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Committee on Nursing Research

The Committee on Nursing Research implements the Board of the Foundation’s granting decision for the support of projects and fellowships within nursing research in Denmark.

The Board has decided to establish a yearly grant budget of DKK 23.25 million, allocated to research projects (DKK 3 million), ph.d. scholarships (DKK 8 million), postdoc fellowships (DKK 6.6 million), and an annual large research programme (DKK 7.5 million), within this field of research.

The committee was established in 1996 and its members are all nurses with a research background in nursing.

The Board of the Foundation selects the committee members in accordance with the general rules covering the Foundation’s committees.

The current members of the committee are listed below.

Pia Dreyer

Chair

Professor in Nursing, Department for Intensive Care Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital.
Professor, Department of Science in Nursing, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University.
Professor II, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen.
Has been a member since 2021.

Jane Seymour

Member

Emeritus Professor of Palliative and End of Life Care, Division of Nursing and Midwifery at Health Sciences School, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Has been a member since 2022.

Christine Kumlien

Medlem

Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Malmø and Department of Care Science, Malmø University, Sweden.
Has been a member since 2022.

Anne Brødsgaard

Member

Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine & Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Amager Hvidovre Hospital.
Professor, Department of people and technology, Roskilde University.
Professor, Department of Nursing and Health care, Institute for Public Health, Aarhus University.
Has been a member since 2025.

Anners Lerdal

Member

Professor, Department of Public Health & Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Oslo University.
Has been a member since 2025.