SUND NEWS 2August 2011

This issue of SUND NEWS welcomes you to a new year of study and work. I hope everyone had a good summer and recharged their batteries.

I am delighted that we have had a very good stu-dent intake in our programs. This is the result of a joint effort—a good reputation created through the daily work of good teaching, research, and know-ledgeable and helpful administrative and technical staff. Thanks to everyone for the great effort.

We can also celebrate the Faculty of Medicine’s one year birthday. The backbone of the faculty is the Department of Health Science and Technology, but the first year has also been used to develop coopera-

tion with the Department of Learning and Philoso-phy, the Department of Business and Management and interdisciplinary environments around ethics and communication. A well-functioning school has been organized. We are well underway with the academic council, consultation committee and PhD board. The joint faculty administration with TEK-NAT has proven to be just the right design for a fa-culty in development. Overall, we achieved a great deal in the first year.

Egon Toft, Dean

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By Pia Elberg, Head of School

The auditorium in the Medical Center at Aalborg Hospital was full when the SUND faculty held its first joint gradua-tion. Most of the 67 new graduates attended with their clo-sest relatives for a festive conclusion to their studies and to receive their diploma.

This year, the first 30 master’s students from Medicine with Industrial Specialization also graduated, and it was only second time that master’s students graduated from Clini-cal Science and Technology. This year there were 8 gradua-tes. On the other hand, this was the seventh time that engi-neers graduated from Biomedical Engineering; this year there were 29 graduates. Dean Egon Toft made sure to give the new graduates a few tips as they move forward in their careers, before he handed them their the diplomas.Lars Hvilsted-Rasmussen, Chief Physician and Head of

Research, gave the keynote address, which he illustrated with works of art that emphasized his message to the new graduates. They could be glad at having been educated in a modern educational system and at a university capable of developing needed programs, where disciplines are com-bined in new ways, and one that focuses on innovation and making students proficient at cooperation.

The students provided for festive end to the speeches be-fore events gave way to mingling at the reception.

Graduation at SUND

E d u c a t i o n & Te a c h i n g

Master’s thesis on migraine gets supportThe Oticon Foundation annually awards DKK 100,000 to sup-port a total of four master’s theses at TEKNAT and SUND. This year, Jens Christian Yde Laursen from Medicine with Industrial Specialization received the impressive recognition and support to do a thesis that should help to identify the causes of migraine. Congratulations.

Anne Thilde Andersen and Mikkel Frank Andresen, newly qualified engineers in Biomedical Engineering, took part in the reception at the Faculty of Medicine’s graduation ceremony at Aalborg Hospital, 30 June 2011.

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By Pia Elberg & Sebastian Bue Rakov, Uddannelsessekretariatet

In 2011, there was an impressive increase in the total student intake for the SUND bachelor’s programs of approximately 25 percent (+84 students compared to 2010) mainly due to large increases in Sports Science and Medicine with Industri-al Specialization (33 and 31 percent, respectively). By com-parison, in 2011 nationwide, 2119 students were admitted to bachelor’s programs in the health sciences. In 2011, SUND thus accounted for about 16 percent of the students admitted to health science programs in Denmark.

Table 1: Intake for SUND’s programs in 2011 and 2010 as of 5th July

Looking specifically at the medical program, a total of 56 stu-dents were admitted in 2011, of whom 49 (88 percent) were Danish; two (4 percent) were Swedish; and two (4 percent) were Norwegian. This distribution closely resembles the distribution nationwide; in medical programs nationwide, there was an overall intake of 1259 Danish (89 percent), 66 Swedish (5 percent) and 60 Norwegian (4 percent) students for the year’s KOT (Coordinated Enrollment System) intake. Compared to 2010 admissions, the proportion of Danish stu-dents increased 4 percentage points (84 percent in 2010), the proportion of Swedish students declined 8 percentage points (12 percent in 2010), while the proportion of Norwegian stu-dents has been steady at 4 percent.

It can also be noted that Aalborg University’s program in biomedical engineering is among the engineering programs this year where female admissions dominate (58 percent wo-men).

http://www.ubst.dk/uddannelse-og-forskning/statistik/optag-1/Notat%207%20om%20konsfordeling.pdf

After July 5th, there was the round of applicants’ ‘yes’ or ‘no thanks’ to a spot, as well as late admission. The number by

September 1st (with the exception of medicine) is expected to be somewhat higher than the July 5th figure.

