Upcoming PhD courses

How to perform a Systematic Critical or Scoping Review – a 5-day course over one term

How to perform a Systematic Critical or Scoping Review – a 5-day course over one term

Course dates 29/8 + 12/9 + 24/9 + 22/10 + 05/12 2024

Biostatistics II

The student is introduced to a number of statistical techniques applied to medical and health related examples.

Course dates: 24/10, 31/10, 07/11, 14/11 + Exam 10.-11. Dec.

Analysis of qualitative data; Introduction and "hands on" with a phenomenological-hermeneutical approach inspired by Paul Ricoeurs interpretation theory

The aim is to give the students in debt knowledge about how to argue critically and reflect on how Ricoeurs philosophy forms the framework of a phenomenologic-hermeneutical approach and how it provides a structured analysis and interpretation process of qualitative data.

Course dates: 19-21/11 2024

Survival Analysis

This course gives an introduction to survival analysis for clinical and observational studies.

Course dates: 21/11 & 28/11 2024

Course on Cochrane reviews and other systematic reviews of medical interventions

This course aims to provide participants with the knowledge and tools necessary to complete a systematic review (SR) of a medical intervention based on Cochrane methodology and to perform a GRADE evaluation of the certainty of the evidence.

Course dates: 25-28/11 2024

Randomized controlled trial in health sciences – why and how to run a high quality trial

The present course will cover topics on how to run a RCT in health sciences, different types of trial designs, sample size calculation, choice of outcome, bias, placebo effect and the publication procedure.

Course dates: 26-28/11 2024

Health Economic Evaluation Based on Clinical Trials

The aim of the course is to provide an overview and a basic understanding of economic evaluation in health care, to enable participants to perform economic evaluations themselves, and to critically assess the quality of economic evaluations of health care interventions in the literature.

Course dates: 2-5/12 2024

An introduction to systematic reviews

This one-day course is intended to give the participants an insight into the world of systematic reviews; the various types, the varying quality, and how to quickly scan a systematic review article to see if it could be a useful document.

Course date 04/12-2024

How to structure your thesis

This course is aimed at PhD students who are starting on or are in the process of writing their thesis.

Course date 06/12-2024

How to structure a scientific article

There are two major methods of writing an article: i) just write it, or ii) structure it first. Most people probably use a mixture of these two. We will show you how to keep the writing for later and concentrate totally on the structure.

Course dates: 09-12/12 2024 - Enrolment for this course starts May 1st

Responsible Conduct of Research

The course introduces PhD students from the health sciences to basic concepts, principles, and norms concerning responsible conduct of research.

Course dates: 11/12 & 18/12 - 2024

How to write an abstract

In this course you learn to understand the rules of abstract writing and get to practice this skill in various ways. At the end of the course you should be able to write your own abstract but also to judge and correct those of others.

Course date 16/12-2024 - Enrolment for this course starts May 1st

How to structure an oral presentation

The method is quick to learn and guarantees that you don't include too much and that all content is related to a clear goal.

Course date 17/12-2024 - Enrolment for this course starts May 1st

Advanced Biostatistical methods in Health Sciences – a bootcamp course

This course aims at medical scientists who probably already have collected part of their data for an actual project and are facing a concrete data analytical problem.

Course dates: 7-8/1 2025

Responsible Conduct of Research

The course introduces PhD students from the health sciences to basic concepts, principles, and norms concerning responsible conduct of research.

Course dates: 13 +22/1 - 2025

English grammar in context

The focus is on producing clear and concise text with an easily understandable message.

Course dates: 20-21/1 + 23/1 2025

How to structure a scientific article

There are two major methods of writing an article: i) just write it, or ii) structure it first. Most people probably use a mixture of these two. We will show you how to keep the writing for later and concentrate totally on the structure.

Course dates: 20-23/1 2025

Basic data science skills for health researchers using R and the Tidyverse

This course will teach you to use R and the Tidyverse to import, clean, transform, analyze, and communicate your data using high-quality tables, plots, and animations.

Course dates: 22-23/1 + 5-6/2 2025

How to write an abstract

In this course you learn to understand the rules of abstract writing and get to practice this skill in various ways. At the end of the course you should be able to write your own abstract but also to judge and correct those of others.

Course date 27/1-2025

An introduction to systematic reviews

This one-day course is intended to give the participants an insight into the world of systematic reviews; the various types, the varying quality, and how to quickly scan a systematic review article to see if it could be a useful document.

Course date 28/01-2025

How to structure an oral presentation

The method is quick to learn and guarantees that you don't include too much and that all content is related to a clear goal.

Course date 29/1-2025

AI Statistical Learners in Health Science

The course aims to introduce recent methodology of statistical learning that has proven useful at least in assisted diagnostics and prognosis, useful in detecting patterns and is expected to play an increasing role in clinical settings.

