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Epidemiology

Epidemiology Research at Statens Serum Institut

The majority of the epidemiological research activities at the Institute are carried out in the Department of Epidemiology Research. The activities include: 

• research in public health, e.g. vaccine programmes 
• surveillance of infectious diseases 
• basic epidemiological research, e.g. the Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC)

Research - areas and methods 

A large part of the epidemiological research is focused on elucidating the etiology of and risk factors for diseases. Primary research areas include:

• cancer
• vaccines
• familial aggregation of diseases
• infectious and allergic diseases
• diseases related to exposures during foetal life and in the first years of life
• the research station Bandim Health Project in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
• research activities in Greenland
• the Danish National Birth Cohort - a nationwide data collection
  

Register-based research

An important part of the research process is the gathering of data and establishing of databases containing information on life styles, exposures and health condition in the population. Register-based research plays an important role in the analyses of the prevalence and etiology of diseases, but also when it comes to elucidating the prevalence and etiology of diseases or if the general health condition of the population is to be analysed.

National registers and own data collections

Thanks to a long tradition of establishing a number of valuable registers with information on the Danish society and popluation, Denmark is a pioneer country internationally within register-based research. Other resources for the epidemiological research originate from a research station in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, Bandim Health Project, and from research activities in Greenland.

Biobanks

Biological specimens from larger population groups can give researchers precise information on e.g. environmental, nutrional or pharmacological exposures of the population. At Statens Serum Institut we perform epidemiological research taking advantage of the resources available in e.g. the Danish National Biobank. The research is carried out in close collaboration with a number of national and international laboratories.