Intake figures are constantly changing and can be follo-wed at http://www.adm.aau.dk/budgetplan/access_auc/dwoptsv2r/svarram2.html

Clinical Science and Technology

Where the other programs are available both as bachelor’s and master’s programs, Clinical Science and Technology (KVT) is exclusively a master’s (graduate) program.

Twenty-nine students were admitted to KVT. A good 2/3 of the new students in KVT have a professional ba-chelor’s degree in physical therapy or occupa-tional therapy. The rest have an educational background as a nurse or medical labora-tory technician.

Master of Information Techno-logy in Health Informatics

Fifteen students were admitted to the Master of Information Techno-logy in Health Informatics program (adult and continuing education) which is offered as distance learning. This is an increase over last year where we admitted 12 students. It is the 18th year of the program, but only the second year of the latest curriculum that has reduced the period of study from three to two ye-ars.

New students at SUND

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By Jeppe Emmersen, Chair of the Study Board for Medicine

When we started Medicine with Industrial Specialization (MedIS) in 2006, the goal was to integrate AAU’s trade-mark project-based PBL with case-based PBL that has gra-dually gained ground in many progressive medical pro-grams worldwide. This combination is still very unique and ensures that our medical students are both academi-cally sound and effective problem solvers that can easily engage in collaborative projects. We have thus built up extensive experience in relation to training bachelor’s students in medicine at the Faculty of Medicine. As an example of the quality of education, Anders Dejardin was admitted to Hull York Medical School as a medical stu-dent after successfully completing his bachelor’s degree in medicine with industrial specialization.

With the medical program in 2010 came a greater need to update and monitor the clinical aspect of the program. Thus, the clinical compendium was revised in collabora-tion with the clinical instructors at Vendsyssel Hospital. In future semesters, there will be a clinical seminar in which students must present selected patients to their peers in a plenum. Similarly, it will be organized that each case block ends with discussion of clinical experience in the individual case groups thereby strengthening the integra-tion between case teaching and clinical practice. Partici-pation in these activities is required in order to pass the clinical part of the syllabus.

Communication skills are a very important element in the medical program’s focus on “the whole doctor” and for MedIS students as well. The Department of Communica-tion and Psychology has developed a new course that lays the theoretical foundation for teaching communication. There will thus be a focus on doctor-patient communica-tion, but inter-professional communication will also be involved. The intention is also to strengthen research in patient communication.

The pedagogical competence of teachers is important for managing the complexity that characterizes the medical program. With the start of the MedIS program in 2006, teaching staff were trained in case PBL by teachers from Hull York, but the last two years, the Study Board for Me-dicine has even offered this training to new case supervi-sors. Expanding on this, the study board is arranging PBL seminars in the coming year for experienced case supervi-sors to further develop the case format.

Finally, a number of concrete measures that will strengt-hen teaching in the future can be mentioned. Sophisticated ultrasound equipment has been purchased that students can operate with little instruction. This will be included in both anatomy and physiology instruction. We have ac-quired a greater number of anatomical models, so that all organ systems are covered in greater detail. Furthermore, we have expanded the amount of laboratory equipment in the E-laboratory in order to be able to offer students more advanced opportunities in their projects.

Case work in full swing

Pedagogy in medicine in development

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By Ditte Haulrich, student in biomedical engineering

This summer for the second consecutive year, I spent much of the summer as a pilot at Universitarium. This year’s Universitarium theme was sports. In most bran-ches of sports, science plays a major role, whether you have to compete with or against the laws of nature. A theme like sports creates positive awareness of science, but this year, health and how the body works when you do sports as well.

As a student at the Faculty of Medicine, I am used to having to use the correct academic terminology and un-derstand complex physiological processes. In contrast, as a Universitarium pilot, my most important task is to explain science, sports and the body in an interesting and understandable way, whether the listener is 8 or 80

years old. Take our bicycling skeleton “Skelotte”: When you ask a 14-year-old, he can easily figure out that the lack of muscles is why Skelotte cannot ride a bicycle. A 3rd year high schooler will perhaps know that a mus-cle contraction involves the proteins actin and myosin, whereas a 5-year-old can understand it better if you ex-plain that muscles are actually a kind of elastic band under the skin.

