Health Sciences
CopenHeart
CopenHeart is an international network of researchers collectively engaged in promoting innovative research in rehabilitation of patients with complex cardiac diseases and developing new research initiatives within the field. CopenHeart combines the expertise from three partners, a steering committee, supervisory groups, an international expert advisory group and a number of cooperating institutions. The University of York supports this initiative through Professor Patrick Doherty, PhD supervision and secondments involving research methods and statistics.
Partners & Steering
The Steering Committee consists of the three partners:
Representatives from Rigshospitalet, the Heart Centre:
- Professor Lars Køber
- Christian Hassager MD
- Professor Jesper Hastrup Svendsen
- Henning Bundgaard MD
- Post doc Nurse Dorthe Overgaard
- Head of Department Physiotherapist Helle Tauby Sørensen
- Ann-Dorthe Zwisler MD
- Post doc Nurse Selina Kikkenborg Berg
Representative from Copenhagen Trial Unit:
- Christian Gluud MD
Representative from National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark
- Associate Professor Lau Caspar Tuesen
Supervisory
Supervisors for the subprojects:
- CopenHeartICD: Selina Kikkenborg Berg, Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, Ann-Dorthe Zwisler
- CopenHeartVR: Ann-Dorthe Zwisler, Lars Køber, Christian Hassager, Selina Kikkenborg Berg
- CopenHeartRFA: Selina Kikkenborg Berg, Jesper Hastup Svendsen
- CopenHeartIE: Selina Kikkenborg Berg, Ann-Dorthe Zwisler, Henning Bundgaard
- CopenHeartSD:Selina Berg, Ann-Dorthe Zwisler, Jesper Hastrup-Svendsen, Marianne Frederiksen
- CopenHeart Organisation and economic: Ann-Dorthe Zwisler, Signe Vikkelsøe, Jacob Kjelberg, Selina Kikkenborg Berg
- CopenHeart ExQol: Henning Langberg, Ann-Dorthe Zwisler, Patrick Doherty, Selina Kikkenborg Berg
Expert Advisory
The expert advisory group consists of:
- Professor Patrick Doherty, Chair of Rehabilitation, Department of Health Science, University of York, York, United Kingdom
Role within CopenHeart: Expert advisory group, Co-investigator and PhD supervisor - Professor Viviane Conraads, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
Role within CopenHeart: Expert advisory group and Co-investigator - Professor Jean-Paul Schmid, Swiss Cardiovascular Centre Berne, Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, University Hospital Inselspital, Berne, Switzerland
Role within CopenHeart: Expert advisory group and Co-investigator - Professor Philip Moons, Centre for Health Services and Nursing Research, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Role within CopenHeart: Expert advisory group, Co-investigator and PhD supervisor - Merja Perhonen, Medical Director, CorusFit Oy, Jyväskylä, Finland
Role within CopenHeart: Expert advisory group and Co-investigator - Professor Sandra Dunbar, Emory University, Atlanta Georgia, USA
Role within CopenHeart: Expert advisory group and Co-investigator - Associate Professor Tone M. Norekvål, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
Role within CopenHeart: Expert advisory group and Co-investigator - Professor Susanne S. Pedersen, Centre of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases Tilburg University, Netherlands
Role within CopenHeart: Expert advisory group and Co-investigator - Professor Niel Oldridge, Director Cardiac Rehabilitation, Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Medical Group, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Role within CopenHeart: Expert advisory group and Co-investigator - Jacob Kjellberg, Senior Project Manager Danish Institute for Health Services Research, Copenhagen, Denmark
Role within CopenHeart: Expert advisory group and Co-investigator - Anne-Marie Yazbeck, International freelance consultant, Researcher Copenhagen, Denmark
Role within CopenHeart: Expert advisory group and Co-investigator - Associate Professor Signe Vikkelsøe, Copenhagen Business School, Centre of Health Management, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Role within CopenHeart: Expert advisory group and Co-investigator
