Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Reproductive epidemiology
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3485-22-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 20/08/2022

Date and time	21.09.2022, at: 09:00 - 22.09.2022, at: 16:00
Regular seats	20
Course fee	2,040.00 kr.
Lecturers	Hanne Kristine Hegaard Lærke Priskorn
ECTS credits	1.40

Contact person	Lærke Priskorn E-mail address: laerke.priskorn@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 from NorDoc member universities. 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 NorDoc member universities. 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 insight in and understand central research questions, definitions and methodological challenges related to reproductive epidemiology. 2. understand and describe how reproduction can be seen in a life cycle persepctive. 3. have insigth in and compare different study designs used within reproductive epidemiology. 4. identify, explain and discuss study design strengths and limitations in the field of reproductive epidemiology. 5. describe, explain and discuss projects and theorise upon own and other students' projects in relation to the methodological challenges taught during the course Content The aim of the course is to give an introduction to topics addressed within the area of reproductive epidemiology and the methodological study challenges, including examples of contemporary epidemiological studies using different methodological approaches. Within a life cycle perspective on reproduction, the course covers four modules focusing on methodological challenges within the field of reproductive epidemiology: 1) Fecundity and fertility 2) Pregnancy and child health 3) Fetal programming of reproductive health 4) Reproductive function and long-term health Participants PhD students and other researchers conducting reproductive epidemiological research. A basic epidemiological understanding is a prerequisite. 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: Life Cycle in Medicine Public Health and Epidemiology Language English Form The course will be structured around lectures from active scientist within the field with student involvement including student cases (presentation and discussion of their own PhD projects). Three weeks prior to the course each participant should send the course director the following information: - Educational background - Title of PhD project and a short description of its aims, the used design(s) and method(s) and its specific challenges to be discussed during the course. Please also note how far the project is. - One or two questions that the student would like the lecturers to adress. Course director Hanne Hegaard, associate professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen and Department of Obstetrics, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet; hanne.kristine.hegaard@regionh.dk Lærke Priskorn, PhD, Department of Growth and Reproduction, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet; laerke.priskorn@regionh.dk Teachers Anders Juul, professor, DMSc. Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen Department of Growth and reproduction, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health (EDMaRC), Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet Anders P Mikkelsen, PhD student Department of Gynaecology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet Astrid Kolte, MD, PhD Department of Gynaecology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet Anja Pinborg, professor, DMSc. Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen Fertility Department, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet Lone Schmidt, professor MSO, DMSc. Social Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen Lærke Priskorn, PhD Department of Growth and reproduction, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health (EDMaRC), Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet Niels Jørgensen, PhD Department of Growth and reproduction, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health (EDMaRC), Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet Pernille Svendsen, PhD Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Copenhagen University Hospital – Herlev and Gentofte Tina Kold Jensen, professor, PhD Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Environmental Medicine, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark Tine Brink Henriksen, professor, PhD Perinatal Epidemiology Research Unit, Clinical Institute, Aarhus University and Dept Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital Øjvind Lidegaard, professor, DMSc. Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen. Department of Gynaecology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet Dates 21- 22 September 2022 (9-16 both days) Course location Panum/Den tværfaglige forskningsenhed for kvinder, børn og familiers sundhed Registration Please register before 20 August 2022 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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