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| | Institute of preventive medicine |
 | | The Institute of Preventive Medicine is a part of the Copenhagen University Hospital, which is an organisation for collaboration in research and academic pre- and post graduate teaching between the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, the Copenhagen Hospital Corporation, and the Copenhagen County Hospitals. |
 | | According to the by-laws established by the City Council, it is the overall aim of the Institute to conduct research and education regarding psychiatric and somatic disease and health, and other epidemiological problems in Denmark, as well as internationally. |
 | | Until 1992, the Institute was directed by Professor Sarnoff A. Mednick at the Center of Longitudinal Research, University of Southern California, in collaboration with Professor of Psychiatry, Fini Schulsinger at the University of Copenhagen, and was nested within the Department of Psychiatry, chaired by Fini Schulsinger. |
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