The Copenhagen Stress Research Center is a research collaboration between researchers from the National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Bispebjerg University Hospital and Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen. The overall aim of the center is to implement and support an interinstitutional cooperation of high international class in the Danish stress research environment.
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Stress Research Conference
The 20th Stress Research Conference will be held in the Maersk Tower at Panum on November 7, 2024. We encourage all researchers to submit their abstracts of stress research studies - in the broadest sense - for oral or poster presentation. This year, our keynote speakers Dr. Ida E. H. Madsen (NFA) and Prof. Kim Rose Olsen (SDU) will enlighten us on the importance of the work environment for mental health.
Abstracts and questions regarding the conference should be directed to secretary Vibeke Skibsrud at email: VSKI0002@regionh.dk
Please find link to the Stress Research Conference program right here.
The Copenhagen Stress Research Center aims at covering following topics:
- Definition of the stress concept
- Bodily reactions to stress
- Relationship between stress and health
- Underlying mechanisms leading from stress to disease
- Societal consequences of stress
- Evidence-based methods of intervention and treatment of stress
The research collaboration also aims to promote recruitment and training of researchers within the stress research field.
Copenhagen Stress Research Center’s steering committee meets 2-3 times a year and consists of representatives from each of the participating institutions:
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Bispebjerg University Hospital
Professor Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Bispebjerg University Hospital
Department of Public Health, Copenhagen University
Statens Arbeidsmiljøinstitutt (STAMI), Oslo, Norway
E-mail: ingrid.alethe.sivesind.mehlum@regionh.dk
Chief Physician Nanna Hurwitz Eller
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Bispebjerg University Hospital
E-mail: nanna.hurwitz.eller@regionh.dk
Guest Researcher Johan Høy Jensen
TeamArbejdsliv
E-mail: johan.hoey.jensen@regionh.dk
National Research Center for the Working Environment
Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen
Professor Emerita Åse Marie Hansen
Copenhagen Stress Research Center organizes a yearly Stress Research conference. The purpose of this conference is to promote exchange and discussion of new stress research and further more to coordinate and strengthen the Danish stress research.
The 20th Stress Research Conference will be held in the Maersk Tower at Panum on November 7, 2024. We encourage all researchers to submit their abstracts of stress research studies - in the broadest sense - for oral or poster presentation. This year, our keynote speakers Dr. Ida E. H. Madsen (NFA) and Prof. Kim Rose Olsen (SDU) will enlighten us on the importance of the work environment for mental health.
Abstracts and questions regarding the conference should be directed to secretary Vibeke Skibsrud at email: VSKI0002@regionh.dk
In the section below, you can read about previous Stress Research conferences:
14th Stress Research Conference (2017)
15th Stress Research Conference (2018)
16th Stress Research Conference (2019)
17th Stress Research Conference (2021)