This is precisely what makes it exciting to work as a pilot—that you can take your knowledge from lectures and explain it further so that the listener understands it, regardless of age. So it doesn’t matter that the muscles are compared to elastic bands. The rest comes later.

SUND pilot at Universitarium

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Ditte and ”Skelotte” on a bicycle trip

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By Kim Dremstrup, Head of Department

The 15th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Enginee-ring and Medical Physics (NBC15) took place in Aalborg June 14-17 at Aalborg Kongres & Kultur Center.

The conference is held every third year in one of the Nordic-Baltic countries under the auspices of IFMBE, the Internatio-nal Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.

The conference was organized as a “Swiss-army-knife event” as it took place in conjunction with the 29th annual meeting of the Danish Society for Biomedical Engineering and a third event, Windows of Opportunity. This event gathered entre-preneurs, inventors and investors. The conference also in-corporated a “Students Day” where young future colleagues could participate in the scientific events and visit the exhibi-tions. Also an important contribution to the conference was the fact that 45 companies had an exhibition at the conference site, showing their newest devices and equipment.Selected conference papers have been published in the IFM-BE proceeding series as volume 34, now available both in printed form and on the Internet from Springer.

A Young Investigator Competition was held, cordially spon-sored by the IFMBE. The Young Investigator Award in the oral category went to S. Meijs, MSc, PhD student from the company Neurodan A/S Aalborg (first prize); S.F. Eskilsen, MSc., PhD. from the Department of Health Science and Tech-nology, Aalborg University (second prize), and Joachim Ras-mussen, MSc. from Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging, De-partment of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (third prize).

The second prize category was poster presentations. The winner of the Young Investigator Poster Award was K. Pilt, PhD-student from Tallinn University of Technology, Depart-ment of Biomedical Engineering, Tallinn, Estonia.

The aim of the conference in Aalborg was: “To bring together science, education and business in Cooperation for Health.” With 500 participants from more than 20 countries, from aca-demia, hospitals and industry gathered in Aalborg, combi-ned with the fact that more than 60 oral presentations inclu-ding 10 keynote lectures plus posters were presented, and added to that exhibits from 45 participating BME companies, it is fair to say that the aim was well met.

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MedTech Week and 15th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics in Aalborg

The local organizing committee at NBC15 in the exhibition area of the conference. Kim Dremstrup, Chairman, is 2nd from the left, Steve Rees, Chair of the Scientific Committee is 5th from the left, and Per Overgaard Rasmussen, conference secretary, is seen at the right with the ball.

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By Charlotte Pedersen, AAU’s Fundraising and Project Management Office

It can be a long haul all the way to Brussels to get the atten-tion of decision makers, but in the long run it pays off when a big bag of Euros is allocated to your research area. More and more Danish and European universities choose to be close to the EU institutions in Brussels where the European research agenda and an increasing budget for research and innovation is decided. There is proposed a total budget of around 80 bil-lion Euros for the future program of research and innovation HORIZON 2020 for 2014 to 2020, so this isn’t about peanuts!

I am employed at the AAU Fundraising and Project Manage-ment Office (F&P), stationed in Brussels. From the Brussels satellite, my work day is a lot about building a close dialogue with the EU institutions, and based on good preparation and knowledge of the decision making process, to maximize op-portunities for EU funding for AAU’s research.

From Brussels, I can specifically help you as a researcher with advice in relation to a number of activities to increase your opportunities for EU funding. This could be for example:

assistance with EU representation of interests for future research themes and not least specific project proposals

help with project development and applications help with building strategic partnerships and participation in major European networks

creating visibility through participation in events in Brus-sels

assistance with planning and holding meetings, study tours and stays in Brussels.

There is good reason to turn to Brussels for funding and knowledge collaboration. This summer alone, a total of 7 bil-lion Euros was given to research within a number of themes, where the health theme was well over 400 million Euros. A good tip is to be early. To ensure the best conditions for obtai-ning funds, we must make an effort to further our interests; projects are rarely achieved through paperwork alone. We must draw attention to ourselves and cooperate with strong European partners who have good references in the EU sy-stem.

It is necessary to ensure that we are on the radar in Brussels...

The goal of being in Brussels is therefore to contribute to knowledge building and to an effective and early warning system that provides the conditions for an active and timely effort to seek funds in the EU system. This happens by buil-ding partnerships and networks in Brussels, not least by being in close dialogue with the EU Commission about up-coming programs.

