Network will supplement annual meeting with workshop on funding applications
When the Cardiovascular Network at Health holds its annual meeting on 4 October 2023, it will also launch a new initiative to improve applications for external funding for research into cardiovascular diseases. Both the annual meeting and the workshop are free of charge and open to anyone interested in heart diseases.
Wednesday 4 October 2023 is an important date for anyone working within cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, and – in the slightly longer term – for the half a million Danes living with a cardiovascular disease. On this date, the Cardiovascular Network will gather some of the most talented researchers within the field for talks, knowledge sharing and sparring across organisations, disciplines, nationalities and seniority.
Obesity, exercise and differences between genders on the agenda
This year, the annual meeting will focus on how obesity and physical activity affect the risk of developing and surviving a cardiovascular disease. The programme also includes a talk on gender differences in cardiometabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases. The two keynote speakers are professor Ylva Hellsten from the University of Copenhagen and Professor Naveed Sattar from Glasgow University.
"We've put together a broad and topical programme, which I believe many of our colleagues inside and outside the university and the university hospital will find relevant. So, I hope that we can attract a lot of people to the annual meeting – the more the merrier," says Morten Schmidt from the Department of Clinical Medicine and vice chair of the steering committee for the Cardiovascular Network.
One in five Danes dies of a cardiovascular disease
"The incidence of some types of heart disease, such as blood clots in the heart, has been steadily declining for decades. Nevertheless, every year more than 50,000 Danes are affected by a cardiovascular disease, and one in five Danes dies of a cardiovascular disease. These figures give us food for thought, and we hope that the network and the members' interdisciplinary collaboration can play an important role in the fight against cardiovascular diseases and that we can improve the entire cardiovascular area at AU and AUH," says Morten Schmidt and continues:
"It's no secret that one of the major challenges associated with research is attracting external funding. So now we're making an extra effort to help network members with this part of the process. That's the purpose of our new workshop on funding applications, which we'll be launching on the same day as our annual meeting."
New workshop will improve funding applications
The so-called Grant Workshop is an event where senior researchers and representatives of the foundations provide less experienced researchers with advice and sparring on specific funding applications for selected grants, including the Novo Nordisk Foundation's Hallas-Møller programme and the ERC Consolidator programme under the European Research Council.
The first part of the workshop, which is open to everyone, will be held on the same day as the network's annual meeting, so participants can attend both events on the same day. Participants from the first part of the workshop will have the opportunity to submit an application. Selected participants will then move on to the second part of the workshop, where a review panel will provide feedback on the participants' applications. The second part of the workshop takes place on 8 November 2023.
"Among others, we're getting a visit from cardiologist Rasmus Borgquist from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. He’ll give a keynote speech at the workshop, and he’s also signed up for the annual meeting on the same day to learn more about cardiovascular research at AU and AUH," says Professor Christian Aalkjær from the Department of Biomedicine. He is one of the initiators of the workshop and a member of the network's steering committee.
"In the network, we generally want to facilitate collaboration between clinicians and researchers carrying out basic research, and the possibility of applying for external funding together is what we’re focusing on right now. I believe that there’s a great untapped potential here. I hope people will join the workshop, and then I look forward to seeing how it’ll all turn out; whether this is a path we should take in the future and perhaps even expand the workshop," says Christian Aalkjær.
The workshop: Time, place and registration
- Wednesday 4 October 2023 from 11:30-13:30
- AIAS, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B, 8000 Aarhus C
- Sign up for the workshop via Conference Manager no later than 27 September 2023.
See the full programme on the Cardiovascular Network's website.
The annual meeting: Time, place and registration
- Wednesday 4 October 2023 from 14:00-19:00
- AIAS Auditorium, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B, 8000 Aarhus C
- Sign up for the annual meeting via Conference Manager no later than 17 September 2023.
The Cardiovascular Network - more information
Read more about the network on the Cardiovascular Network website and in the articles below:
- "Circle U. visit in Paris brings about research stay and funding application"
- “Not just a cosy coffee club network for older men”
- “Meet fellow peers who expand your horizons”
- “The cardiovascular network at Health is a reality”
You can also read the article "What could a chance meeting in the new professional networks lead to?", in which the former Vice-dean for Research Hans Erik Bøtker encourages all researchers at Health to play an active role in one or two of Health's research networks.
Contact
Network Coordinator Anja P. Einholm Aarhus University, Health Administrative Centre - Dean’s Secretariat Mobile: (+45) 93 50 84 08 Email: ape@au.dk