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New research to find efficient strategies for prevention of epidemics

health Jonas Juul About ITU Research grants

26 February, 2025

Assistant Professor at ITU, Jonas Juul, receives a Novo Nordisk Foundation Data Science Investigator grant of DKK 6.5 million for a project that aims to improve statistical methods for predicting outbreaks of infections.

New research project to find a more inclusive way to develop algorithms

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10 February, 2025

Associate Professor Veronika Cheplygina has received a Novo Nordisk Data Science Investigator Grant of almost DKK 11 million. The grant will fund research on how more inclusive teaching and research environments may lead to better algorithms for medical imaging.

Researchers work to solve healthcare’s growing e-waste problem

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19 June, 2024

Associate Professor Daniel Fürstenau and PhD Fellow Camille Rønn lead a 9-million-euro Horizon Europe project aimed at solving the growing e-waste problem in the healthcare industry and closing its current linear take-make-waste operations.

Velux Fonden to fund ITU research project in digital care practices

health Anna Vallgårda Erik Grönvall Jonas Fritsch Marie Ertner Signe Yndigegn Digital Design Department Research design digitization grants seniors

28 June, 2023

Five researchers from IT University of Copenhagen’s Digital Design Department have secured 5.7 million kroner from Velux Fonden to investigate how digital technologies affect the relationship between users and care providers in the healthcare system.

Study shows correlation between the number of tweets on mental health issues and urgent crisis referrals

health Leon Derczynski Computer Science Department social media

11 February, 2020

As a part of a UK research group, Assistant Professor Leon Derczynski, conducted a study that revealed a correlation between increases in the number of urgent mental health-related crisis referred to two mental healthcare providers in London on days and a high number of tweets mentioning depression and schizophrenia. The study has been published in one of the world's leading science journals, Nature's Scientific Reports.

New ITU project: Using technology to increase Rohingya refugee's access to healthcare

health Lars Rune Christensen Business IT Department Research

1 July, 2019

The Novo Nordisk Foundation is funding a research collaboration between the IT University and the NGO Friendship to improve the reach of healthcare services in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh by using technology.

Can chemotherapy at home benefit cancer patients?

health Digital Design Department Education design ITU thesis

17 November, 2017

Since 2015, some Danish cancer patients have had the opportunity to receive parts of their chemotherapy treatment in their own homes. What advantages and disadvantages does this have for the patients? This was the central question posed by Cecilie Jo Nielsen and Astrid Ellen Dalsjö in their MSc thesis from Digital Design and Communication at the IT University of Copenhagen (the programme changed its name to Digital Design and Interactive Technologies in November 2017).

Can AI prevent relapse among drug addicts?

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16 August, 2017

In his thesis project, ITU student Christopher Bjerre developed a software tool for use in addiction treatment. Using a combination of machine learning algorithms, the tool can predict relapse with great accuracy and thus help rehabilitation staff to prevent it from happening.

ITU appoints new professor in digital design

health Digital Design Department Research

20 February, 2017

Minna Isomursu has joined ITU as a professor in interaction design and co-design in the university’s Digital Design department. At ITU she will among other things continue her research on improving health care services using data.

Designing a health care system for everyone

health Research Digital Design Department Erik Grönvall

20 February, 2017

For people who travel to a new country to work or study, getting to know a new health system can be a challenge. Erik Grönvall studies how technology might help to make public services more accessible for new and old citizens alike.

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