Jørn Olsen memorial symposium & The 2026 Ipsen-Olsen lecture
Årets arrangement åbner med en mindehøjtidelighed for Jørn Olsen til ære for professor Jørn Olsen (1946–2026), en af Danmarks mest indflydelsesrige epidemiologer. Hans banebrydende bidrag til perinatal- og livsforløbsepidemiologi, hans lederskab ved Aarhus Universitet og UCLA samt hans centrale rolle i etableringen af Den Danske Nationale Fødselskohorte har sat et varigt præg på folkesundhedsforskningen både nationalt og internationalt.
Oplysninger om arrangementet
Tidspunkt
PROGRAMME:
Jørn Olsen memorial symposium
11.00-12.00
Welcome by Professor Cecilia Ramlau-Hansen, Department of Public
Health, Aarhus University
Session 1:
• Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, University of Copenhagen: The impact of the beginning of life on the rest of the life
• Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark: What causes adverse pregnancy outcomes?
• Onyebuchi Arah, University of California Los Angeles: Live birth bias and augmented causal diagrams
• Tine Brink Henriksen, Aarhus University Hospital: Preterm birth (some) lessons learned
• Zeyan Liew, Yale University: Early-life influences on later health: Are we ready to embrace the complexity?
12.00-13.00 Reception in the Vandrehal
13.00-14.30
Session 2:
• Per Kragh Andersen, Aarhus University: Quality of life truncated by death
• Uffe Juul Jensen, Aarhus University: Reflections on social medicine: Its past, present and future
• Peter Aaby, University of Southern Denmark: Observing the unexpected
• Cecilia Ramlau-Hansen, Aarhus University: The legacy and future of the Danish National Birth Cohort
• Video greetings
14.30-15.00 Break
The 2026 Ipsen-Olsen lecture
15.00-15.45
Professor Miguel Hernan, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Causal estimands for clinical and regulatory decision making
Miguel Hernan bio:
miguelhernan.org
15.45
Closing remarks by Professor Cecilia Ramlau-Hansen, Including a reception at the Vandrehal, Building 1410.
Please register before September 1st 2026.
Kind regards,
The Department of Public Health Aarhus University