Henrik Munch Roager
Lektor - forfremmelsesprogrammet
Ernæring og Sundhed
Nørre Allé 51
2200 København N
Employments
2021 - Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Uni. Copenhagen
2020 - 2021 Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Uni. Copenhagen
2018 - 2020 Postdoc, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Uni. Copenhagen
2016 - 2018 Postdoc, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark
Education
2012 - 2015 PhD student, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark,
2014.03-06 Visiting researcher, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
2010 - 2012 M.Sc.Eng. Biotechnology (Honors Program), Technical University of Denmark
2011.02-06 Exchange student at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
2007 - 2010 B.Sc.Eng. Human Life Science Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
Postgraduate courses in teaching, leadership and management
2020-21 Leading Research – a leadership course, University of Copenhagen
2019.04 European Nutrition Leadership Platform's Essentials Programme, Luxembourg
2019.09-12 Young Investigators Coaching Programme, University of Copenhagen
2017.09-12 Project Management for Researchers, Technical University of Denmark
2017.01 Patent Course, Technical University of Denmark
2015.03 Teaching and Learning, Technical University of Denmark
Honours and Awards
2022.06 E.L.R. Stokstad Award 2022
2019.03 British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) Drummond Early Career Scientist Award
2016.10 Nominated by the institute for DTU’s ‘Young Researcher Award’
2013.10 G.A. Hagemanns Mindefond Grant (Nominated by the Institute Director)
2013.05 Best poster at 8. Danish Conference on Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
2013.01 Prize for an excellent presentation at Novo Scholarship Symposium 2013
2012.12 Graduated from the Honors Program at DTU
2012.02 Novo Scholarship in Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
2012.01 Venture Cup finalist in the Idea Competition in Life Science & Medtech
2011.11 Best Bachelor Poster at Symposium for Biotech Research at DTU
Grants
Research grants (66.707.999 DKK):
2021-2025 PI, MOTILITY - Diet-derived gut microbial metabolites to modulate gut motility in infants, Sapere Aude: DFF Starting Grant (6.191.999 DKK)
2020-2026 Co-PI, PRIMA – towards Personalized Dietary Recommendations Based on the Interaction between Diet, Microbiome and Abiotic Conditions in the Gut, Novo Nordisk Foundation (60.000.000 DKK)
2017 PI, BIFIDO - Bifidobacteria and the immune system early in life, Beckett Fonden (70.000 DKK), Hørslev Fonden (153.000 DKK), Augustinus Fonden (223.000 DKK) and Ejnar og Aase Danielsens Fond (70.000 DKK)
Travel awards and grants (171.800 DKK):
2018 Lundbeckfonden
2018 Travel Award for Nordic Metabolomics Conference 2018
2016 FEMS Young Scientists Meeting Grant
2014 Lundbeckfonden, IDAs og Berg-Nielsens Studie- og Støttefond, Knud Højgaards Fond
2013 Torben & Alice Frimodts Fond, Augustinusfonden, G.A. Hagemanns Mindefond, Reinholdt W. Jorck og Hustrus Fond,Oticon Fonden
2011 Otto Mønsteds Fond, DTU rejsestipendium
2010 Knud Højgaards Fond, Oticon Fonden, Reinholdt W. Jorck og Hustru's Fond, IDAs og Berg-Nielsens Studie- og Støttefond
Teaching and supervision
Since 2022: Course responsible for 'Gut Microbiome in Nutrition and Health', MSc course, University of Copenhagen
Since 2019: Teacher in The Human Microbiome, MSc Course, University of Copenhagen
Since 2018: Lecturer at Bioactives Food Components and Health, Msc Course, Uni. Copenhagen
PhD supervision:
2022- Gladys Mathieu, Department of NEXS, Uni. Copenhagen
2020- Nicola Procházková, Department of NEXS, Uni. Copenhagen
2019-2022 Simon Schacht, Department of NEXS, Uni. Copenhagen
2019-2021 Lars Christensen, Department of NEXS, Uni. Copenhagen
Key publications (For more - see Google Scholar)
Procházková (...) Roager (2022) Advancing human gut microbiota research by considering gut transit time. Gut.
https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2022-328166
Laursen (...) Roager (2021). Bifidobacterium species associated with breastfeeding produce aromatic lactic acids in the infant gut. Nature Microbiology.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00970-4
Meslier, Laiola, and Roager et al. (2020). Mediterranean diet intervention in overweight and obese subjects lowers plasma cholesterol and causes changes in the gut microbiome and metabolome independently of energy intake. Gut
https://doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2019-320438
Roager et al. (2019). A wholegrain-rich diet reduces body weight and systemic low-grade inflammation without inducing major changes of the gut microbiome: A randomised cross-over trial. Gut, 68:83-93 https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314786
Hansen and Roager et al. (2018) A low-gluten diet induces changes in the intestinal microbiome of healthy Danish adults. Nature Communications, 9:4630 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07019-x
Roager and Licht (2018). Microbial tryptophan catabolites in health and disease. Nature Communications, 9:3294 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05470-4
Roager et al. (2016). Colonic transit time is related to bacterial metabolism and mucosal turnover in the gut. Nature Microbiology, 1:16093 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.93
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Whole grain-rich diet reduces body weight and systemic low-grade inflammation without inducing major changes of the gut microbiome: a randomised cross-over trial
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A low-gluten diet induces changes in the intestinal microbiome of healthy Danish adults
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Pre-treatment microbial Prevotella-to-Bacteroides ratio, determines body fat loss success during a 6-month randomized controlled diet intervention
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