The Technical University Hospital (TUH) cannot be found on Kraks maps. It is a strategic, brickless collaboration between the Capital Region’s University Hospitals and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

“We should see our hospital not just as a company that uses technology, but also one that develops it. Therefore, the collaboration between clinicians and engineers, physicists, chemists, and other technological educations is extremely important,” says Deputy Director Jakob Hendel, who also sits on the board of TUH.

Amager and Hvidovre Hospital have just hired David Westergaard and Karina Banasik as lecturers at TUH – both research in reproduction and women’s diseases in collaboration with Professor Henriette Svarre Nielsen.

About TUH

The Technical University Hospital of Greater Copenhagen (TUH) is a partnership between DTU and the Capital Region. TUH aims to facilitate collaboration in bringing together technical and health sciences for students, hospital staff, researchers, educators, and external partners.

A network of coordinating professors has been established at the Capital Region’s hospitals, with Professor Tim Dyrby from the Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Unit (FBE) serving as the contact person for TUH activities at Amager and Hvidovre Hospital.

For the past 10 years, Amager and Hvidovre Hospital have been pioneers in creating academic joint positions between DTU and the Capital Region. In addition to the two new lectureships, FBE also includes Professor Axel Thielscher and three lecturers, Henrik Lundell, Lars Hanson, and Kristoffer Madsen, who hold joint positions at DTU HealthTech and DTU Compute.

If you want to read more about Karina Banasik and David Westergaard, you can find the whole article (in Danish) HERE.