AI, schizophrenia and Parkinson’s: Brain research at SUND receives major grants
Two neuroscience research projects at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences receive grants from the Lundbeck Foundation. A total of nine SUND researchers are a part of four brain research projects supported by the foundation.
Parkinson’s Disease, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis and depression are all disorders tightly linked to the brain and how it functions.
Now, the Lundbeck Foundation funds research into these diseases and more at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (SUND) as part of the foundation’s Collaborative Projects programme.
The programme supports collaborative and interdisciplinary research focusing on the brain and diseases linked to the brain.
Specifically, two interdisciplinary brain research projects at SUND receive a total of DKK 50 million in funding from the Lundbeck Foundation as part of its Collaborative Projects programme.
The funding will support SUND-led research into schizophrenia risk factors and AI-assisted exploration of brain diseases like multiple sclerosis via the eye:
Translation of schizophrenia risk factors into functional mechanisms (TRIFF) – DKK 30 million
- Professor Konstantin Khodosevich, Biotech Research & Innovation Centre
- Professor Alicia Lundby, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Ocular neuromics: AI-assisted exploration of the brain via the eye – DKK 20 million
- Clinical Associate Professor Steffen Hamann, Department of Clinical Medicine
- Clinical Professor Finn Thorup Sellebjerg, Department of Clinical Medicine
- Clinical Professor Lene Terslev, Department of Clinical Medicine
An additional two research projects with SUND co-applicants and partners are funded DKK 40 million in total.
These projects will focus on developing innovative drug delivery methods to treat neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s Disease and developing AI algorithms for health screening of mental disorders like major depressive disorder:
Innovative methods aim to improve treatment of Parkinson’s Disease – DKK 20 million
- Professor Martin Lauritzen, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor Krzysztof Kucharz, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor Céline Galvagnion-Büll, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology
Developing TRUSTMIND: AI in Mental Health – DKK 20 million
- Clinical Professor Merete Osler, Department of Public Health
“The purpose of Collaborative Projects is to support advanced neuroscience research projects that tackle complex and demanding questions that cannot be solved by a single research group alone but require various professional approaches and profiles. We also hope that this cross-pollination will be fruitful for the broader neuroscience community in Denmark,” says Peter Thostrup, Scientific Programme Director at the Lundbeck Foundation.
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