PhD research projects

Rigshospitalet continually sponsors a diverse array of PhD research projects. At any one time Rigshospitalet supervises around 300 PhD students. See a selection of projects completed in recent years. You can browse projects by medical specialty or search using keywords.

Acute medicine

Delirium in ICU patients - Screening, management and long-term outcomes (2020)

29. January 2021 / 13:44

‭(Hidden)‬ Anaesthesia

Prognostication in intensive care using machine learning (2021)

3. June 2021 / 9:19

Cardiothoracic surgery

The role of chest drains in fast-track video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (2019)

19. January 2021 / 11:32

Clinical biochemistry

LDL cholesterol and glucose as causal risk factors of micro- and macrovascular disease (2019)

19. January 2021 / 11:23

Clinical genetics

Clinical immunology

Clinical microbiology

The Innate Host Response in Experimental Staphylococcus aureus Aortic Valve Endocarditis (2019)

25. May 2021 / 15:48

Clinical nursing

Delirium in patients with acute brain injury. Delirium during neuro-intensive care, cognitive status and health-related quality of life one year after admission (2020)

19. January 2021 / 11:37

Clinical oncology

Patient-reported outcomes in bladder cancer (2020)

29. January 2021 / 13:47

SYNK – The effect of swallowing exercises and progressive resistance training to improve symptom control after radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer (2020)

25. May 2021 / 15:28

Clinical pharmacology

Clinical physiology and nuclear medicine

General surgery

Life after treatment of cancer in the pancreas, duodenum or bile ducts. Patient perspectives and use of psychotropic medication in patients and their partners (2020)

19. January 2021 / 12:02

Parastomal bulging – patients’ symptoms, health-related quality of life and course of surgical treatment (2020)

19. January 2021 / 10:56

Plasma pro-atrial natriuretic peptide for monitoring central blood volume during upper gastrointestinal surgery (2019)

25. May 2021 / 15:29

Quantitative Perfusion Assessment with Indocyanine Green in Gastrointestinal Surgery (2019)

22. January 2021 / 11:10

Internal medicine: cardiology

Non-ischemic systolic heart failure and effect of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (2019)

19. February 2021 / 13:45

Optimizing blood pressure targets after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (2020)

21. January 2021 / 9:19

Internal medicine: endocrinology

An intensive lifestyle intervention in participants with type 2 diabetes: Effects on glycemic control and remission of disease (2021)

25. May 2021 / 15:32

Internal medicine: gastroenterology and hepatology

Internal medicine: haematology

Modifications of the immune system in myelodysplastic syndromes during treatment with epigenetic therapy: A key to drug efficacy? (2020)

8. June 2021 / 13:45

Patient ambassador support in newly diagnosed patients with acute leukemia during the course of treatment (2020)

25. May 2021 / 15:45

Stem cell defects in patients with lymphoma (2019)

25. May 2021 / 15:28

Toxicity in Young Adults with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (2020)

25. May 2021 / 15:48

Internal medicine: infectious diseases

‭(Hidden)‬ Internal medicine: nephrology

Internal medicine: rheumatology

Ultrasonography and dual-energy CT for optimized diagnosis and management of gout (2020)

25. May 2021 / 15:28

‭(Hidden)‬ Medical genomics

Neurology

Fluid-based biomarkers to assess the effect of physical exercise in Alzheimer's disease; The ADEX trial (2019)

19. January 2021 / 10:56

Investigations of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide isoforms in a human experimental model of headache (2020)

25. May 2021 / 15:48

Management of Medication Overuse Headache (2020)

25. May 2021 / 15:33

Migraine sub-phenotypes - refining diagnostic criteria and assessment of genetic component (2020)

25. May 2021 / 15:29

The effects of Naturalistic Lighting in stroke patients

25. May 2021 / 15:49

Neurosurgery

Long-term intracranial pressure following decompressive craniectomy and cranioplasty (2019)

19. January 2021 / 10:22

‭(Hidden)‬ Obstetrics and gynaecology

‭(Hidden)‬ Ophthalmology

Orthopaedic surgery

Otorhinolaryngology

Audiovestibular outcomes after cochlear implantation in adults (2020)

26. March 2021 / 14:48

Pathology

Plastic surgery

Paediatrics

Child mortality and parents’ perspectives on losing a child with a life-limiting diagnosis: Population-based studies (2020)

21. January 2021 / 10:30

Incidence and diagnostic criteria of pediatric acquired demyelinating syndromes in Denmark (2018)

2. June 2021 / 8:59

Mortality and health service utilisation in Danish children under five years of age (2020)

19. January 2021 / 10:55

Radiology

‭(Hidden)‬ Urology

A search for a novel biomarker in prostate cancer (2021)

3. June 2021 / 9:20

‭(Hidden)‬ Vascular surgery

Miscellaneous

Prion diseases in Denmark: Molecular characterization and investigation of CNS microenvironment (2019)

18. January 2021 / 12:45

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