Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Exercise as Medicine; a translational perspective
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3240-21-00-00	There are no available seats
	Enrollment deadline: 25/05/2021

Date and time	14.06.2021, at: 09:00 - 17.06.2021, at: 16:30
Regular seats	18
Course fee	5,880.00 kr.
Lecturers	Jesper Frank Christensen Mathias Ried-Larsen
ECTS credits	3.10

Contact person	Emil Green Toft E-mail address: cfas-events.rigshospitalet@regionh.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from Nordic countries. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: 1. have an understanding of the application of translational research in exercise medicine, 2. have developed the ability to critically evaluate current research in exercise as medicine, 3. have gained insight, understanding and appreciation of exercise as medicine within a range of different diseases and settings, 4. have been presented with the requirements for developing clinically viable studies including exercise interventions within the fields of cancer, diabetes, and cardiopulmonary diseases, 5. and have received training in and demonstrated the ability to disseminate and communicate his/her PhD project in a clear and effective manner Content The course will focus on the application of exercise training in the management of diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and mental health. These areas will be covered translationally, i.e., from an epidemiological perspective, across integrative physiological evidence to mechanistic molecular insight into the interplay between exercise training and disease. In addition, the students will be presented to challenges in designing and concluding on exercise interventions trials, as well as barriers for implementing and maintaining people and patients in active lifestyles. Center for Physical Activity Research gives priority to dissemination of research not only to colleagues, but also to lay people. Therefore we have found it of interest to include sessions in the PhD course program that aim at qualifying the students to communicate their PhD project in a clear and short manner. Participants The course is aimed at experienced PhD students with a background as MD, MSc or equivalent, who are interested in exercise physiology, clinical application of exercise or exercise and public health. Preferably, the PhD student should have initiated his/her research project. Before the course starts the participants are expected to prepare themselves by writing a synopsis for the pitching of their project. A template for the synopsis will be circulated prior to the course. This will be used for pitch training and short presentations during the course. Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: Basic Metabolic Research Clinical Cancer Research Basic and Clinical Research in Musculoskeletal Sciences Language The PhD course will be given in English Form The PhD course consists of two integrated parts – a three-day PhD course with lectures and student presentations (including training in research dissemination/communication) – and a one day international symposium that will be virtual. The course days will include in-depth overviews of the interaction between clinical care and exercise from a translational perspective. Moreover, topics on critical application of research results as well as research communication will be brought into the discussion and teaching. During the course, time is set aside for the students to meet, interact and discuss with the invited internationally renowned researchers. The online, international symposium day will include presentations and discussions of current research topics and critical opinions within different fields of exercise, clinical and pre-clinical research. Course director Jesper Frank Christensen, senior researcher and research group leader, Centre for Physical Activity Research (CFAS), Rigshospitalet, e-mail: Jesper.Frank.Christensen@regionh.dk and Mathias Ried-Larsen, senior researcher and research group leader, Centre for Physical Activity Research (CFAS), Rigshospitalet, e-mail: mathias.ried-larsen@regionh.dk Teachers Anders Grøntved Professor, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, DK Bente Klarlund Pedersen Professor and Centre Director, Centre for Physical Activity Research, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Denmark Chris MacDonald PhD student, MSc., Centre for Physical Activity Research, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Denmark Ciaran Fairman Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, USA Claus Brandt Group leader, postdoc, PhD., Centre of Physical Activity Research, Rigshospitalet, Denmark Damian M. Bailey Professor, University of South Wales, UK Daniel E. Lieberman Professor and Chair, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA Fredrik Karpe Professor of Metabolic Medicine and Hon. Consultant Physician, University of Oxford, UK Graham Finlayson University of Leeds, School of Psychology, Leeds, UK Ismael Gögenur Professor, DMSc, Consultant,Dept. Surgery, Center for Surgical Science, Zealand University Hospital, and Institute for Clinical Medicine, Copenhagen University, Denmark Jens Brüning Professor, Dr., Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany Jerome A. Dempsey Professor, Dept. of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA Jesper F. Christensen Senior Researcher, Group Leader, PhD., Centre for Physical Activity Research, Rigshospitalet, Denmark Julie Midtgaard Clinical Professor, Psychologist, Glostrup Mental Health Centre and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Mathias Ried-Larsen Senior Researcher, Group leader, PhD., Centre of Physical Activity Research, Rigshospitalet, Denmark Michael J. Joyner Professor, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Morten Zacho Teaching Assoc. Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Regitse Højgaard Christensen Group leader, PhD., Centre of Physical Activity Research, Rigshospitalet, Denmark Ronan Berg Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, and Group leader, PhD., Centre of Physical Activity Research, Rigshospitalet, Denmark Steen Hasselbalch Professor, Danish Dementia Research Centre, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Denmark Stefano Balducci Professor, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, “La Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy Søren Nielsen Senior Researcher, Group leader, PhD., Centre of Physical Activity Research, Rigshospitalet, Denmark Dates June 14-17 2021 Course location Centre for Physical Activity Research (CFAS), Rigshospitalet Registration Please register before May 25 2021 Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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