Organisation
DIRAC
has been established as collaboration between The Faculties of Health Sciences
at The Universities of Copenhagen, Aarhus and Southern Denmark. The Head of DIRAC refers to
the dean of The Faculty of Health Science at The University of Southern Denmark.
The Head of the research academy answers to the authorities empowered to make
grants. The function of secretary with the responsibility of the daily running
is established at the Department of Health Service Research in
Odense. DIRAC is managed
by an Executive Committee of 6 people, who besides the Head consist of 5 key
instructors. In addition there is a board, consisting of the remaining 13 course
conductors.
DIRAC
will try to establish contact to all the environments of research in
Denmark that conduct clinical
intervention research and will therefore build on a network consisting of
expectedly 100 PhD instructors. DIRAC will cooperate with the local PhD board of
studies as it will be the three Faculties of Health Sciences who will be
responsible for the enrolment for the PhD studies and the conferment of the PhD
title. The board of DIRAC has the responsibility of realising the lift in
quality through establishing 16 completely new PhD courses, conducting
workshops, seminars and summer schools with foreign teachers and lecturers. The
administration and the practical performance of the DIRAC courses will be
carried out by the local research educations in close cooperation with the
leader of the course.
Management
Head
of DIRAC
- Professor,
Dr. Med.
Kim
Brøsen,
University
of
Southern Denmark and The
University
Hospital of
Odense
Executive
Committee
- Consultant
Doctor, Professor Dr. Med.
Court Pedersen,
University of
Southern
Denmark and The
University
Hospital of
Odense
- Consultant
Doctor, Professor Dr. Med.
Ole Schmitz,
District
General
Hospital of Århus and The
University of
Aarhus
- Consultant
Doctor, Professor Dr. Med.
Jens Sandahl
Christiansen,
District
General
Hospital of Århus and The
University of
Aarhus
- Consultant
Doctor, Professor Dr. Med.
Henrik Enghusen Poulsen,
National
Hospital of
Denmark and The
University of
Copenhagen
- Managing
Director, Dr. Med Kim Krogsgaard, PhaseOne Trials,
Hospital of
Hvidovre.
Board
- Professor,
Dr. Med Ronald Dahl,
District
General
Hospital of
Århus
- Senior
Clinical Lecturer, Dr. Med
Jesper
Hallas
University
Hospital of
Odense
- Head
of Centre, Dr. Med. Peter C. Gøtszche, Nordic Cochrane Centre,
National
Hospital of
Denmark
- Assigned
as a professor, Dr. Med. Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen,
University of
Southern
Denmark
- Consultant
Doctor, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Dr. Med. Henrik Lublin,
National
Hospital of
Denmark
- Senior
Lecturer, Consultant Doctor Lars Peter Nielsen,
University of
Aarhus
- Professor,
Kjeld Møller Pedersen,
University of
Southern
Denmark
- Consultant
Doctor, Senior Clinical Lecturer, PhD. Kurt Bjerregaard Stage,
University
Hospital of
Odense.
- Head
of Department, Dr. Med. Jens Peter Kampmann, Department of Rational
Pharmacotherapy
- Professor,
Consultant Doctor, Dr. Med Søren H. Sindrup,
University
Hospital of
Odense
- Professor,
Consultant Doctor, Dr. Med.- Troels Stahelin Jensen, General District Hospital
of Århus
- Professor,
Consultant Doctor, Dr. Med. Gunhild Waldemar,
National
Hospital of
Denmark.