Opening Symposium PREG-AID Center

Hvordan skaber vi mere tryghed for mennesker med autoimmune sygdomme, der ønsker at blive forældre?

Det nye PREG-AID Center samler forskere og klinikere på tværs af fagområder for at skabe ny viden om sygdom, behandling og graviditet – til gavn for både mor og barn.

Kom med, når centret officielt åbner med oplæg fra blandt andre professor Uma Mahadevan fra University of California San Francisco samt præsentationer af aktuelle forskningsprojekter fra PREG-AID.

Arrangementet foregår på engelsk og afsluttes med reception.

Tidspunkt

Onsdag 7. oktober 2026 kl. 15.30–18.00

Sted

Aarhus Universitetshospital, Forum, indgang A
’Verdensrummet’, auditorium A201-170
Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 11, 8200 Aarhus N

Arrangør

PREG-AID Center og Institut for Klinisk Medicin, Aarhus Universitet

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Tilmeldingsfrist: 28. september 2026.

Program

15:30-17:00 Opening Symposium

15:30 Opening Anne-Mette Hvas, Dean, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University

15:35 Perspectives from the Department of Clinical Medicine Tine Brink Henriksen, Professor, Deputy Head, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University

15:40 PREG-AID: Bridging disciplines for better care Mette Julsgaard, A/Professor Director, PREG-AID, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University

15:45 Immune-mediated inflammatory disorders during pregnancy and lactation Uma Mahadevan, Professor, Director, Colitis and Crohn’s Disease Center, University of California San Francisco, USA 

16:05 Short project presentations (10 min each):

Programming fertility before birth: How maternal immune-mediated
inflammatory diseases shape the next generation Mette Wulf Christensen, PostDoc, University Clinic for Fertility, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University and Horsens Regional Hospital

The Danish Diabetes Birth Registry 2 - establishing a national cohort and a
platform for RCT's Vithiya Karunakaran, MD, Research Assistant, Steno Diabetes Centre Aarhus, Aarhus University Hospital
Iron matters in pregnancy Emilie Faunø, PhD-fellow, Department of Hepatology & Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital & PREG-AID, AU

Treating Mom, Protecting Baby: IL-23 Inhibitors from Pregnancy to Infancy Christina Balmer, PhD-fellow, Department of Hepatology & Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital and PREG-AID, AU

Beyond Birth: Long-Term Effects of luminal and non-luminal IMIDs in Pregnancy Cæcilie Skejø, PhD-fellow, Department of Public Health, Epidemiology, Aarhus University and PREG-AID, AU

17:00-18:00 Reception

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