Course dates: 4-5/2 + exam 6-18/2 2025

Introduction to Bayesian Statistics in Health Research

This course will introduce the basic concepts of Bayesian statistics as applied in health research.

4/2 + 18/2 + 25/2 + 4/3 +18/3 2025

Introduction to "R"

The course will provide an introduction to the statistical software R for people with a basic knowledge of statistical concepts.

Course dates: 6-7/2 2025

Biostatistics I

The student is introduced to the basic statistical techniques applied to biological and medical examples.

Course dates: 20/2 + 27/2 + 6/3 + 13/3 + 18/3 + Exam 19-26/3 2025

Funding for research

Overview of the funding landscape and knowledge of how to identify viable funding sources.

Course dates: 25/2 + 25/3 2025

Systematic literature searching

If your thesis includes a literature review you should consider joining this course and learn how to do the review systematically.

Course date 27/2 2025

Introductory course in questionnaire technique and clinimetrics

The course is an introduction to the science of measurements in medicine.

Course dates: 3/3 +10/3 + 17/3 2025

GCP and investigator-initiated clinical trials

This course is intended for academic researchers who are about to conduct a clinical trial with an investigational medicinal product or a medical device. Researchers in the planning phase of their research project will probably benefit the most of the course.

4-6/3 2025

Reproducible data analysis in Stata

Course dates: 4/3 +11/3 2025

Register-based Clinical Epidemiology Research

The participants are introduced to registers, clinical databases and register-based studies, clinical epidemiological methods within register-based research and how to design register-based studies.

Course dates: 10-14/03 + 3/4 2025

Flow cytometry and cell sorting

The course is designed to equip those having only limited or no prior experience of flow cytometry with a basic grounding in the principles of the technique and working knowledge of its practice with special emphasis on the application of flow cytometry to cell sorting.

Course dates: 11-14/3 2025

Data management plan and responsible handling of research data

The participants will through creating a data management plan be introduced to central elements of data management in research projects and more.

Course dates: 11-13/3 + 3/4 2025

REDCap databases for clinical research

Upon completion of the course, the participant should be able to design, use and maintain a custom made REDCap database for simple and more advanced studies.

Course dates: 11/3 + 18/3 2025

Responsible Conduct of Research

The course introduces PhD students from the health sciences to basic concepts, principles, and norms concerning responsible conduct of research.

Course dates: 12 + 19/3 - 2025

Patient and User involvement in Health Research

Course dates: 17-20/3 2025

How to structure your thesis

This course is aimed at PhD students who are starting on or are in the process of writing their thesis.

Course date 24/03-2025

Introduction to estimation of the causal effects in an observational study and g-methods

Course dates: 24-28/3 2025

Biostatistics II

The student is introduced to a number of statistical techniques applied to medical and health related examples.

Course dates: 27/3 + 3/4 + 10/4 + 24/4 + Exam 12-13/6 2025

National Annual PhD course in Oncology

The purpose of the National Annual Meeting is to strengthen the collaboration between PhD students in hematology-related topics across Denmark.

Course dates: 2-3/4 2025

Weight Stigma

Stigmatisation of people with high weight is common and widespread in Denmark as well as in most of the world.

Course dates: 3/4 2025

Introduction to qualitative research methods

The course will cover advanced methods and techniques aimed at reducing bias and exploring causal relationships in modern epidemiology.

Course date 28-29/4 + 12/5 +14/5 2025

Advanced methods in modern epidemiology

The course will cover advanced methods and techniques aimed at reducing bias and exploring causal relationships in modern epidemiology.

Course date 5-8/5 2025

How to structure a scientific article

There are two major methods of writing an article: i) just write it, or ii) structure it first. Most people probably use a mixture of these two. We will show you how to keep the writing for later and concentrate totally on the structure.

Course dates: 5-8/5 2025

Introduction to Quantitative Bias Analysis to Epidemiologic Data

The course aims at providing the background, implementation, and interpretation of quantitative bias analyses concerning epidemiological studies.

Course dates: 5/5 + 7-9/5 2025

Responsible Conduct of Research

The course introduces PhD students from the health sciences to basic concepts, principles, and norms concerning responsible conduct of research.

Course dates: 7 + 21/5 - 2025

Integrating Phenomenology and Qualitative Research Methodologies

The course will focus on methodological questions and possible solutions on how to combine qualitative methodologies with phenomenology.

Course dates: 19-22/5 2025 and an online meeting 08/5/2025

How to write an abstract

In this course you learn to understand the rules of abstract writing and get to practice this skill in various ways. At the end of the course you should be able to write your own abstract but also to judge and correct those of others.

