The prestigious award recognizes Cathrine Fonnesbech Hjorth’s outstanding contributions to epidemiological research, methods development or application, teaching, and dissemination at an early stage of her career.

The evaluation committee praised Cathrine’s significant impact in the fields of cancer and social epidemiology, particularly her work on measuring socioeconomic variables in health research. The committee further highlighted the impact Cathrine’s dedication and innovative approach have made on Danish epidemiological research.

You can read about her work on SEPLINE - a national initiative for knowledge sharing and development of guidelines for research in social inequality in cancer – together with postdoc Maja Halgren Olsen.

This text is based on a post by the Danish Epidemiological Society. Read the full version here.