Head of Research Group:
Henrik Munch Roager
Associate Professor
Nutrition and Health
Our mission is to understand how better and more sustainable nutrition can optimize human health and prevent disease.
Research Groups
The section conducts high-quality research on the effects of nutrients, foods and diets in humans in different lifestages and metabolic conditions.
The aim is to improve public health and wellbeing, prevent disease and advance our understanding of nutritional issues and underlying mechanisms.
Our three research groups together provide a multidisciplinary and integrative approach to nutrition research and education.
Section members
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search in Name | Search in Title | Search in Phone | |
| Adam Duun Gottlieb | Research Assistant | ||
| Agnetha Linn Rostgaard-Hansen | PhD Student | +4535257924 | |
| Alexandr Parlesak | Associate Professor | ||
| Anders Daniel Andersen | Special Consultant | +4535325970 | |
| Anders Mikael Sjödin | Professor Emeritus | ||
| Ann Bech Roskjær | PhD Student | +4535326279 | |
| Anna Gro Eilersen | PhD Fellow | +4535329906 | |
| Anne Marie Raabyemagle | Nutrition Consultant | +4535332486 | |
| Anne Raben | Professor | +4535333653 | |
| Anne Vedelsdal Aurup | PhD Fellow | +4535333223 | |
| Annette Vedelspang | Nutrition Consultant | +4535334616 | |
| Anni Larnkjær | Academic Staff | +4535333548 | |
| Bat-El Menadeva Karpantschof | Academic Officer | +4535334504 | |
| Beakal Zinab Tefera | PhD Student | ||
| Beatriz Philippi Rosane | PhD Fellow | +4535329842 | |
| Benedikte Grenov | Associate Professor | +4520456654 | |
| Bikila Soboka Megersa | PhD Student | ||
| Birgitte Kronbo Hermansen | Nutrition Consultant | +4535332494 | |
| Camilla Trab Damsgaard | Associate Professor | +4535332221 | |
| Caroline Filskov Petersen | Guest Researcher | +4535333464 | |
| Cassandra Maya | Enrolled PhD Student | +4535327304 | |
| Catalina Sinziana Cuparencu | Postdoc | ||
| Cecilie Holm Rasmussen | Research Assistant | +4535335827 | |
| Cecilie Holm Rasmussen | Visiting Student | +4535335827 | |
| Christian Leo Hansen | Enrolled PhD Student | ||
| Christian Mølgaard | Professor | +4535332516 | |
| Christina Sonne Mogensen | PhD Fellow | +4535333284 | |
| Christine Højte | Enrolled PhD Student | ||
| David Samuel Ludwig | Visiting Professor | +4535331211 | |
| Dora Bobovcan | Student FU | +4535329305 | |
| Esben Herborg Henriksen | Enrolled PhD Student | ||
| Faidon Magkos | Professor | +4535333671 | |
| Finn Sandø-Pedersen | IT Consultant | +4535331479 | |
| Frederik Holmegaard Jensen | PhD Fellow | +4535329622 | |
| Getu Gizaw Haile | PhD Student | ||
| Giorgia La Barbera | Assistant Professor | ||
| Gladys Thingstrup Mathieu | PhD Fellow | +4535334217 | |
| Gulshan Ara | PhD Student | ||
| Hanne Lysdal Petersen | Biomedical Laboratory Scientist | +4535331088 | |
| Henrik Friis | Professor | +4535333860 | |
| Henrik Munch Roager | Associate Professor | +4535324928 | |
| Inge Birgit Rasmussen | Biomedical Laboratory Scientist | +4535332214 | |
| Inge Tetens | Professor | +4535332127 | |
| Jack Ivor Lewis | PhD Fellow | +4535335314 | |
| Jan Stanstrup | Postdoc | +4535332859 | |
| Jane Guldborg Jørgensen | Biomedical Laboratory Scientist | +4535332472 | |
| Jannie Wittrup Jensen | Intern | ||
| Jens Rikardt Andersen | Associate Professor | +4535332504 | |
| John Gargul Lind | Laboratory Technician. | +4535332480 | |
| Joseph Mbabazi | PhD Student | ||
| Julie Gay Stiboldt Sørensen | Visiting Student | ||
| Julie Margaret Williams | Biomedical Laboratory Scientist | +4535336921 | |
| Kaj Winther | Affiliate Professor | ||
| Karla Luise Lincoln | Student | +4535335414 | |
| Karoline Bech Fredslund Nielsen | Visiting Student | ||
