Grant Recipients 2025
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Cong Liu, MSc, PhD
Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine
Title of project:
STINGing Away Atherosclerosis: The Role of IFN-Driven Endothelial Activity
Frederik Filip Vinggaard Stæger, MSc, PhD
Rigshospitalet, Department of Cardiology
Title of project:
First Cardiovascular GWAS in Greenland
Jannik Hjortshøj Larsen, MSc, PhD
University of Southern Denmark, Department of Molecular Medicine
Title of project:
Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype Switching in Atherosclerosis: Impact on Extracellular Vesicles
Julie K. Vishram-Nielsen, MD, PhD
Zealand University Hospital – Roskilde, Department of Cardiology
Title of project:
Randomized comparisons of systematic assessment of volume status and choice of loop diuretic at discharge in acute decompensated heart failure
Kristoffer Berg-Hansen, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital
Title of project:
Exogenous KETOne Supplements in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure. A randomized clinical trial (KETO-AHF)
Naja Dam Mygind, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology Bispebjerg- and Frederiksberg Hospital & University of Copenhagen
Title of project:
Exploring Clonal Hematopoiesis and Inflammation in Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and the risk of developing Heart Failure; an iPOWER substudy
Nina Nouhravesh, MD, PhD
Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Department of Heart Disease
Title of project:
Pulmonary Embolism & Anticoagulation Evaluation in Cancer Patients: Overtreatment of Incidental Events (PEACE)
Sarah Dalgas Nissen, med.vet, PhD
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Title of project:
Anti-arrhythmogenic effects of metformin in obesity-induced atrial remodeling
Seyda Ünsal, MSc, PhD
University of Southern Denmark, Institute of Molecular Medicine
Title of project:
Investigating the efficacy of novel biological intervention (anti-MFAP4) in heart failure
Yun Huang, MSc, PhD
Danish Cancer Institute, Diet, Cancer and Health
Title of project:
Integrating proteomics and genetics to investigate cardiovascular disease risk across life stages
PhD Scholarships
Anne Bjerg Nielsen, MD
University of Copenhagen & Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte
Title of project:
Nutritional Supplements in Heart Failure
Deepthi Rajan, MD
The Heart Centre, 2142, Copenhagen University Hospital
Title of project:
An Elucidation of The Mechanistic Link between Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiac Arrest
Emily Laura Meyer, MSc
University of Copenhagen, Deparment of Biomedical Sciences
Title of project:
Molecular Phenotyping of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy by Spatial Proteomics
Hannah Karin Wood-Kurland, MD
University of Copenhagen
Title of project:
The Impact of Hormone Therapy Treatment on Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Postmenopausal Women
Ida Taraldsen, MD
University of Copenhagen
Title of project:
Oxygen treatment in Acute Heart Failure - An investigation of optimal oxygen doses and administration for patients admitted with Acute Heart Failure
Josefine Synnestvedt, med.vet
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Title of project:
Reversing the Athlete’s Heart: Can Detraining Promote Myocardial Recovery?
Karoline Korsholm Jeppesen, MD
University of Southern Denmark, Department of Clinical Research
Title of project:
Kidney injury in cardiac arrest and cardiogenic shock
Kristian Boje Nielsen, MSc
Odense University Hospital & University of Southern Denmark
Title of project:
Proteogenomics as a tool to identify plasma proteins and genes causing and predicting coronary atherosclerosis and abdominal aortic aneurysms
Laura Amalie Rytoft, MD
University of Copenhagen
Title of project:
The Natural History of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction: A 10-year Follow Up of iPower
Lærke Bruun Madsen, MSc
University of Copenhagen, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Title of project:
Family care intervention to improve childhood cardiometabolic health: An AI-assisted approach to early prevention
Mathilde Løk Olsen, MD
University of Copenhagen, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Title of project:
Childhood Obesity, Genetics, and Cardiac Remodeling
Oskar Kjærgaard Hørsdal, MD
Aarhus University, Faculty of Health, Institute of Clinical Medicine
Title of project:
Metabolic Interventions in Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction
Salma Charabi, MD
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Title of project:
Ketamine as early neuroprotective agent following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (the KETOHCA trial)
Sara Munk Laursen, MSc
University of Southern Denmark, Clinical Institute
Title of project:
CORPLOIDIA - Cardiomyocyte polyploidy, an enigmatic challenge and a prospect for mammalian heart muscle cell renewal