My daily work is in Brussels, but I work closely with collea-gues in F&P, where everyone consults on EU funding, wri-ting applications and project management.

I can be contacted at cp@adm.aau.dk or telephone 5171 3850

I’m also occasionally in Aalborg, if there is a need for a meet-ing. If you happen to be in Brussels, we can of course also meet there.

Useful information can be found on the F&P website: http://www.funding.aau.dk/

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Help with EU funding

Charlotte at her office in the “House of North and Central Denmark,” Brussels.

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By Stig Kjær Andersen, Deputy Head of Department

External funding represents approximately 1/3 of the re-venue that the departments have available and is thus an important part of the basis for doing research.

External funding represents comprises a wide range of ini-tiatives. It includes private foundations, business collabo-rations on many levels, regional and municipal partners-hips, EU projects, international projects, ministry program funds and research council funds. As a basis for much of the external funding, the Department of Health Science and Technology has a long and strong tradition of colla-boration with both industrial and public partners, and the department plays a significant role in translating research findings into clinic practice.

All initiatives, large and small, that have, as a legal work-ing and accountability basis, an authorization letter or a contract specifying the tasks to be handled, how to coop-erate, and how it should be paid are considered external projects by the department.

There are of course big differences in how a specific task is agreed on, how much latitude there is and how big a part of a project is externally funded. It goes from ”that the amount can be used within the administrative framework for research in xx” to 50-page long EU contracts.

The spectrum of topics is inherently broad, not only in terms of academic content, since it reflects the professio-nal diversity that exists at SUND, but also in terms of the aim of the research. It covers basic research to applied re-search and patenting to product development. In practice, projects are categorized in FIK (research - noncommercial) and IV (commercial activities).

As examples of external funding, in the last year, staff at the Department of Health Science and Technology have brought in funding from the following sources in DKK:

FP7 Framework Program Humour 2.65 mio. AMYO 2.65 mio. Better 1.45 mio.

Danish Advanced Technology Foundation 1.65 mio.

FTP 5.50 mio.

HST Business Park 19.00 mio.

Private foundations Obel Foundation 0.68 mio. Aase and Ejnar Danielsen 0.20 mio. Svend Andersen Foundation 0.70 mio. Juhls Memorial Scholarships 0,20 mio. Arthritis Association 0.20 mio. Spar Nord Foundation 0.27 mio. Anti Doping Denmark 0.10 mio.

Companies Heartsafe 4.00 mio. Redcord A/S 0.31 mio. PRIS (Consortium) 2.80 mio. Proctor & Gamble 0.35 mio. Proof of Concept 3.20 mio.

Externally funded projects at SUND

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Research

In 2011, the Faculty of Medicine awarded the following PhD degrees.

Asbjørn Thalund Binderup, 14 January 2011. Pressure pain mappings - development and applications

Diana Lelic, 25 February 2011. Improvement of Brain Source Modeling based on Multichannel EEG Recordings after Pain Stimulation

Francesco Negro, 10 March 2011. Population coding of neural drive in human motor units during voluntary iso-metric movements

Simona Denisia Iftime, 21 March 2011. Development of methods for studying the physiology behind the recovery of individuals after stroke

Mads Lause Mogensen, 6 May 2011. A Physiological Ma-thematical Model of the Respiratory System.

Kerstin Jung, 10 May 2011. Long-term depression of noci-ception and pain in man

José Biurrun Manresa, 12 May 2011. Human models of central sensitization assessed by nociceptive withdrawal reflexes and reflex receptive fields

Hector Alejandro Caltenco Arciniega, 1 June 2011. Effi-cient tongue-computer interfacing for people with upper-limb impairments

Louise Pape-Haugaard, 7 June 2011. Transversal Interope-rability for Interdisciplinarity in e-Health.

Sara Finocchietti, 8 June 2011. Deep tissue biomechanics during pressure-induced pain.

Samuel Schmidt, 17 June 2011. Detection of coronary ar-tery disease with an electronic stethoscope

Rogerio Pessoto Hirata, 17 June 2011. Postural control changes due to pain in the knee and leg muscles.

Anja Ernst, den 23 June 2011. Genetic Risk Factors of In-flammatory Bowel Disease.

Further information can be found on the faculty’s web-site: http://www.sundhedsvidenskab.aau.dk/Forskning/Ph.d.-forsvar/

PhD defenses

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By Egon Toft, Dean

The Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Social Science, in conjunction with the North Denmark Re-gion, decided to establish a new center: the Center for Improvement in Health Care.