Course date 9/5-2025

An Introduction to Genomics in Health Science

This course aims at introducing to biomedical researchers a foundational understanding of genomics, epigenomics and transcriptomics, laboratory techniques, and motivating practical applications in disease and health researches. 

Course dates: 12-14/5 2025

How to structure an oral presentation

The method is quick to learn and guarantees that you don't include too much and that all content is related to a clear goal.

Course date 15/5-2025

English grammar in context

The focus is on producing clear and concise text with an easily understandable message.

Course dates: 19-20/5 + 22/5 2025

Dilemmas in Intervention Research

The course will stimulate the students to address and consider the dilemmas involved in developing, implementing, and evaluating intervention programs.

Course dates: 20-22/5 +19/6 2025

Klinisk Kræft Forskning

Kurset omhandler emner, der er relevante inden for klinisk kræftforskning.

Course dates: 20/05 2025

Literature search strategies

The course focuses on which sources to search, how to plan the search process, how to design the search strategies.

Course date 20/5 2025

How to structure your thesis

This course is aimed at PhD students who are starting on or are in the process of writing their thesis.

Course date 2/06 - 2025

Summer school in neuroscience

The aim is to build bridges between different research fields, so we can talk across disciplines, that is, the understanding of the other disciplines research and value.

Course dates: 18-19/6 2025

SUND Summer School: Writing processes and personal planning

SUND Summer School: Writing processes and personal planning

Course dates: 18-19/8 2025

English grammar in context

The focus is on producing clear and concise text with an easily understandable message.

Course dates: 25-26/8 + 28/8 2025 Enrolment opens on May 1st

How to structure a scientific article

There are two major methods of writing an article: i) just write it, or ii) structure it first. Most people probably use a mixture of these two. We will show you how to keep the writing for later and concentrate totally on the structure.

Course dates: 25-28/8 2025 Enrolment opens on May 1st

Which covariates to adjust for: An introduction to directed acyclic graphs

The course aims to provide participants with an introduction to the use of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) as a tool to control confounding and other sources of bias in observational studies.

Course dates: 25/8 + 27-29/8 2025

How to write an abstract

In this course you learn to understand the rules of abstract writing and get to practice this skill in various ways. At the end of the course you should be able to write your own abstract but also to judge and correct those of others.

Course date 29/8-2025 enrolment opens on May 1st

Laboratory Animal Science

This course in compulsory for investigators, students and other persons involved in animal experiments. The course complies to legal requirements for qualification of persons working with laboratory animals, according Danish law and European regulations.

Course dates 1-5/9 2025

Introduction to STATA

The course aims at giving you an introduction to using Stata. You will use it for data-management and simple descriptive and statistical analyses of data.

Course dates: 4-5/9 2025

Machine learning with sports and health data - Introduction and practical implementation in R

ML methods can be used with both accelerometry or heart rate data for health or sports purposes or for simple clinical studies to find important patterns in the data.

Course dates: 8/9 + 11/9 + 15/9 2025

Analysing qualitative research data using NVivo14 for windows

The course will cover advanced methods and techniques aimed at reducing bias and exploring causal relationships in modern epidemiology.

Course date 9/9 + 17/9 +9/10 2025

Data management plan and responsible handling of research data

The participants will through creating a data management plan be introduced to central elements of data management in research projects and more.

Course dates: 9-11/9 + 9/10 2025

Biostatistics I

The student is introduced to the basic statistical techniques applied to biological and medical examples.

Course dates: 11/9 + 18/9 + 25/9 + 2/10 + 7/10 + Exam 8-22/10 2025

Mixed models in Health Science

This course provides an intensive introduction to multilevel models, a class of regression models for hierarchical or clustered data or measurements taken repeatedly over time.

Course dates: 16/9 + 23/9 2025

An introduction to systematic reviews

This one-day course is intended to give the participants an insight into the world of systematic reviews; the various types, the varying quality, and how to quickly scan a systematic review article to see if it could be a useful document.

Course date 22/09-2025

How to structure an oral presentation

The method is quick to learn and guarantees that you don't include too much and that all content is related to a clear goal.

Course date 23/9-2025 Enrolment opens on May 1st

Systematic literature searching

If your thesis includes a literature review you should consider joining this course and learn how to do the review systematically.

Course date 23/9 2025

How to structure your thesis

This course is aimed at PhD students who are starting on or are in the process of writing their thesis.

Course date 25/9 - 2025 Enrolment opens on May 1st 2025

Experimental microsurgical techniques in the rat

This course gives an introduction to surgical techniques necessary/useful for surgical research projects, and apart from legislation and ethics of the use of animals in surgical research and surgical anaesthesia of laboratory animals, the course has a large practical compound with different surgical technique for microvascular surgery, urology, abdominal surgery and vascular surgery. 

