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Advancing Knowledge. Improving Life.

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Advancing Knowledge. Improving Life.

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  1. Since May 2012, Morten Schmidt has visited the Division of Biostatistics at the College of Public Health at OSU. Morten is enrolled in the combined medical and PhD program at Aarhus University. His PhD project is on the influence of competing diseases on the prognosis of cardiovascular diseases. The PhD project is carried out in close collaboration with Department of Cardiology at Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby. Morten has previously been a research student at Department of Clinical Epidemiology during which he spent three months at Boston University, US. Besides, Morten is former head of the Association of Medical Student Research. “25 –year Trends in Myocardial Infarction Incidence and Long-term Cardiovascular Risks Associated with Early Adulthood Obesity” A seminar on Danish population-based data sources Friday, October 19, 2012 1:45 pm Room 180, Cunz Hall 1841 Neil Avenue MORTEN SCHMIDT, MD PhD Candidate, Department of Clinical Epidemiology Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark The Danish population-based registries provide valuable sources for clinical epidemiological research. The personal identifier assigned to all Danish citizen allow for linkage between all registries and complete follow-up of medical events. This seminar will present two studies. The first study examined the 25-year trends in first hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction and subsequent short-term mortality, finding both declined by nearly half from 1984 -2008. The second study, conducted in collaboration with OSU, examined the association between obesity in young adulthood and long-term risks of type 2 diabetes, major cardiovascular diseases and premature death. Presented by: The Ohio State University College of Public Health Contact: Susan Price (614) 247-8196 or sprice@cph.osu.edu Advancing Knowledge. Improving Life.

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