Info about event

Time

Wednesday 27 May 2026, at 09:30 - Thursday 28 May 2026, at 17:30

Location

PhD Course: May 27, KUA3 – 4A.0.56, South Campus, University of Copenhagen Symposium: May 28, Store mødesal, 1st floor, Herlev Hospital

Organizer

Danish Cardiovascular Academy, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen & Rigshospitalet

Price

Free of charge DKK

No later than Sunday 3 May 2026, at 23:59

By Pernille Højvang Nielsen

The Symposium Preeclampsia and Long-term Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and the pre-ceding PhD Course Pregnancy & Cardiovascular Disease will take place May 27–28, 2026.

The event is intended for researchers, clinicians, PhD students, and other stakeholders with interest in maternal health, pregnancy complications, and long-term cardiovascular outcomes in women.

Obs: The PhD Course is currently fully booked.

Download programme here.

Aim

To strengthen understanding of the links between complications in pregnancy - particularly preeclampsia - and long-term cardiovascular risk.
To bring together participants from diverse disciplines and specialties to present and discuss current research on pregnancy complications and subsequent cardiovascular risk.
To foster networking, collaboration, and professional development among early-, mid-, and late-career researchers.

Content

The first day of the event is reserved for Ph.D. students. Registration for the second day is open to all with an interest in the area. Ph.D. students are required to attend both days.

The event will cover current evidence on the associations between pregnancy complications and later cardiovascular disease, with a particular focus on preeclampsia. Interactive sessions will support knowledge exchange and prepare participants for active engagement throughout the symposium.

Format

Plenary lectures, discussions, group work, exercises and presentations.

Target group

The symposium is open to researchers, clinicians, PhD students, and other professionals working within maternal health, cardiometabolic health, clinical care, public health, or related fields with an interest in preeclampsia and long-term cardiovascular disease.

All participants with projects related to preeclampsia are encouraged to prepare and bring a poster describing the aim, methods, and results/data to the symposium.

It is a prerequisite that PhD students submit an abstract when registering for the PhD course. It must be a structured abstract in English, around 250 words. Based on the submitted abstracts, the organising committee will select and invite a number of PhD students to give a short oral presentation during the symposium.

DCAcademy will cover accommodation for Danish PhD students attending both days, if they travel from outside of Greater Copenhagen. Please contact pehn@biomed.au.dk.

Organising committee

The symposium and PhD course are co-organised by the Danish Cardiovascular Academy, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, and Rigshospitalet.

Charlotte Kvist Ekelund, Rigshopitalet
Gabriela Byskov Petersen, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Jesper James Linde, Rigshospitalet
Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Maria Guldbrandt Hauge, Hillerød Hospital
Marianne Johansen, Rigshospitalet
Peter Damm, Rigshospitalet.

Cancellation

Registration by PhD-students follows the registration and cancellation policy of the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH. Find their guidelines here.

For other attendees, a no-show fee of 500 DKK will be charged, if you are not unregistered prior to the beginning of the meeting.

Preeclampsia and Long-term Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Symposium and PhD Course