Medical Doctor, PhD student, Lisbeth Lund Jensen

New research into cot death shows differences in the dead children’s brain tissue, depending on whether they slept in their own bed or together with their parents. Nevertheless, there is no justification for changing the recommendations for the prevention of cot death.

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Professor with Special Responsibilities, Department of Education, Bente Jensen

Bente Jensen is at the head of a research group at Aarhus University. The group is part of a consortium seeking to provide new knowledge of how to strengthen children’s welfare and learning.   

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Research nurse, MPH, PhD, postdoc, Lotte Ørneborg Rodkjær

Isolation is crucial to stopping the spread of highly infectious diseases such as, for example, swine flu, but at the same time there is a risk of isolation having a negative impact on patients’ mental well-being.
Lotte Ørneborg Rodkjær is one of the organizers behind a large AU congress on infectious diseases, which seeks to provide more knowledge about the consequences of isolation

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PhD student, Department of Public Health, Therese Koops Grønborg

A new study from Aarhus University estimates the recurrence risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The objective was to estimate the relative recurrence risk for ASDs in a Danish population, including recurrence in full- and half-siblings, and to examine time trends in ASDs relative to the recurrence risk.
PhD student, Therese Koops Grønborg, is one of the scientists behind the remarkable findings.

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Post. Doc., Lena Grinsted

Social spiders have individual personalities. Some are responsible for hunting prey, while others stay at home in the nest and attend to other activities. Lena Grinsted has studied the social structure of spiders. Her results have aroused attention all over the world, and her research has been mentioned by both Discovery and Wired. She is now part of a research team at the University of Sussex, where she is working on social behaviour among wasps.

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Professor, Department of Economics and Business, Helena Skyt Nielsen

New research shows that the propensity among boys to commit crime is lowered if school start is postponed one year. Nonetheless, researchers warn against postponing school start.
Professor, Helena Skyt Nielsen, is the initiator of the project together with Associate Professor Marianne Simonsen from the Department of Economics and Business as well as Researcher Rasmus Landersø from the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit. 
- To postpone school start only to reduce crime rates that are already low would indicate a lack of ambition. It also involves additional costs with respect to lost tax revenue, since a higher school starting age leads to later entrance to the labour market, says Helena Skyt Nielsen.

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