Strategic efforts

Understanding the strategy house

Improved health for all is a guiding principle at Health.

The strategy house shows the strategic initiatives that we at the faculty have decided to focus particularly on in 2025.

At the top are efforts aimed at the university's three core tasks: Research, education and collaboration. Under them, you will find interdisciplinary efforts.

Health aligns with AU's overall strategy and therefore does not have its own strategy; only selected strategic areas of focus.

Additionally, the departments have developed action plans that are specific to them.

Research

Nutrition and Healthy Living

  • Initiate activities rooted in the Food and Nutrition Network

Women’s Health

  • Health participates in the national center
  • Initiate activities rooted in the Women’s Health Network

Research Infrastructure

  • Establish a model for core facilities
  • Pricing of 5–7 core facilities in collaboration with Deloitte
     

Education

New Degree Programmes

  • Develop a 120 ECTS Master’s programme (DBM and DCM) and obtain prequalification approval
  • Develop a 75 ECTS Master’s programme at DHP and obtain study programme approval

Lifelong Learning

  • Identify and prioritise potentials and opportunities (one person employed)

SUND+, an Educational Community

  • Conduct elective courses for the first group of students
     

Collaboration (Innovation)

AU Life Science Hub 1.0

  • Increase the number of Health spin-outs

Global Health

  • Establish Rwanda Hub

Open Innovation in Science

  • Apply for Women’s Health initiative

AI in Health Research

  • Carry out analysis and development of AI Central

Support for Early-Career Researchers

  • Provide targeted support for early-career researchers with potential to apply for ERC, Innovation Fund, Sapere Aude, and similar programmes
  • Strengthen implementation of the 7 career initiatives
  • Enhance tenure-track efforts for assistant professors
     

Sustainability

  • Initiate an overall plan for LEAF certification across Health
  • Establish an elective course in sustainability (IOOS)
     

AU's strategy

Health's strategic efforts are an extension of the overall strategy for Aarhus University.