The Copenhagen City Heart Study 1976-2026 - A Masterclass in Epidemiology
Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen
This is a specialised course. This means that 80% of the seats are reserved to PhD students enrolled at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH and 20% og the seats are reserved to PhD students from other Danish Universities/faculties (except CBS).
The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD Students from NorDoc member faculties. All other participants must pay the course fee.
Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from NorDoc member faculties. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list.
Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
1. Demonstrate/have knowledge of the process involved in initiating an epidemiological study, including obtaining legal permissions, preparing data applications, and managing logistical aspects such as data collection.
2. Have insights into different statistical methods used in epidemiology.
3. Understand the main epidemiological study designs, including observational and register-based studies
4. Identify and evaluate epidemiological research and communicate findings to fellow researchers
5. Describe the scientific advantages, challenges and weaknesses of the exceptionally long 50 years longitude of Copenhagen City Heart Study, with follow-up examinations of the participants through every decade since 1976.
Content
The course is an introduction to epidemiology with the fifty years anniversary of the Copenhagen City Heart Study serving as a celebratory occasion to investigate the past, present and future of epidemiology.
Participants
PhD students with an interest in the scientific topic of epidemiology
Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:
Public Health and Epidemiology
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Cardiovascular Research
Language
English
Form
Lectures, group work, discussions, poster presentations
Course director
Thomas Jespersen, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, thojes@sund.ku.dk
Anders Marcuslund-Reuss, Study Manager, The Copenhagen City Heart Study (Østerbroundersøgelsen), anders.marcuslund-reuss.01@regionh.dk
Teachers
Gorm Boje Jensen, Professor MD, co-founder of The Copenhagen City Heart Study in 1976.
Anders Marcuslund-Reuss, Study Manager, The Copenhagen City Heart Study.
Anders Munch, Statistician, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Public Health, Section of Biostatistics.
Steffen Petersen, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Centre of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging.
George Davey Smith, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, FRS, MD, DSc, MSc, FMedSci, FRCP, FFPH, Bristol Medical School.
Laura Deen, Ph.D., post.doc., Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, University Hospital of Copenhagen.
Other PIs T.B.A.
Dates
Wednesday March 4th 2026 (the day prior to the 50 years anniversary symposium featuring the same keynote speakers and more)
Course location
Charlotte Munk Salen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Fælleshuset, Nielsine Nielsens Vej 12
Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.