A study of gestational diabetes mellitus in Denmark turned into Cathrine Munk Scheuer and her team identifying significant differences in prevalence across the Danish regions that could not be explained merely by risk factors. Cathrine Munk Scheuer is a medical doctor from the University of Copenhagen. She is curren...

Despite many similarities between diabetes and other endocrine conditions, the research field of classical endocrinology is far behind research into diabetes. And despite the fact that collaboration improves research quality, it is often left out of the process. Professor Gudmundur Johannsson from the University of ...

Danish Diabetes Academy-funded researcher Julie Abildgaard is first author of a recent cohort study investigating patients with testosterone deficiency after treatment for prostate cancer. Julie is also one of the new members of the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) Board of Directors. Julie Abildgaard is...

Danish Diabetes Academy-funded researcher Julie Abildgaard is first author of a recent cohort study investigating patients with testosterone deficiency after treatment for prostate cancer. Julie is also one of the new members of the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) Board of Directors. Julie Abildgaard is...

High academic quality, unique networking opportunities, and the building of confidence: Smaller scale DDEA courses lead to big advantages for early-career researchers within the field of classical endocrinology. We have asked clinical professor Marianne Skovsager Andersen what she hopes the Danish Diabetes and Endoc...

Jens Lund has just completed his PhD Scholarship on ‘Deciphering the Role of Lactate in Brown Fat – Brain Cross-Talk’ at the Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen with a grant from the Danish Diabetes Academy. Jens’ project title was ‘The role of circulating lactate in regulation ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the world. Fortunately, due to earlier diagnosis and improved treatment, breast cancer survivors are a growing group. Today, over 90% of women with breast cancer survive for more than five years after their diagnosis. However, most women suffer from side effects from both c...

Rasmus Kjøbsted has just completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen with a grant from the Danish Diabetes Academy. Rasmus’ project title was ‘TBC1D4 in muscle insulin sensitization’. We asked Rasmus to reflect on his time as a DDA-funded...

David Beran, Kurt Højlund, and Anders Green are getting close to publishing a whitebook that compiles all existing data on type 1 diabetes in Denmark. The hope is that the whitebook will be used as a roadmap to improve data on diabetes, and thereby diabetes care, on a global scale. David Beran is an Assistant [&hel...

Today, more than 500 million adults live with diabetes. Of these, approximately 1 in 4 will develop kidney disease. Kidney disease is far more common in people with diabetes than in people without the condition. Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and reflects the increasing ...