The Capital Region of Denmark is home for high-international-level research communities, and they help create new and ground-breaking treatments.
Professor Kjeld Schmiegelow from the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at Copenhagen University Hospital – Rigshospitalet explains that they have a goal to improve recovery rates for child leukaemia in adults "from 40 per cent to perhaps 80 per cent”.
A benefit of research at a hospital is that it is often close to the departments and often includes patients.
Parkinson’s patient Steffen Stello is taking part in a research project. He hopes that it will lead to more knowledge about Parkinson’s and better treatment of the disease.
Every year, the Global Excellence Award is presented by the Region to honour pioneering research results. Head of Research, Professor Hartvig Siebner MD, from Amager and Hvidovre Hospital, is very pleased that the Region can recognise and honour research in this way.
The Region also has research collaboration outside Denmark, e.g. with Region Skåne in Sweden. This is made more visible through the joint prize: the Öresund Award.
Former chair of the Regional Council, Sophie Hæstorp (Social Democrats), says the Region would like to see more ”thinking outside the box” so that patients can receive the best possible treatment.