The PhD Committee

The PhD committee plays an advisory role to the graduate school management. The PhD committee consists of seven representatives from the academic staff (VIPs) and six PhD students from Health who are elected by and among the academic staff and the PhD students at Health, respectively.

In accordance with the Danish University Act, the committee has the following responsibilities:

To make a recommendation to the dean for the appointment of a chair from among the PhD committee’s academic staff and a vice-chair, if applicable, from among the PhD committee’s students.
To make a recommendation to the dean about the composition of members of the assessment committee.
To approve PhD courses.
To prepare proposals for internal guidelines for the graduate school, including PhD guidance, to the Head of the Graduate School.
To make statements about the evaluation of the PhD programmes and guidance to the head of the graduate school.
To approve applications for credits and exemptions.
To make statements relating to the area of the committee in all matters of importance regarding the PhD programmes and guidance presented to the committee by the dean or the person authorised by the dean.

In addition, the PhD committee’s academic staff representatives make recommendations to the Head of the Graduate School about approving the enrolment of PhD students.

2023 meetings - minutes and agenda

Meeting	Agenda	Minutes
9 February 2023 (constitution followed by ordinary meeting)	Agenda	Minutes
8 May 2023	Agenda	Minutes
4 September 2023	Agenda	Minutes
11 December 2023	Agenda	Minutes

See minutes from previous PhD Committee meetings.

Members

Chair

Stine Sofia Korreman, Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine - DCPT - Danish Center for Particle Therapy

Co-chair

Loni Kraus Ledderer, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health - Department of Health Services Research

Academic staff

Ditte Demontis, Professor, Department of Biomedicine - Forskning og uddannelse, Skou-bygningen
Ole Ingemann Hansen, Deputy State-Appointed Forensic Pathologist, Department of Forensic Medicine - Department of Forensic Medicine - Forensic Pathology
Lise-Lotte Kirkevang, Associate Professor, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health - Section for Oral Radiology
Rikke Katrine Jentoft Olsen, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine - Research Unit for Molecular Medicine
Jeppe Prætorius, Professor, Department of Biomedicine - Forskning og uddannelse, Syd

PhD students (observers)

Shokouh Arjmand, PhD Student, Department of Clinical Medicine - Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit
Fernando Valentim Bitencourt, PhD Student, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health - Section for Periodontology
Tanja Charlotte Frederiksen, PhD Student, Department of Clinical Medicine - The Department of Cardiological Medicine B
Malene Kærslund Hansen, PhD Student, Department of Clinical Medicine - The Department of Cardiological Medicine B
Mojdeh Mansoori, PhD Student, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health
Mette Vestergård Pedersen, PhD Student, Department of Clinical Medicine - Department of Paediatrics

Observers

Birgitte Rosenvind Eriksen, Head of department, Health, Health Administrative Centre - Health PhD Administration
Louise Nygaard Kristensen, Special Consultant, Health Administrative Centre - Health PhD Administration
Helene Nørrelund, Head of Graduate School, Deans Office, Health

Revised 06.03.2023

Graduate School of Health