Grant Recipients 2021
Postdoctoral Fellowships
María Sofía Espejo, MSc, PhD
Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine
Title of project:
Bicarbonate sensing via RPTP-gamma improves cardiac perfusion, limits inflammation, and protects against heart failure development
Marta Guindo Martínez, MSc, PhD
Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Basic Metabolic Research & University of Copenhagen
Title of project:
Patient risk stratification for obesity to disentangle its link to cardiovascular disease
Nikolay Kutuzov, MD, PhD
University of Copenhagen, Department of Neuroscience
Title of project:
Decoding motion of microvessels in vivo with super-resolution microscopy
Sabrina Bech Mathiesen, MSc, PhD
University of Southern Denmark, Department of Clinical Research
Title of project:
Maturation of induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) for heart repair
Christoffer Polcwiartek, MD, PhD
Aalborg University Hospital, Department of Cardiology
Title of project:
Statistical and mechanistic modeling of heart failure to improve cardiac resynchronization therapy response and increase life expectancy in patients with left bundle branch block
PhD Scholarships
Simon Libak Haugaard, cand.med.vet.
University of Copenhagen
Title of project:
Investigating the role of fibroblast activation in atrial fibrillation pathophysiology
Sandra Hummelgaard, MSc in Molecular Medicine
Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine
Title of project:
The role of PCSK9 in kidney and cardiovascular diseases
Kristoffer Grundtvig Skaarup, MD
University of Copenhagen, Department of Clinical Medicine
Title of project:
Influenza and the Heart: An investigation into the acute and lasting cardiac effects of influenza infection
Selma Hasific, MD
University of Southern Denmark & Odense University Hospital, Department of Cardiology
Title of project:
Coronary artery atherosclerosis and clinical consequences associated to vitamin K2 supplementation and vitamin K antagonist treatment
Kristina Cecilia Miger, MD
University of Copenhagen
Title of project:
Value of lung ultrasound, chest radiographs, chest CT and artificial intelligence to diagnose acute heart failure in unselected breathless patients: an interdisciplinary prospective study
Rasmus Henrik Reeh, MD
University of Copenhagen, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Title of project:
Diabetic cardiomyopathy and the circadian clock – epidemiological links and molecular mechanisms
Pauline Kromann Reim, MD
University of Copenhagen & Herlev Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Title of project:
Fetal growth and cardiometabolic diseases – an in-depth evaluation of the underlying genome, transcriptome and proteome
Katja Thorøe Michler, MSc Molecular Biomedicine
University of Copenhagen, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Title of project:
Fishing for novel targets: Omega-3 fatty acid-derived metabolites reduce risk of cardiovascular disease
Katrine Aagaard Myhr, MD
University of Copenhagen & Rigshospitalet, Department of Cardiology
Title of project:
T1 mapping in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic aortic stenosis before and after aortic valve replacement
Henrik Laurits Bjerre, MD
Aarhus University & Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology
Title of project:
Novel technologies in pacing with cardiac implantable electronic devices
Nicolai Bjødstrup Palstrøm, MSc Biomedicine
University of Southern Denmark, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Title of project:
Identification of plasma protein biomarkers predictive of abdominal aortic aneurysm growth and risk of rupture
Katja Vu Bartholdy, MD
University of Copenhagen
Title of project:
Effects of Dapagliflozin on EChOcardiographic Measures of CarDiac StructurE and Function in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (DECODE-CKD)