Trine Munk-Olsen

Trine Munk-Olsen is a Professor at the Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, affiliated with the Research Unit of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Family focused healthcare research Center (FaCe). Her work centers on perinatal and child psychiatry, utilizing large-scale register data and cohort studies to investigate maternal mental health, postpartum disorders, and intergenerational psychiatric outcomes.

Her research interests include postpartum depression, maternal mental health, antidepressant use during pregnancy, cohort and register-based studies, and ethnic disparities in mental health care. She actively explores how psychiatric conditions in mothers affect neonatal and child outcomes, with a growing focus on equity in psychiatric treatment, particularly in rapid tranquillisation practices across diverse populations.

The recent publications highlight a strong trend toward systematic reviews and meta-analyses on mental health disparities, alongside register-based cohort studies on maternal and child psychiatric outcomes. Her work bridges clinical psychiatry, epidemiology, and public health, with increasing emphasis on precision medicine and big data applications in mental health.

• Ethnic disparities in rapid tranquillisation use
• Postpartum depression and maternal mental health
• Intergenerational transmission of psychiatric disorders
• Pharmacoepidemiology of antidepressants
• Register-based cohort studies
• Child and adolescent psychiatric outcomes

Scientific Awards:

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Advising and Grants: Trine Munk-Olsen supervises PhD students, including M. L. Pedersen in the active research project ICEM: Improving care for ethnic minorities: a study on the use of rapid tranquillisation in forensic mental health inpatient settings. This project, ongoing from 2023 to 2026, highlights her leadership in mental health equity research. She is involved in externally funded research, though specific grant names or funding amounts are not detailed.

Labs and Teams: She is a key member of the Research Unit of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Southern Denmark) and the FaCe - Family focused healthcare research Center, both at the University of Southern Denmark. These teams focus on family-centered mental healthcare, longitudinal psychiatric research, and improving clinical outcomes through data-driven insights.