| Karoline Sandby | PhD Fellow | +4535323377 | |
| Kaspar Lohmann | Research Assistant | +4535334751 | |
| Kim F. Michaelsen | Professor Emeritus | +4535332495 | |
| Kirstine Joo Cridland | Biomedical Laboratory Scientist | +4535332975 | |
| Klara Nielsen | PhD Fellow | +4535321549 | |
| Kristine Marie Kristensen | Research Assistant | +4535328867 | |
| Lars Hein Christensen | Guest Researcher | +4535333751 | |
| Lars Ove Dragsted | Professor | +4535332694 | |
| Lea Ellen Matthiessen | PhD Fellow | +4535331227 | |
| Line Kattai Ulrikkeholm | Academic Officer | +4535328498 | |
| Lotte Lauritzen | Professor | +4535332508 | |
| Louise Kjølbæk | Special Consultant | +4535331462 | |
| Mads Pihl Thomsen | Master Thesis Student | ||
| Mahsa Jalili | Assistant Professor | +4535332653 | |
| Malene Nygaard | PhD Fellow | +4535320266 | |
| Malte Studnitz Jørgensen | PhD Fellow | +4535328985 | |
| Maria Gabriela Persdotter Edwards | Guest Researcher | +4535322273 | |
| Maria Ida Rosenkrans | Research Assistant | ||
| Marie Terese Barlebo Madsen | Enrolled PhD Student | ||
| Marta Trius Soler | PhD Student | +4535327345 | |
| Mette Frahm Olsen | Associate Professor | +4528340979 | |
| Mona Adnan Y Aldubayan | PhD Student | +4535327309 | |
| Nanna Roos | Associate Professor | +4535332497 | |
| Navodita Malla | Postdoc | +4535326525 | |
| Nicola Procházková | Postdoc | +4535320472 | |
| Nina Rica Wium Geiker | Guest Researcher | +4535324060 | |
| Rahma Ali Abagero | PhD Student | ||
| Rolland Mutumba | PhD Student | ||
| Sabina Stoffer Hjorth Andersen | Enrolled PhD Student | +4535336362 | |
| Sine Højlund Christensen | Visitor | +4535322305 | |
| Sofie Skov Frost | Biomedical Laboratory Scientist | +4535320255 | |
| Sophie Hilario Christensen | Postdoc | +4535336691 | |
| Steen Stender | Affiliate Professor | +4535333162 | |
| Susanne Gjedsted Bügel | Professor, Head of Section | +4535332490 | |
| Søren Andresen | Biomedical Laboratory Scientist | +4535332468 | |
| Tele Chepkoros Boit | PhD Fellow | +4535334979 | |
| Tenna Mie Christoffersen | Industrial PhD | ||
| Thomas Bryrup | PhD Student | ||
| Zeynep Ertürk | PhD Fellow | +4535327707 |
The section carries out randomized controlled trials and cohort studies in humans with emphasis on nutrition and health.
Our research
- relates to all lifestages, from pre-pregnancy to old age
- includes healthy, at-risk and sick humans
- includes humans with undernutrition, overweight and obesity and the associated metabolic phenotypes
- Metabolomics
- Biobank
- Kitchen
- Child examination
- Human intervention test facilities
- Clinical tests
- Surveys
- Blood
The section offers courses at the following educations
BA level
- Food Science and Nutrition (Fødevarer og Ernæring – website in Danish)
Food Science is offered through a collaboration between the Department of Food Science, the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Food).
MSC level
- Human Nutrition
- Food Innovation and Health
Food Innovation and Health is offered through a collaboration between the Department of Food Science and the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports.
Phd level
The section also teach at PhD courses and other courses.
See the full list of PhD courses offered by the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports.
Head of section: Professor Susanne Gjedsted Bügel
Section Secretary: Geske Louise Rune
Visiting address
Section for Nutrition and Health
Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports
Rolighedsvej 26
DK-1958 Frederiksberg C
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The laboratory has been awarded the LEAF - Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework Bronze certificate 2023.