Welcome to
The National Centre for
Register-based Research
Research mainly related to schizophrenia, affective illness, and suicide
The centre houses the following major research projects
- SMARTbiomed: The Pioneer Centre for Statistical and computational Methods for Advanced Research to Transform Biomedicine
- CIRRAU: Aarhus University’s 6 year funding for continuation of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Register-based Research
- HOPE postpartum depression: A research program focused on causes and consequences of postpartum depression and other mental disorders observed after childbirth
Newest Publications
Wray, N. R., Ripke, S., Mattheisen, M., Trzaskowski, M., Byrne, E. M., Abdellaoui, A., Adams, M. J., Agerbo, E., Air, T. M., Andlauer, T. M. F., Bacanu, S.-A., Bækvad-Hansen, M., Beekman, A. F. T., Bigdeli, T. B., Binder, E. B., Blackwood, D. R. H., Bryois, J., Buttenschøn, H. N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, J. ... Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (2018). Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression. Nature Genetics, 50(5), 668-681. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0090-3
Wray, N. R., Lin, T., Austin, J., McGrath, J. J., Hickie, I. B., Murray, G. K. & Visscher, P. M. (2021). From Basic Science to Clinical Application of Polygenic Risk Scores: A Primer. Archives of General Psychiatry, 78(1), 101-109. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.3049
Wood, G. K., Sargent, B. F., Ahmad, Z.-U.-A., Tharmaratnam, K., Dunai, C., Egbe, F. N., Martin, N. H., Facer, B., Pendered, S. L., Rogers, H. C., Hübel, C., van Wamelen, D. J., Bethlehem, R. A. I., Giunchiglia, V., Hellyer, P. J., Trender, W., Kalsi, G., Needham, E., Easton, A. ... COVID-CNS Consortium (2025). Posthospitalization COVID-19 cognitive deficits at 1 year are global and associated with elevated brain injury markers and gray matter volume reduction. Nature Medicine, 31(1), 245–257. Article 101417. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03309-8
Contact us
National Centre for Register-based Research
Aarhus University
Bartholins Allé 2, 8000 Aarhus C.
Tel: +45 8716 5312
EAN: 5798000418554
P.no. 1018467514