PhD fellowship in diabetes, cardiac arrhythmias and hypoglycaemia

A PhD fellowship is available at the Clinical Metabolic Physiology research group at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen (SDCC), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

The position is open for medical doctors with interest in clinical research within the cross field of diabetology and cardiology and beginning August 1st 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter.               

 

SDCC is the largest diabetes center in Denmark and is organized in four units: Clinic, Clinical Research, Education and Health Promotion. The Clinical Research Unit consists of five research with different research areas. The clinical studies in this PhD will be carried out at Clinical Metabolic Physiology research group at Gentofte Hospital 

 

The project and the candidate 

Patients with type 1 diabetes risk suffer from long-term complications as a consequence of an elevated plasma glucose level. Hence, modern diabetes treatment targets stringent glycaemic control while avoiding hypoglycaemia. Although treatment of type 1 diabetes and plasma glucose monitoring has improved over the last decades, hypoglycaemia remains inevitable. For almost three decades, hypoglycaemia has been linked to cardiac arrhythmias and the “dead-in-bed” syndrome, and several studies have indicated a causal link. However, since cardiac arrhythmias are relatively rare and may be clinically asymptomatic, especially during sleep, it has proved difficult to demonstrate a direct causal relationship. The present PhD project will delineate whether episodes of hypoglycaemia are associated with clinical relevant arrhythmias in patients with type 1 diabetes. The expected results will improve our understanding of the relationship between level of glycaemic control and cardiovascular risk and help to develop optimal strategies for the management of patients with diabetes. The candidate will obtain clinical research skills and clinical skills within endocrinology and cardiology. 

 

The project is a close collaboration between several research environments within the Capital Region of Denmark, namely Clincal Metabolic Physiology, SDCC; the Cardiovascular Research Centre, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital and Department of Cardiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Nordsjællands Hospital.                     

 

The clinical studies will be carried out at Clinical Metabolic Physiology at Gentofte Hospital under the supervision of Professor Tina Vilsbøll, Professor Gunnar Gislason, Professor Ulrik Pedersen-Bjerregaard and Professor Filip K. Knop. All the necessary equipment and expertise is available in the laboratories, where several clinical research projects have been conducted. The PhD candidate will act as investigator on all studies included in the PhD project.                       

 

The PhD candidate will be offered a full-time position for a period of three years.          

 

Contact and deadline  

For further information please contact: Professor and Head of Clinic at SDCC Tina Vilsbøll, MD DMSc (Mobile: +45 4094 0825). Deadline for application is April 16th 2018. 

                       

About Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen               

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen (SDCC) is a visionary diabetes center for the entire Capital Region specialized in the treatment, research and prevention of diabetes and in the education of healthcare professionals in diabetes. SDCC is the largest diabetes clinic in Scandinavia and treats more than 9,000 people with diabetes from the Capital Region each year. Read more on www.sdcc.dk and follow SDCC on Twitter and LinkedIn.