Here in the sweet Christmas time, some NRU researchers have had a wonderful visit by Santa.
Vibe G. Frøkjær has received 164.000 DKK in a scholarship from Danish Psychiatric Society (DPS) for scholarstudent Parmida Rezai and her project 'The role of sex hormones on serotonergic brain markers: a molecular brain imaging study in natural cycling healthy women'. Also, Vibe has received 120.000 DKK from RH for medical student Sofie Hvitved who will work part-time on the project 'The impact of hormonal contraceptive use on hippocampal volume'.
Anjali Sankar and Søren Vinther Larsen has each received a grant from Ivan Nielsens Fond for personer med specielle sindslidelser. Anjali's grant is worth 50.000 DKK and is for the project 'Major depression', while Søren's grant is worth 30.000 DKK and is for the project 'Hormonal sensitivity and brain biology: Do oral contraceptives distort serotonergic brain signaling?'.
Furthermore, Martin Balslev Jørgensen has received 164.000 DKK in a scholarship from Danish Psychiatric Society (DPS) for scholarstudent Ása Maria Debes Michelsen and her project 'Neuroticism and Affective Bias in Health', which she will work on with Vibeke Naja Høyrup Dam and Kristian Reveles Jensen, while on the BrainDrugs-Depression project.
And last but not least, Patrick Fisher has received 70.000 DKK in a scholarstipend from RH for scholarstudent Line Wiberg and her project 'Persistent psilocybin-induced changes in personality and brain serotonin 2A receptor levels'.