AALBORG UNIVERSITET

Partner Information

  • Partner Full Name: AALBORG UNIVERSITET
  • Partner Short Name: AAU
  • Country: Denmark
  • Website: www.aau.dk

Solidly placed in top 100 in Engineering and Science and among the top two percent of the world’s 17,000 universities, AAU is characterised by combining a keen engagement in local, regional, and national issues with an active commitment to international collaboration since its establishment in 1974.

As a university with a strong international profile, AAU is involved in a large number of international institutional networks and partnerships. AAU participates in several international educational cooperation programmes, and cooperate with researchers, research groups and research centers throughout the world.Aalborg University currently participates in 140 Horizon 2020 actions, for a total budget of 58.514.610 Euro.

The following center and departments from Aalborg University are participating in ARISTOTELES: Center for Clinical Data Science (www.clinda.aau.dk) and Danish Center Health Services Research (www.dacs.aau.dk) at Department of Clinical Medicine (www.dcm.aau.dk), Department of Computer Science (www.cs.aau.dk), and Department of Communication and Psychology (www.communication.aau.dk).

Key persons

Prof. Søren Paaske Johnsen

Professor, consultant, head of Danish Center for Clinical Health Services Research, MD, PhD. More than 20 years of full-time research experience within clinical epidemiology and health services research. The primary field of interest is clinical health services research with a focus on the quality of clinical care, including implementation of evidence-based care, comparative effectiveness of clinical interventions and evaluation of quality improvement strategies. Cofounder of multiple national Danish clinical quality registries, including Danish Stroke Registry and Atrial Fibrillation Denmark. Steering group member of multiple ongoing international research-initiated clinical trials on atrial fibrillation and stroke care. Number of citations: >10.000, H-index (Scopus): 53. More than 90% of the publications include original data.