Organisers
EUPHA Chronic Diseases Section; Research and Innovation Centre for Multimorbidity and Chronic Disease; Novo Nordisk Foundation; Region Zealand; Danish Society for Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy; University of Copenhagen.
If you would like to present an abstract (Day 2 only), please note the following requirements:
- A 5-minute presentation (including questions from the audience)
- A maximum of 2 PowerPoint slides, must be sent to jonanc@regionsjaelland.dk no later than May 24th
- Abstract must be structured according to IMRAD (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion)
- Maximum 300 words
- Please submit your abstract to jonanc@regionsjaelland.dk no later than May 10th
Registration fee policy
Your registration is binding. Cancellations made before May 13, 2026 are eligible for a full refund. After this date, refunds are no longer available. However, you may transfer your registration to another participant.
Programme
DAY 1 – JUNE 03
10:00 – 10:30 Registration and networking
10:30 – 10:50 Welcoming remarks and introduction to symposium
10:50 – 12:00 Steno MDT session: Findings from a Danish multicentre collaboration on diabetes and multimorbidity
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
THEME 1 – PATTERNS OF MULTIMORBIDITY
13:00 – 13:20 Patterns and trajectories of multimorbidity: Clusters in a dynamic setting
Nikolaj Olerud Holm, Technical University of Denmark & Copenhagen University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre, Denmark
13:20 – 13:40 Descriptive and predictive approaches to life-course disease trajectories
Søren Brunak, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
13:40 – 14:00 Understanding complex care needs over time: key research insights into multimorbidity trajectories
Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm University, Sweden.
14:00 – 14:30 Panel Discussion
14:30 – 15:00 Break – refreshments and networking
THEME 2 – HOW DO WE PREVENT AND MANAGE MULTIMORBIDITY?
15:00 – 15:20 The Fusion clinic – A complete treatment course
Mette Wallbohm Olsen, Central and West Zealand Hospital, Denmark
15:20 – 15:40 Differentiated hospital care for patients with multimorbidity at Clinic for Multimorbidity
Cathrine Bell, Central Denmark Regional Hospital, Denmark.
Marlene Lunddal Krogh, Central Denmark Regional Hospital & Aarhus University, Denmark.
15:40 – 16:00 Multimorbidity and Healthcare Burden in People with Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
Nasrin Asgari, Central and West Zealand Hospital & University of Southern Denmark
16:00 – 16:20 Improving care for patients with complex multimorbidity through extended consultations in general practice
Anne Holm, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
16:20 – 17:00 Break
17:00 – 17:20 Management of multimorbidity in general practice across Europe
Julian Mamo, University of Malta, Malta.
17:20 – 17:40 Beyond Silos: Integrating Primary Care, Public Health, Prevention, and Education to Tackle Multimorbidity
Sarah Cuschieri, University of Malta, Malta.
Saverio Stranges, Western University, Canada.
17:40 – 18:10 Panel Discussion
18:10 – 18:20 Closing remarks
18:30 – Town walk and dinner
DAY 2 – JUNE 04
08:30 – 09:00 Coffee and networking
09:00 – 09:10 Introduction for the day
09:10 – 10:10 ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS
10:10 – 10:40 Break
THEME 3 – PERSPECTIVES FROM REAL-WORLD SETTINGS
10:40 – 11:00 Equity in Action: Redesigning Care Through Organisational Health Literacy
Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Aarhus University, Denmark.
11:00 – 11:20 Negotiating symptoms, causes and solutions: the everyday work of living with multimorbidity
Anna Louise Skovgaard, Aarhus University & University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
11:20 – 11:40 Leveraging The Total Worker Health Model to Manage Multimorbidity and Preserve Work Ability
Franca Barbic, Humanitas University, Italy; Western University, Canada.
11:40 – 12:00 Multimorbidity as a Central Driver of Dementia and Mobility Disability in Aging: Implications for Multidomain Interventions
Manuel Montero-Odasso, Western University, Canada.
12:00 – 12:20 Addressing Non-communicable diseases in Greenland – challenges and advantages in a unique the health care system
Michael Lynge Pedersen, Steno Diabetes Center Greenland, Greenland
12:20 – 12:50 Panel Discussion
12:50 – 13:10 Summary & Next Steps
Saverio Stranges, President Chronic Disease Section, European Public Health Association
13:10 – 14:00 Lunch (to stay or to go)
