The Danish Blood Donor Study (DBDS)
A flagship initiative since 2010, DBDS is a nationwide cohort and biobank built on exemplary collaboration across all five Danish regions. More than 175,000 volunteer donors have contributed over three million sequential blood samples, making DBDS one of the world’s largest longitudinal biobanks. Over 500,000 questionnaires have been collected and 135,000 participants have been chip-genotyped. The platform supports studies on infection susceptibility, transfusion safety, cardiometabolic health, immune-mediated conditions, and others.
Faecal Microbiota Transplantation
The department co-leads Europe’s largest centre for faecal microbiota transplantation. By recruiting microbiota donors among healthy blood donors, the programme advances safe, standardised FMT for Clostridioides difficile infection and explores microbiome-based therapies for broader indications.
Inborn Errors of Immunity and Phenocopies
The department leads research to improve the diagnosis and monitoring of inborn errors of immunity and their phenocopies. In close collaboration with clinical- and research units at Aarhus University Hospital, as well as national and international partners, we aim to advance genetic and clinical diagnostics and deepen the understanding of immune disorder pathogenesis.
Jens Magnus Bernth Jensen; jejensen@rm.dk
MD, Clinical Immunologist, MSc in Personalised Medicine
Contact
Christian Erikstrup, Professor, MD, PhD
E-mail: cherik@rm.dk