Professor receives honorary award for contributions to psychiatric research
Søren Dinesen Østergaard from the Department of Clinical Medicine and the Department of Depression and Anxiety at Aarhus University Hospital, Psychiatry, has been awarded the William Nielsen Foundation’s Honorary Award at a ceremony at the Sorø Art Museum.
Professor Søren Dinesen Østergaard receives this honorary award for his research aimed at improving the assessment of symptoms, side effects, and well-being in patients with mental illness. His latest research investigates whether machine learning (artificial intelligence) can be used to predict the disease trajectory for psychiatric patients – relying solely on data from electronic medical records.
According to the William Nielsen Foundation, Professor Østergaard brings the latest technology and research directly to patients in psychiatry.
"I am very pleased and proud to receive the honorary award from the William Nielsen Foundation. It is a great recognition of my work in helping patients with mental illness to achieve more targeted treatment—and, hopefully, a better and longer life," says Søren Dinesen Østergaard.
Contact
Professor Søren Dinesen Østergaard
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and
Aarhus University Hospital, Psychiatry, Department of Depression and Anxiety
Email: sdo@clin.au.dk