Section of Environmental Health

The Section is organized into 3 research units/groups

The Unit of Medical Psychology
The Unit of Medical Psychology does research and teaching in a broad range of topics in the fields of psychology that are particularly relevant for medicine and other health sciences. The unit's research areas include relationships and family dynamics, sexuality, the neurobiology of addiction, and stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders.
Research Groups Leaders: Associate Professor Camilla S. Øverup, Associate Professor Gitta Wörtwein, and Professor Gert Martin Hald.

Environmental Epidemiology group
The Environmental Epidemiology group conducts research and teaching in general epidemiological methods based on the use of Danish health registers and clinical databases, with specific research focus on environmental epidemiology, cancer screening evaluation, human biomonitoring, and occupational epidemiology.
Research Group Leader: Professor Zorana Jovanovic Andersen.

Early life Environmental Epidemiology Group
The Early life Environmental Epidemiology group conducts research and teaching on health effects of environmental exposures during early life and pregnancy using epidemiological methods based on the use of data from birth cohorts, biobanks and registers.
Research Group Leader: Associate Professor Marie Pedersen.

Molecular Epidemiology and Toxicology Group
The group's research focuses on mechanisms of action of environmental agents, using cell cultures,  experimental laboratory models and controlled human exposures. The research strives to use experimental models to reduce or replace animal experiments.
Research Group Leader: Professor Peter Møller

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Human Biomonitoring for Europe (HBM4EU). Ethics in SUND/SCIENCE, ETHICS in human studies
Contact: Professor Lisbeth E. Knudsen

The teaching of the Section is mainly delivered at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and concerns the impact of psychological, environmental and work related factors on health; the Section also teaches Master’s students from the Faculty of Science. It is an objective of the Section that the majority of its Master’s students continue to become PhDs.

The Section aims to engage a large number of PhD students and have them contribute to the teaching activities; the Section is also involved in designing and implementing PhD courses. The Section strives to develop and upgrade the teaching offered at all levels, at the same time optimizing and increasing the involvement of external teachers. The Section delegates great responsibility to its administrative personnel and aims to provide them with a high level of further education.

The Section is responsible for curricula regarding the effects of environment on health in a number of study programmes within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences: 

At Bachelor/Master of Science in Medicine, the Section is responsible for 'Environmental Medicine' during the 9th semester in the form of lectures and class hours and responsible for 'Toxicology' in the form of lectures in the 8th semester. Teaching material is available at Absalon

At Bachelor/Master of Science in Public Health, the Section is responsible for lectures in 'Environment and health during the third semester. Teaching material is available at Absalon, as well as at 'Children and Environmental Health'

The Master's degree program in Health Sciences, the section is responsible for Epidemiology on the 3rd semester.

At the Master of Public Health (MPH), the Section is responsible for teaching of Epidemiology (compulsory and elective)

The Section also participates with lectures and practical courses in the Master of Science programmes in Human Biology; Environmental Chemistry and Health; and Health Science. 

On this page, you will find an overview of project proposals and internship opportunities that the Department of Public Health offers to bachelor's, master’s, and research year students.