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IRS Hospital Sønderjylland is part of the University Hospital of Southern Denmark and has a strategic focus on ensuring that research supports the hospital’s core task: the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases. Research must therefore be patient-centred, implementable, and of high scientific quality.

There is a particular focus on, as well as strong knowledge of and experience in, research on older patients with multiple chronic conditions within a local and integrated healthcare system, covering entire patient pathways. This work is carried out in close and structured collaboration with general practice and four surrounding municipalities. The knowledge base is built on evidence from research projects that stem from many years of interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration within departments engaged in research, as well as with external partners. A significant proportion of these research projects also involve patient and public involvement.

IRS Hospital Sønderjylland stands out through the establishment of Research Support, the Learning and Research House, a central research support unit that provides systematic and professional support to both current and future researchers across the hospital, from initial idea to publication. It is also a high priority to ensure that strategies, goals, and expectations are visible and meaningful to all hospital staff, fostering a strong sense of proximity to and pride in the research and its outcomes.

Additional information

The research conducted at Hospital Sønderjylland is based on the regional Strategy for Health Research as well as the hospital’s own research strategy for 2025–2028.

We aim to promote and carry out research projects of high scientific quality within common patient pathways through three clinical initiatives and three research support initiatives:

• Ensuring research projects where results can subsequently be implemented and applied in practice
• Building and developing research units and research career pathways across all clinical and clinical service departments, in close collaboration with department management and the executive board
• Focusing on education where clinical practice and research are combined
• Providing advisory capacity for research across entire patient pathways
• Securing funding for research projects between relevant stakeholders within and outside SHS
• Supporting network building among relevant stakeholders at SHS, regionally, nationally, and internationally