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Charlotte Havelund Nykjær
Position:
Research Assistant, MD
Dept. Neurology and Neurobiology Research Unit,
Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet,
Building 8057,
Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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3545 6706

Curriculum vitae

Curriculum vitae

Scientific interests

My scientific interests center on neurology and translational research. I am captivated by the therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances in both neurological and psychiatric disorders and am committed to advancing our understanding of the brain through different neuroimaging techniques. 

 

Biography

2024 -  

Research Assistant, Neurobiology Research Unit, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen

2022-2024 

Clinical training in neurology, Rigshospitalet Blegdamsvej, Copenhagen

2021-2022

Clinical training in neurology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde

2020-2021

Clinical training in internal medicine and psychiatry (KBU), Amager and Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen

2018-2019

Pre-graduate Research Assistant, Neurobiological Research Unit and Danish Headache Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen

2018-2019

Medical student, Danish Headache Center, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Copenhagen

2016-2019

Medical student, Epileptic Monitoring Unit, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen

2016-2020

M.Sc. in Medicine (MD), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen

2014-2015

Pre-graduate Research Assistant, Research Laboratory for Stereology, Department of Neurology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen

2012-2016

B.Sc. in Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen

   

Publications

Changes in the cell population in brain white matter in multiple system atrophy. Nykjaer CH, Brudek T, Salvesen L, Pakkenberg B. Mov Disord. 2017 Jul;32(7):1074-1082.

CCH attack frequency reduction after psilocybin correlates with hypothalamic functional connectivity. Madsen MK, Petersen AS, Stenbaek DS, Sørensen IM, Schiønning H, Fjeld T, Nykjaer CH, Larsen SMU, Grzywacz M, Mathiesen T, Klausen IL, Overgaard-Hansen O, Brendstrup-Brix K, Linnet K, Johansen SS, Fisher PM, Jensen RH, Knudsen GM. Headache. 2024 Jan;64(1):55-67.