Matilde Medum Nielsen has volunteered to help on the OIFE Youth Coordinator team. Matilde is from Denmark and was born with OI type III. She has been living in Aarhus her entire life until July 2022, when she moved to Townsville in Australia to study and fulfill her dream of becoming a marine biologist. Besides…
My name is Malene Sillas. I‘m 27 years old (soon to be 28) and I was born with OI type 1/4. Since I was born, my family has attended the national OI meetings in Denmark, and through these meetings, I have made lifelong friendships that are still a very important part of my life today.…
My name is Lars Folkestad. I am an associate professor and staff specialist at the department of endocrinology at Odense University Hospital. There I am part of the team that follows and cares for adults with OI. We are aiming towards a multi-disciplinary approach to our outpatient OI clinic visits, but most of our efforts…
Interview with Jane Dahl Andersen, MD with specialty in Endocrinology and Internal Medicine at Lillebælt Hospital, Denmark My name is Jane, I am a MD with specialty in Endocrinology and Internal medicine. My specific interest is in bone and calcium metabolism, in particular the rare disease OI. In the Bente Langdahl group at Aarhus University…
Interview with Emilie Karense Lykking, newly graduate doctor from University of Southern Denmark I am a newly graduate doctor from University of Southern Denmark, who found interest in OI during my final year of Med. School. At the moment I am working at the department of endocrinology at Bispebjerg Hospital in Copenhagen. I wrote my…
Interview with Marie Louise Lyster, medical student from University of Southern Denmark in Odense My name is Marie Louise Lyster. I am a 26-year-old medical student from University of Southern Denmark in Odense, graduating in January 2022. In the beginning of 2021, I started working on my research project about risk of eye diseases in…
Interview with Ida Vandsøe Madsen, student at the Department of Anthropology at University of Copenhagen, Denmark Ida Vandsøe Madsen is a Ph.D.-student at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen. Anthropology is the study of human biological and physiological characteristics and their evolution. She did her Master’s Thesis (final project) on OI as…
In Denmark some younger people with OI were prioritized to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Read about the experiences from Jacob below. Text written by Jacob Ø. Wittorff, member of DFOI All it took was a quick jab, and then it was over. I got my COVID-19 vaccine on a cold but sunny afternoon in January.…
By Lars Nesset Romundstad, Translation: Ingunn Westerheim From October 25th to 28th 2018 Kristian and I traveled from Norway to Århus in Denmark to attend the annual OIFE Youth event. The traditional youth event took place in the Pindstrup Centre and was organized by the Danish girls Malene, Ninna, Matilde and Marie, who’s one of…