The purpose of the center is to contribute to the impro-vement of structures or processes in clinical practice, through research, evaluations, investigations and stu-dent projects. Improvements are measures that provide enhanced patient safety, better quality and greater cost efficiency. The center will work in an interdisciplinary manner and combine methods from health sciences and social sciences. Methods from several disciplines will come into play, including health economics, health services research and medical technology assessment (MTA).

Center for Improvement in Health Care

Research

VBN has prepared a statement on the number of registered publications in Web of Science (WOS) for 2006-2010, AAU. The statement is by department by year and in total for 2006-2010.

Researchers from the Department of Health Science and Technology accounted for 876 scientific publications registe-red in WOS in 2006-2010. This represents 22 percent of all the publications registered from AAU (3907). In 2010, the de-partment’s share was 24 percent (190 publications of a total 784). In 2009, there were 194 publications registered from the department, so in absolute numbers this was a minor decre-ase (4) from 2009 to 2010; on the other hand, from 2008 to 2009, there was an increase (26) in the number of registered publications.

Publications registered in WOS

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total

Dept. of He-alth Science and Techno-logy

166 258 168 194 190 876

AAU total 717 754 796 856 784 3907

In 2010, the average output for the department per academic staff person (including PhD students) was 1.32; for AAU in total it was 0.41.

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By Bente Gaarskjær, Financial Services, Faculty Office

SUND is experiencing explosive development. Both last year and this year’s student intake are a great success. This means new challenges, including increased pressure on the existing physical environment.

The current framework on Fredrik Bajers Vej on the cam-pus in Sdr. Tranders and at Nordkraft in downtown Aal-borg is no longer sufficient. So AAU has been looking for sites that match SUND’s needs. We have succeeded in fin-ding new sites both in Sdr. Tranders and downtown. In the vicinity of Fredrik Bajers Vej is Niels Jernes Vej 8a, and AAU has rented an almost entirely new building there lo-cated next door to Law Facilities can be established here for many students and staff in an exciting new setting. At this writing we are looking at the interior design possibili-ties. Dining, however, must still be at Fredrik Bajers Vej 7. In the teacher training program (UCN) Mylius Erichsens Vej, the auditorium is available two days a week where there is room for approx. 180 people. So there’s a little cy-cling distance to get to class.

For SUND in downtown Aalborg, AAU is in the process of obtaining space for group rooms and offices for sports science on Rendsburggade. Sports science students can have nice facilities close to the ones at Nordkraft and close to the new auditorium at the Studenterhuset in Gammle-torv. In the auditorium in Studenterhuset there is space for 200 people twice a week.

Overall, these expansions meet the space requirements for the academic year 2011/12. We are already looking, howe-ver, for facilities that can meet future needs. The expected relocation of, among others, Medialogy to downtown makes room for further growth on campus in Sdr. Tran-ders.

We are constantly working on improvements to facilities so we can create the best environment for SUND’s stu-dents, staff and partners.

SUND and the new university hospital

As you probably know, the North Denmark Region is in full swing with the initial planning for the future hospital construction. The unofficial title is NUSA (New Univer-sity Hospital Aalborg). The building will be located on a large lot southeast of the Sdr. Tranders campus and west of Hadsund Landevej. The first stage of approximately 135,000 square meters is located south of Postgården. AAU is investigating the possibility of establishing a tea-ching building closely connected to the hospital’s facilities. SUND is preparing material which contains descriptions of SUND, wishes concerning future cooperation with the university hospital and wishes for a future teaching buil-ding. In September, competition material will be sent out to the prequalified consultants, and the Region expects there will be winner of the competition in summer 2012.This is the start of an exciting process of developing SUND’s physical environment for the future and you as users will eventually become a part of the planning pro-cess.

SUND and the physical environment

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By Lone Sarauw, Human Resources, Faculty Office

As we all know, stress is a disease that affects employees in all workplaces. Unfortunately, it’s also a problem here with us and when an employee is off sick with stress, it often happens quite unexpectedly for both the stress-af-fected person and his/her colleagues. You perhaps feel a bit sickly or become more irritable than usual, without thinking that you are stressed. As a colleague, you may ask yourself why you didn’t see how bad things were, and you can easily be in doubt about how you can help.

