Opening Symposium PREG-AID Center
When autoimmune diseases and pregnancy intersect: New knowledge for safer outcomes for mother and child
How can we create greater reassurance for people with autoimmune diseases who wish to become parents?
The new PREG-AID Center brings together researchers and clinicians across disciplines to generate new knowledge about disease, treatment and pregnancy – for the benefit of both mother and child.
Join us for the official opening of the center, featuring talks by, among others, Professor Uma Mahadevan from the University of California, San Francisco, as well as presentations of current research projects from PREG-AID.
The event will be held in English and will conclude with a reception.
Date & Time
Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 3:30–6:00 p.m.
Place
Aarhus Universitetshospital, Forum, entrance A
’Verdensrummet’, auditorium A201-170
Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 11, 8200 Aarhus N
Organiser
PREG-AID Center & Institut for Klinisk Medicin, Aarhus Universitet
Registration deadline: 28 September 2026.
Programme
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