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									<h2>PROGRAMME:</h2>
<h3><em>Jørn Olsen memorial symposium</em></h3>
<p><strong>11.00-12.00</strong><br><br>Welcome by Professor Cecilia Ramlau-Hansen, Department of Public<br>Health, Aarhus University<br><br>Session 1:<br>• Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, University of Copenhagen: The impact of the beginning of life on the rest of the life</p>
<p>• Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark: What causes adverse pregnancy outcomes?</p>
<p>• Onyebuchi Arah, University of California Los Angeles: Live birth bias and augmented causal diagrams</p>
<p>• Tine Brink Henriksen, Aarhus University Hospital: Preterm birth (some) lessons learned</p>
<p>• Zeyan Liew, Yale University: Early-life influences on later health: Are we ready to embrace the complexity?</p>
<p><br><strong>12.00-13.00 Reception in the Vandrehal</strong></p>
<p><br><strong>13.00-14.30</strong><br><br>Session 2:</p>
<p>• Per Kragh Andersen, Aarhus University: Quality of life truncated by death</p>
<p>• Uffe Juul Jensen, Aarhus University: Reflections on social medicine: Its past, present and future</p>
<p>• Peter Aaby, University of Southern Denmark: Observing the unexpected</p>
<p>• Cecilia Ramlau-Hansen, Aarhus University: The legacy and future of the Danish National Birth Cohort</p>
<p>• Video greetings<br>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>14.30-15.00 Break</strong></p>
<h3><em>The 2026 Ipsen-Olsen lecture</em></h3>
<p><br><strong>15.00-15.45&nbsp;</strong><br>Professor Miguel Hernan, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Causal estimands for clinical and regulatory decision making</p>
<p>Miguel Hernan bio:<br><a href="https://miguelhernan.org" target="_self">miguelhernan.org</a></p>
<p><br><strong>15.45</strong><br>Closing remarks by Professor Cecilia Ramlau-Hansen, Including a reception at the Vandrehal, Building 1410.<br><br><br><br>Please register before September 1st 2026.</p>
<p>Kind regards,</p>
<p>The Department of Public Health Aarhus University</p>
								
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