Course dates: 29/9-02/10 2025

Register-based Epidemiology

The participants are introduced to registers and register-based studies, epidemiological problems within register-based research and how to design register-based studies.

Course dates: 29/9 - 3/10 2025

Mouse Surgery

Practical introduction into the principles and techniques of microsurgical techniques, using the mouse as an experimental model.

6-9/10 2025

Logic of Writing

The aim of this 2½ day course is to give you the tools to make the information in your text flow well so that your message is clear and stands ou

Course date 6-7/10 +9/10-2025

Flow cytometry and cell sorting

The course is designed to equip those having only limited or no prior experience of flow cytometry with a basic grounding in the principles of the technique and working knowledge of its practice with special emphasis on the application of flow cytometry to cell sorting.

Course dates: 07-10/10 2025

Analytical work in qualitative and ethnographic health research

In this PhD course we will present, explore and reflect on different ways of conducting qualitative analyses.

Course dates: 22-23/10 + 27/11 2025

Biostatistics II

The student is introduced to a number of statistical techniques applied to medical and health related examples.

Course dates: 23/10 + 30/10 + 6/11 + 13/11 + exam 10-11/12 2025

Laboratory Animal Science - supplementing online course

Laboratory Animal Science - supplementing online course

Course dates: 27/10 - 02/11 2025 Online

Health Economic Evaluation Based on Clinical Trials

The aim of the course is to provide an overview and a basic understanding of economic evaluation in health care, to enable participants to perform economic evaluations themselves, and to critically assess the quality of economic evaluations of health care interventions in the literature.

Course dates: 27-30/10 2025

Analysis of twin data in health research

This course gives an introduction to the modern analysis in genetic studies of twins.

Course dates: 28-29/10 2025

How to write an abstract

In this course you learn to understand the rules of abstract writing and get to practice this skill in various ways. At the end of the course you should be able to write your own abstract but also to judge and correct those of others.

Course date 28/10-2025 enrolment opens on May 1st

Strategic research communication on news media and social media

This course will introduce the participants to how they can use news media and social media to increase awareness and dissemination of their research.

Course dates: 30-31/11 2025

From project to field engagement in qualitative research

In this PhD course we will present, explore and reflect on different ways of conducting qualitative analyses.

Course dates: 30/10 + 3-4/11 2025

English grammar in context

The focus is on producing clear and concise text with an easily understandable message.

Course dates: 3-4/11 + 6/11 2025 Enrolment opens on May 1st

Laboratory Animal Science - legislation for persons with a foreign qualification

Laboratory Animal Science - legislation for persons with a foreign qualification

Course dates: 10-16/11 2025 Online

Advanced course in questionnaire technique and clinimetrics

The purpose of the course is to give participants in-depth knowledge of clinimetric testing of questionnaires.

Course dates: 10/11 + 17/11 + 24/11 2025

Muscle metabolism and E-C coupling – role in exercise, training and disease

The course program covers aspects related to regulation of muscle function at rest and during exercise.

Course dates: 10-14/11 2025

Analysis of qualitative data; Introduction and "hands on" with a phenomenological-hermeneutical approach inspired by Paul Ricoeurs interpretation theory

The aim is to give the students in debt knowledge about how to argue critically and reflect on how Ricoeurs philosophy forms the framework of a phenomenologic-hermeneutical approach and how it provides a structured analysis and interpretation process of qualitative data.

Course dates: 18-20/11 2025

Survival Analysis

This course gives an introduction to survival analysis for clinical and observational studies.

Course dates: 20/11 + 27/11 2025

How to structure a scientific article

There are two major methods of writing an article: i) just write it, or ii) structure it first. Most people probably use a mixture of these two. We will show you how to keep the writing for later and concentrate totally on the structure.

Course dates: 24-27/11 2025 Enrolment opens on May 1st

Randomized controlled trial in health sciences – why and how to run a high quality trial

The present course will cover topics on how to run a RCT in health sciences, different types of trial designs, sample size calculation, choice of outcome, bias, placebo effect and the publication procedure.

Course dates: 25-27/11 2025

How to structure your thesis

This course is aimed at PhD students who are starting on or are in the process of writing their thesis.

Course date 28/11 - 2025 Enrolment opens on May 1st 2025

How to write an abstract

In this course you learn to understand the rules of abstract writing and get to practice this skill in various ways. At the end of the course you should be able to write your own abstract but also to judge and correct those of others.

Course date 8/12-2025 enrolment opens on May 1st

How to structure an oral presentation

The method is quick to learn and guarantees that you don't include too much and that all content is related to a clear goal.

Course date 09/12-2025 Enrolment opens on May 1st

Literature search strategies

The course focuses on which sources to search, how to plan the search process, how to design the search strategies.

Course date 18/12 2025