The two consultation committees at the Faculty of Engi-neering and Science and the Faculty of Medicine have wanted a tool for when we encounter a case of stress. Therefore, a working group under the two consulta-tion committees, in conjunction with the faculty office’s communication staff, has put together a little information campaign consisting of a poster that will be displayed around the office and a pamphlet that will be distri-buted to all employees in early September. The aim of the pamphlet is to raise awareness of the symptoms that can be observed before the disease really takes hold, help us all cope with the situation when an employee is suffering from stress, and inform people about the options we have to get help. We hope you will welcome the pamphlet.

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Det Teknisk-Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet og Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet

By Egon Toft, Dean

The School of Medicine and Health will be getting a new head of school as of September 1, 2011. Up to now, the function has been handled by Pia Elberg; now Jesper Franch takes the position.

Pia has performed with great skill, dedication and dili-gence and has built a well-functioning school administra-tion. Thanks to Pia for her great efforts.

Since 2007, Jesper has been employed as an associate professor at Aalborg University where he researches and teaches in work and exercise physiology, primarily in the sports science program. Welcome to Jesper.

A new head of school

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Academic Council (period of service 2011)

Chair:Egon Toft, Dean

Academic representatives:Pascal Madeleine, ProfessorLasse Riis Østergaard, Associate ProfessorDiana Stentoft, Assistant ProfessorLars Arendt-Nielsen, ProfessorTorben Moos, Professor

Students:Kasper Bendix Johnsen, StudentDitte Johanne Haulrich, Student

Observers:Else Ramsgaard, Librarian (TAP)Susanne Nielsen Lundis, Head of Section (TAP)Kirstine Rosenbeck Gøeg, PhD Student

PhD Board (period of service 2011)

Chair:Ole Kæseler Andersen, Professor

Academic representatives:Ulrik Baandrup, ProfessorStephen Edward Rees, Associate ProfessorTrine Fink, Associate Professor

Representatives for the PhD studentsJakob Lund Dideriksen, PhD StudentLouiza Bohn Thomsen, PhD Student

Consultation Committee

Representatives A side:Egon Toft, Dean (Chair)Kim Dremstrup, Head of DepartmentBodil Brander Christensen, Head of Secretariat

Representatives B side:Svend Birkelund, Professor (Doctors) (Vice Chair)Karín Nesheim, Project Secretary (HK/Kontor)Merete Fredsgaard, Lab Technician (HK/LAB)Per Knudsen, Assistant Engineer (Dansk Metal)Meg Duroux, Associate Professor (DM)Lars Andersen, Associate Professor (IDA)

SUND representatives on AAU committees

Equal Opportunity Committee: Kim Dremstrup, Head of Dept., Department of Health Science and Technology

Environmental Committee:Erika Geraldina Spaich, Associate Professor, Department of Health Science and Technology

Elections Committee:Kirsten Mølgaard Nielsen, Associate Professor, Depart-ment of Electronic Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Science. Kirsten also represents SUND on the Elections committee.

Open Access Steering Committee: Else Ramsgaard, Librarian, Department of Health Science and Technology

Councils and committees at the Faculty of MedicineBuilding a new faculty is also an organizational project, including the establishment of the Academic Council, PhD Board and Consultation Committee. The council and committees got off to a good start with work in the spring. Below are the members of the Academic Council, the PhD Board and the Consultation Committee.

The composition of the council and committees as well as agendas and minutes are available at http://www.sundhedsvidenskab.aau.dk/R%C3%A5d+og+udvalg/

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By Charlotte T. Bakmann, Human Resources, Faculty Office

In recent years, Human Resources at the TEKNAT/SUND faculty office has focused on providing better handling of academic staff employment. Therefore, for several years and most recently in the spring, we have conducted a user satisfaction survey where we ask the departments about how they experience our service.

The response from the spring survey was that 100 per-cent of our users are satisfied or very satisfied with the cooperation and communication in general and with the level of service. According to the survey, our 3 key strengths are service, expertise and being approachable.

We are of course very pleased with the positive results but we will also use the survey to improve things where we can, for example our website, where 10 percent are less satisfied with the content and user friendliness. We will also be very glad for constructive suggestions and ideas on how we can continue to improve the quality and time consumption for employment matters.

Satisfied users

Mark your calendar: 3 January 2012 at 13.30 (New Year’s Reception).

In brief

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