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.
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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News from the section
Section members
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search in Name | Search in Title | Search in Phone | |
| Adam Duun Gottlieb | Research Assistant | ||
| Adam Istvan Fogarasi | Enrolled PhD Student | ||
| Ahmed Mamdouh Moustafa K Gaafar | PhD Fellow | +4535327224 | |
| Alexandr Parlesak | Associate Professor | +4535323120 | |
| Anders Mikael Sjödin | Professor Emeritus | ||
| André Briend | Affiliate Professor | +4535337699 | |
| Aner Yossef Gidron | Master Student | ||
| Anna Gro Eilersen | PhD Fellow | +4535329906 | |
| Anne Raben | Professor | +4535333653 | |
| Anne Marie Raabyemagle | Nutrition Consultant | +4535332486 | |
| Anne Vedelsdal Aurup | PhD Fellow | +4535333223 | |
| Annette Vedelspang | Nutrition Consultant | +4535334616 | |
| Anni Larnkjær | Academic Staff | +4535333548 | |
| Bat-El M. Karpantschof | Academic Officer | +4535334504 | |
| Beakal Zinab Tefera | PhD Student | ||
| Beatriz Philippi Rosane | PhD Fellow | +4535329842 | |
| Benedikte Grenov | Associate Professor | +4520456654 | |
| Camilla Trab Damsgaard | Associate Professor | +4535332221 | |
| Catalina Sinziana Cuparencu | Assistant Professor | ||
| Cecilie Holm Rasmussen | PhD Fellow | +4535335827 | |
| Celia Machorro Berna | Master Student | ||
| Christian Mølgaard | Professor | +4535332516 | |
| Christian Leo Hansen | Enrolled PhD Student | ||
| Christina Lund Sahl | Biomedical Laboratory Scientist | +4535330168 | |
| Christina Sonne Mogensen | PhD Fellow | +4535333284 | |
| Christine Højte | Enrolled PhD Student | ||
| Daniel Borch Ibsen | Guest Researcher | ||
| Emily Louise Hansen Stanley | Research Assistant | +4535333571 | |
| Esben Herborg Henriksen | Enrolled PhD Student | ||
| Eva Leedo-Townend | Special Consultant | +4535333568 | |
| Faidon Magkos | Professor | +4535333671 | |
| Finn Sandø-Pedersen | IT Consultant | +4535331479 | |
| Francesca Bucci | PhD Fellow | +4535335503 | |
| Frederik Holmegaard Jensen | PhD Fellow | +4535329622 | |
| Getu Gizaw Haile | PhD Student | ||
| Giorgia La Barbera | Associate Professor | ||
| Gladys Stolberg-Mathieu | PhD Fellow | +4535334217 | |
| Gulshan Ara | PhD Student | ||
| Henrik Friis | Professor | +4535333860 | |
| Henrik Munch Roager | Associate Professor - Promotion Programme | +4535324928 | |
| Inga Thorsdottir | Affiliate Professor | ||
| Inge Tetens | Professor | +4535332127 | |
| Jan Stanstrup | Assistant Professor | +4535332859 | |
| Jane Guldborg Jørgensen | Biomedical Laboratory Scientist | +4535332472 | |
| Jannie Wittrup Jensen | Research Assistant | ||
| Jens Meldgaard Bruun | Affiliate Professor | ||
| Jens Rikardt Andersen | Associate Professor | +4535332504 | |
| Julie Margaret Williams | Biomedical Laboratory Scientist | +4535336921 | |
| Kaj Winther | Affiliate Professor | ||
| Kim F. Michaelsen | Professor Emeritus | +4535332495 | |
| Kjeld Hermansen | Affiliate Professor | +4578455495 | |
| Klara Nielsen | PhD Fellow | +4535321549 | |
| Kristine Marie Kristensen | Academic Research Staff | +4535328867 | |
| Lars Holm | Affiliate Professor | ||
| Lars Ove Dragsted | Professor | +4535332694 | |
| Lea Ellen Matthiessen | PhD Fellow | +4535331227 | |
| Line Kattai Ulrikkeholm | Academic Officer | +4535328498 | |
| Lotte Lauritzen | Professor | +4535332508 | |
| Mahsa Jalili | Assistant Professor | +4535332653 | |
| Malene Skriver-Bayer | Project Officer | +4535331972 | |
| Malene Nygaard | PhD Fellow | +4535320266 | |
| Malte Studnitz Jørgensen | PhD Fellow | +4535328985 | |
| Marie Bagge Jensen | Guest Researcher | ||
| Marie-Luise Puhlmann | Postdoc | +4535331286 | |
| Marjoleine Amma Dijkhuizen | Affiliate Associate Professor | ||
| Mette Frahm Olsen | Associate Professor | +4528340979 | |
| Nanna Roos | Associate Professor | +4535332497 | |
| Navodita Malla | Postdoc | +4535326525 | |
| Nina Rica Wium Geiker | Guest Researcher | +4535324060 | |
| Paula Rodriguez Garcia | PhD Fellow | ||
| Rahma Ali Abagero | PhD Student | ||
| 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 | ||
| Trine Spragge Ekblond | Enrolled PhD Student | ||
| Valerie Maria Catharina Dinjens | Master Thesis Student |
The laboratory has been awarded the LEAF - Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework Silver certificate.