A research team from AAU led by Michael Toft Overgaard from the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience and Mette Nyegaard from the Department of Medicine and Health Technology is the reason behind the Australian legal system's annulment of the conviction of Kathleen Folbigg for the deaths of four of her family's children.
Mette Nyegaard has more than 25 years experience in linking genetic variation to phenotype for both rare and common complex diseases. She has a strong interest in gender medicine and womens reproductive health and Leading the Danish contribution to the largest genome-wide association analysis of endometriois to date.
Michael Toft Overgaard is a Professor of Protein Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience at Aalborg University. From 1 November 2025 he is also Vice Dean for Research and Innovation at the Faculty of Engineering and Science. Source: Aalborg University website
Dr. Bente Klarlund Pedersen, MD, is Professor of Integrative Medicine at the University of Copenhagen and Chief Physician at Rigshospitalet. She is the head of the TrygFonden Center for Active Health, which conducts research on the impact of physical activity on health. In addition, she contributes health columns to the newspaper Politiken and runs her own health advice column in Politiken Lørdagsliv. Bente Klarlund Pedersen is also one of the most frequently consulted health experts by the media when it comes to topics related to health, physical activity, and well-being. Source: Bente Klarlund Photo: Les Kaner
The PhD Day is an annual event taking place on the third friday in January as a joint venture between the PhD Association and the Graduate School of Health, Aarhus University. The day seeks to bring PhD students together and network across the broad diversity of scientific fields within health sciences that are represented at the faculty.
The PhD day is a chance for you to present your research to your peers as well as to more experienced researchers.The event also offers the chance for you to act as co-chair during the presentations, giving you the opportunity to get experience with acting as a scientific panel member in a conference.
The PhD Day will as always include a keynote lecture. In addition, we invite you to join us for the Fogh-Nielsen prize competition and for the JCD prize award ceremony.
The PhD Day 2026 takes place on 16 January 2026 and the planning continues. After the summer holiday an invitation will be sent to PhD students and Research Year students at Graduate School Health. The website will be updated continuously. You can visit the archive to learn more about previous years' PhD Days.
