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PhD Position in Gut Hormones, Insulin Sensitivity and Brain Activity University of Copenhagen in Denmark

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PhD

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Medical Imaging

Funding

Three-year full-time fixed-term employment under a collective agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions. The position includes a total pension contribution of 18.07% of salary and pensionable supplements, with possible additional qualification-based supplements.

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Nov 23, 2026

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Denmark

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University of Copenhagen

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Medical Imaging
Endocrinology
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About this position

The University of Copenhagen is offering a three-year PhD position in human studies of how gut hormones affect insulin sensitivity and brain activity. The project is based in the Department of Biomedicine and is conducted in collaboration with the Center for Clinical Metabolic Research at Gentofte Hospital and the Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET at Rigshospitalet.

The PhD researcher will run clinical and pathophysiological trials involving hormone infusions, glucose clamp techniques and MRI scans. The studies will measure insulin sensitivity during simultaneous hormone administration and investigate the brain’s response to the same hormones, including brain insulin sensitivity. MRI sessions will frequently take place after the scanner’s clinical use, typically during weekday afternoons and potentially on weekends.

The researcher will work closely with Assistant Professor Lærke Smidt Gasbjerg, affiliated students and other clinical and research professionals. The research group is located at the Panum Institute and has collaborative links with Gentofte Hospital, Rigshospitalet-Blegdamsvej and Rigshospitalet-Glostrup.

This translational research environment connects molecular pharmacology with clinical physiology, focusing on the endocrine and cardiovascular systems and their relationships with gut hormones. The PhD programme provides training in independently organizing, conducting and disseminating research at an international level and culminates in a doctoral thesis and defence.

Funding details

Three-year full-time fixed-term employment under a collective agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions. The position includes a total pension contribution of 18.07% of salary and pensionable supplements, with possible additional qualification-based supplements.

What's required

Applicants must be candidates in medicine at the start of employment and must be eligible for enrolment at the Faculty of Health Sciences PhD School at the University of Copenhagen. Applicants should have a positive attitude, flexibility, curiosity, responsibility and professionalism when working with trial participants and colleagues. Experience with hormone infusions, recruitment of trial subjects, and the design and execution of clinical physiological trials is required. Research qualifications, such as experience from bachelor's and master's theses, are assessed. Knowledge of diagnostic imaging and independent or clinical experience are advantages but not requirements. Applications must include a motivated application, CV, publication list if applicable, degree certificates and transcripts, plus certified translations and an official grading-scale description where applicable.

How to apply

Submit a motivated application, CV, optional publication list, diplomas and transcripts electronically in PDF or Microsoft Word format through the application portal. Applicants must also satisfy the enrolment requirement for the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health Sciences PhD School.

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