On the occasion of DDEA Visiting Professor David Beran’s appointment as Adjunct Professor of global diabetes studies at the Research Unit of Steno Diabetes Center Odense (SDCO), Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and at Steno Diabetes Center Odense, Odense University Hospital (OUH), the Faculty of Health Sciences host an inaugural seminar with the following program:

14.00-14.05: Introduction and welcome

Kurt Højlund, Head of Research, Research Unit of Steno Diabetes Center Odense, Department of Clinical Research, SDU, and Steno Diabetes Center Odense, OUH.

14.05-14.35: “From Maputo to Odense: what lessons for data and type 1 diabetes”.

Adjunct Professor, David Beran, Research Unit of Steno Diabetes Center Odense, Department of Clinical Research, SDU, and Assistant Professor, Division of Tropical and
Humanitarian Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland

14.35-15.05: “Global estimates of type 1 diabetes: Why and how?”

Professor emeritus, Anders Green, Research Unit of Steno Diabetes Center Odense, Department of Clinical Research, SDU, and Steno Diabetes Center Odense, OUH

15.05-15.35: “Lessons learnt from diabetes data in Tanzania”

Professor, CEO, Kaushik Ramaiya, Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital, Dar es salaam, Tanzania 

15.35-15.45: Discussion and closing of the seminar

Malene Grubbe Hildebrandt, Vice Head of Department, Department of Clinical Research, SDU.

Venue and date:

4th November 2026 – From 14:00 hrs. CET

Auditorium O100
University of Southern Denmark
Campusvej 55
5230 Odense M