Diabetes and most endocrine diseases are chronic diseases and the prevalence is constantly increasing in Denmark and elsewhere. The vision of the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) is to promote world-class research to improve the prevention and treatment of diabetes and endocrine diseases.
The academy’s mission is to foster early-career research talent in diabetes and endocrinology. To achieve this, the academy devised a multi-pronged strategy to carry out activities that together generate a set of impactful outputs and outcomes. Thus, the Academy offers four types of key activities:
- Education and talent development events for early-career researchers
- Networking and national as well as international collaborations across research fields with academia, hospitals, the life science industry, and NGOs
- Grants for PhDs, postdocs, and visiting professors
- Communication and outreach
Across these activity areas, DDEA applies four strategic themes: i) digitalisation and new technologies; ii) public involvement and outreach; iii) strategic partnerships; and iv) translational research.
Platform for collaboration
Hosting the academy is Odense University Hospital, where the secretariat is anchored, but the participating researchers are employed at various universities and hospitals throughout Denmark. One of the main tasks of the administration is to create a platform for collaboration between researchers, e.g. through education and networking activities. The academy is open to all diabetes and endocrine researchers in Denmark and elsewhere who wish to make use of the academy’s offerings. The vision is that this collaboration across faculties, sectors, and frontiers will create synergies that strengthen research in Denmark and globally.
The academy is a further development of the Danish Diabetes Academy, which the Foundation supported for 10 years between 2012 and 2022.
Read more about the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy here.
Network of academies
The Foundation has also supported the Danish Cardiovascular Academy and the Danish Data Science Academy. All three academies’ missions are to foster early-career research talent through education and talent development, networking, and collaboration. Each of the academies support more than 100 PhD and postdoc grants.
