Local Steering Committee
Erik Berg Schmidt, Professor, MD, DMSc, FESC (project leader)
Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital
E-mail: ebs@rn.dk. Tel.: +45 97664529
Sam Riahi, Head of Section of Electrophysiology, MD, PhD (project leader)
Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital
E-mail: sar@rn.dk. Tel.: +45 97661214
Søren Pihlkjær Hjortshøj, Head of Department, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital
E-mail: sph@rn.dk. Tel.: +45 97664426
Kim Overvad, Professor, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital
E-mail: oko@rn.dk. Tel.: +45 97664548
Søren Risom Kristensen, Professor, MD, DMSc
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital
E-mail: srk@rn.dk. Tel.: +45 97664870
Jan Jesper Andreasen, Head of Department, Professor, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital
E-mail: jja@rn.dk. Tel.: +45 97664651
Søren Lundbye-Christensen, Senior Biostatistician, PhD
Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital
E-mail: solc@rn.dk. Tel.: +45 97666275
Torben Bjerregaard Larsen, Associate professor, MD, PhD, FESC
Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital
E-mail: tobl@rn.dk, Tel: +45 97 66 45 40
Global Steering Committee
- The Local Steering Committee
- Gregory Y.H. Lip, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, MD, FRCP, PhD, Director Haemostasis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology Unit. University Department of Medicine, Birmingham, UK
International Advisory Board
Kurt Huber, Professor, MD, PhD, FESC
3rd Department of Medicine, Cardiology & Emergency Medicine, Wilheminenhospital,
Vienna, Austria
E-mail: kurt.huber@wienkav.at. Tel.: +43-1-49150-2301
Harald Arnesen, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, MD, PhD, FESC
Center for Clinical Heart Research, Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital,
Ullevål, Norway
E-mail: harald@arnesen@ous-hf.no. Tel.: +47 22118267
Mogens Lytken Larsen, Professor, MD, DMSc
Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital (from 2014)
E-mail: lytken.larsen@rn.dk. Tel.: +45 97664668
PhD students
Morten Mørk, MD, PhD student at Aalborg University Hospital
E-mail: morten.moerk@rn.dk. Tel.: +45 97664872
Jesper Moesgaard Rantanen, MD, PhD student at Aalborg University Hospital
E-mail: jemr@rn.dk. Tel.: +45 97663776
Pia Dinesen, MD, Ph.d. student, Department of Cardiology at Aalborg University Hospital
E-mail: p.dinesen@rn.dk
Completed PhD students:
Anette Luther Christensen, MSc, PhD (completed PhD in October 2012)
Thomas Rix Andersen, MD, PhD (completed PhD in June 2013)
Jacob Gamst, MD, PhD (completed PhD project in February 2015)
Henrik Vadmann, MD, Ph.d. (completed PhD in June 2016)
Vibeke Høgh, RN, MCN, Phd. (completed PhD in November 2016))
Jiwei Gu, MD. Ph.d. (completed PhD in February 2017)
Lotte Maxild Mortensen (Completed PhD in May 2017)
PhD supervisors
PhD title: “Gradually Changing Seasonal Variation of Cardiovascular Diseases in Denmark”
Anette Luther Christensen, MSc, PhD (August 2009-October 2012)
Supervisors for Anette Luther Christensen:
- Claus Dethlefsen, Biostatistician, MSc, PhD
- Kim Overvad, Professor, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Lars Hvilsted Rasmussen, Dean, Professor, MD, DMSc (The Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University)
PhD title: “Fish, Marine n-3 Fatty Acids and the Development of Atrial Fibrillation”
Thomas Andersen Rix, MD, PhD (March 2010-June 2013)
Supervisors for Thomas Andersen Rix:
- Erik Berg Schmidt, Professor, MD, DMSc (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Kim Overvad, Professor, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Albert Marni Joensen, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
PhD title: “Atrial fibrillation: Risk and prognosis in critical illness”
Jacob Gamst, MD, PhD (November 2011-January 2015)
Supervisors for Jacob Gamst:
- Reimar Wernich Thomsen, Associate Professor, MD, PhD (Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital)
- Christian Fynbo Christiansen, MD, Senior Registrar (Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital)
- Bodil Steen Rasmussen, Professor, MD, PhD (Department of Anaesthesiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Lars Hvilsted Rasmussen, Dean, Professor, MD, DMSc (The Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University)
PhD title: “Atrial fibrillation and hemostatic changes: is it a hypercoagulable state?”
