{"id":10588,"date":"2023-12-15T07:37:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T06:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org\/en\/?p=10588"},"modified":"2023-12-15T09:35:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:35:04","slug":"three-emerging-skin-research-leaders-become-first-to-receive-a-leo-foundation-dr-abildgaard-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org\/en\/2023\/12\/15\/three-emerging-skin-research-leaders-become-first-to-receive-a-leo-foundation-dr-abildgaard-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Three emerging skin research leaders become first to receive a LEO Foundation Dr Abildgaard Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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15 December 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aida Hansen from the University of Southern Denmark, Terkild Brink Buus from the University of Copenhagen, and Stine R\u00f8nholt from the University of Copenhagen are the first researchers to receive a LEO Foundation Dr Abildgaard Fellowship. The three Assistant Professors are recognized for their great potential as research leaders, as they show promise of becoming influential scientists within their fields, with high ambitions to inspire novel and important insights into the skin and skin diseases.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LEO Foundation Dr Abildgaard Fellowships is a new grant instrument \u2013 each fellowship worth DKK 12 million for a five-year period \u2013 established in 2023 to support skin research talents who have the ambition to establish or expand an independent research group at a not-for-profit Danish research institution, and who are also starting their careers as research leaders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fellowships pursue the LEO Foundation\u2019s strategy and aim of strengthening the pipeline of excellent skin researchers, and to support the investigation of novel and important research questions within skin and skin diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor Aida Hansen, Assistant Professor Terkild Brink Buus, and Assistant Professor Stine R\u00f8nholt impressed both external (independent) and internal reviewers with their visions and plans for their skin research, during the review process. International collaborations were amongst the main ambitions of the scientists, as they will strive to cultivate global research communities, with important contributions hoped for from their groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, emerging leaders could apply to LEO Foundation Dr Abildgaard Fellowships within one of two themes – Skin Immunology and Inflammatory Skin Diseases<\/em>, and Skin Physiology and Cutaneous Drug Delivery<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne-Marie Engel, Chief Scientific Officer at the LEO Foundation, describes her excitement at seeing such talented skin researchers apply through the themes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201c<\/em><\/em>We are, at the LEO Foundation, very thrilled to have seen such excellent profiles apply for LEO Foundation Dr Abildgaard Fellowships in 2023. This year\u2019s fellows particularly impressed us through their interviews, where they confidently communicated their inspiring and ambitious plans for their skin research, demonstrating their great potential as emerging leaders. We are already very much looking forward to opening applications again in 2024 through our yearly thematic call, where we are also hoping to see international profiles applying to the program, with a keenness to drive their research through Danish institutions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nAnne-Marie Engel<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Meet the Dr Abildgaard Fellows 2023<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Aida Hansen<\/strong>, who will relocate to the Department of Molecular Medicine at the University of Southern Denmark as Assistant Professor, receives a fellowship \u2013 worth DKK 12 million for a five-year period \u2013 for her research seeking to improve the treatment options for psoriasis patients by contributing to a more detailed understanding of the role that extracellular vesicles play in mediating the cellular cross-talk and driving the inflammatory processes in the disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aida Hansen\u2019s project is granted through this year\u2019s research theme, Skin Immunology and Inflammatory Skin Diseases<\/em>. Her grant will support her move to the University of Southern Denmark, where she will establish a research team through the recruitment of a PhD student, Postdocs, and a laboratory technician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn more about Aida Hansen <\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n