 March
The DDEA organizes a Networking Dinner both 15 and 16 March. Please sign up for the dinner when you register for the event.

Accommodation
The DDA offers accommodation from 14-17 March in Aarhus to participants living outside of Aarhus area. Please, state if you need accommodation when you register.

Certification
A course certificate will be sent to all participants upon request at the end of the course. Full participation is required to attain 2.2 ECTS points.

No-show fee
Please note that it is free of charge to participate in the course howeverthe DDA will charge a no-show fee of 500 DKK if you do not show up and have not unregistered from the course prior to its start.

Deadline for submission of abstracts:
February 1, 2023

Abstract guidelines:
Be sure your abstract contains the following information and adheres to the following formatting guidelines before submission:

You may download the abstract template here

The abstract should be max 1500 characters incl. spaces and written in Arial 10.

• Title of abstract (Use a short and specific title with title-style capitalization and put it in bold)
• Presenting author name(s) (Underline the presenting author’s name)
• Affiliation (Include unit, institution/company/hospital, city and country for all authors and put it in italic)

The body of the abstract contains the following content:

• Background and aim:
  Text in Arial 10
• Material and methods:
  Text in Arial 10
• Results (if obtained to date)
  Text in Arial 10
• Conclusion (and perspectives)
  Text in Arial 10

No images, figures, charts or tables should be included in the abstract.
Please proofread carefully before submission and submit a word file.