Morten Mørk, MD, PhD Student (January 2012-September 2015)
Supervisors for Morten Mørk:
- Søren Risom Kristensen, Professor, MD, DMSc (Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Lars Hvilsted Rasmussen, Dean, Professor, MD, DMSc (The Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University)
- Shona Pedersen, Senior Researcher, External Associate Professor, PhD (Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital)
PhD title: “Thromboembolism and Death in Patients with Atrial Flutter”
Henrik Vadmann, MD, PhD Student (September 2010-spring2016)
Supervisors for Henrik Vadmann:
- Torben Bjerregaard Larsen, Associate Professor, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Søren P. Hjortshøj, Head of Department, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Anders Gorst-Rasmussen, MSc, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Sam Riahi, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
PhD title: “Atrial fibrillation, from Self-Rated Health Status to Patients’ Perceptions of Living with the Diease”
Vibeke Høgh, RN, MCN, PhD Student (May 2011-July 2015, including maternity leave from September 2011 to December 2012)
Supervisors for Vibeke Høgh:
- Charlotte Delmar, Professor, MSc Nursing, PhD (Department of Public Health – Section of Nursing, Aarhus University)
- Kirsten Frederiksen, Associate Professor, RN, PhD (Department of Public Health – Section of Nursing, Aarhus University)
- Kim Overvad, Professor, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Sam Riahi, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Søren Lundbye-Christensen, Senior Biostatistician, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
PhD title: “Effects of Marine Fatty Acids on Heart Rate Variability, Atrial Fibrillation and other Arrhythmias in Patients receiving chronic Dialysis (Renal Rhythm Study)”
Jesper Moesgaard Rantanen, MD, PhD Student (June 2013-May 2016)
Supervisors for Jesper Moesgaard Rantanen:
- Jeppe Hagstrup Christensen, Professor, MD, DMSc (Department of Nephrology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Birgitte Bang Pedersen, MD, PhD (Department of Nephrology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Erik Berg Schmidt, Professor, MD, DMSc (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Sam Riahi, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
PhD title:”N-3 and n-6 PUFA; interactions, genetic pathways, and risk of atrial fibrillation”
Lotte Maxild Mortensen, MSc, part-time PhD Student (January 2011-February 2016)
Supervisors for Lotte Maxild Mortensen:
- Kim Overvad, Professor, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Erik Berg Schmidt, Professor, MD, DMSc (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Mikkel Heide Schierup, Professor (Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, and Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University)
- Philip Calder, Professor (Institute of Human Nutrition, Human Development and Health Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK)
- Søren Lundbye-Christensen, Senior Biostatistician, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
Postoperative new-onset atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery with special reference to potential new predictors
PhD project by Jiwei Gu, MD, PhD Student (March 2014-March 2017)
Supervisors for Jiwei Gu:
- Jan Jesper Andreasen, Professor, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Erik Berg Schmidt, Professor, MD, DMSc (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Christian Torp-Pedersen, Professor, MD. (Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University)
Ph.d. title: ”Saturated fatty acids and the risk of atrial fibrillation”
Pia Dinesen, MD, ph.d.student (maj 2015- april 2019)
Supervisors for Pia Dinesen:
- Erik Berg Schmidt, Professor, MD, DMSc (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Kim Overvad, Professor, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Søren Lundbye-Christensen, Senior Biostatistician, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
- Albert Marni Joensen, MD, PhD (Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital)
Project partners
- 3rd Department of Medicine, Cardiology & Emergency Medicine, Wilhelminenhosptial, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevaal, Norway
- Department of Haemostasis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Unit. University Department and Medicine, Birmingham, UK
- Department of Clinical Redesign, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
- The Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Centre of General Hospital, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, PR China.
- Institute of Human Nutrition and Human Development and Health Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK
- Department of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health, The Framingham Heart Study, Boston, USA
- The Statistics Department, The University of British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
- The Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Bioinformatics Research Centra (BiRC), Aarhus University, Denmark
- Department of Anesthesiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark
- Department of Nephrology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark
Project manager
Kirstine Rasmussen, Project Manager
E-mail: kirstine.rasmussen@rn.dk. Tel.: +45 97666251 / Mobile: +45 51859418