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
Plan your trip
News from the section
Section members
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search in Name | Search in Title | Search in Phone | |
| 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 | |
| Anne Raben | Guest Researcher | +4535333653 | |
| Anne Marie Raabyemagle | Nutrition Consultant | +4535332486 | |
| Anne Vedelsdal Aurup | Research Assistant | +4535333223 | |
| Annette Vedelspang | Nutrition Consultant | +4535334616 | |
| Anni Larnkjær | Academic Staff | +4535333548 | |
| Annika Ley | Guest Researcher | ||
| Bat-El M. Karpantschof | Academic Officer | +4535334504 | |
| Beakal Zinab Tefera | PhD Student | ||
| Beatriz Philippi Rosane | Research Assistant | +4535329842 | |
| Benedikte Grenov | Special Consultant | +4520456654 | |
| Bikila Soboka Megersa | Postdoc | ||
| Camilla Trab Damsgaard | Associate Professor | +4535332221 | |
| Catalina Cuparencu | Assistant Professor | +4535328977 | |
| Cecilie Eleonora Wille | Research Assistant | +4535334457 | |
| Cecilie Holm Rasmussen | PhD Fellow | +4535335827 | |
| Christian Mølgaard | Professor | +4535332516 | |
| Christina Lund Sahl | Biomedical Laboratory Scientist | +4535330168 | |
| Christina Sonne Mogensen | Postdoc | +4535333284 | |
| Christine Højte | Enrolled PhD Student | ||
| Christine Nussbaumer | Academic Officer | +4535326192 | |
| Daniel Borch Ibsen | Guest Researcher | ||
| Emily Louise Hansen Stanley | Research Assistant | +4535333571 | |
| Esben Herborg Henriksen | Enrolled PhD Student | ||
| Eva Leedo-Townend | Academic Research Officer | +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 | Research Assistant | +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 | ||
| Jasmin Marrer | Visiting Student | ||
| Jens Meldgaard Bruun | Affiliate Professor | ||
| Jens Rikardt Andersen | Associate Professor Emeritus | +4535332504 | |
| Kaj Winther | Affiliate Professor | ||
| Kim F. Michaelsen | Professor Emeritus | +4535332495 | |
| Kjeld Hermansen | Affiliate Professor | +4578455495 | |
| Klara Nielsen | Research Assistant | +4535321549 | |
| Lars Holm | Affiliate Professor | ||
| Lars Ove Dragsted | Professor | +4535332694 | |
| Lea Ellen Matthiessen | PhD Fellow | +4535331227 | |
| Lea Marie Raitz | Student FU | ||
| Lotte Lauritzen | Professor | +4535332508 | |
| Louise Echberg | Student FU | +4535323948 | |
| Mahsa Jalili | Assistant Professor | +4535332653 | |
| Malene Skriver-Bayer | Project Officer | +4535331972 | |
| Malene Nygaard | PhD Fellow | +4535320266 | |
| Malte Studnitz Jørgensen | PhD Fellow | +4535328985 | |
| Maria Ida Rosenkrans | Research Assistant | ||
| Maria Friis Jespersen | Student | +4535328988 | |
| Marie Bagge Jensen | Guest Researcher | ||
| Marie Duemose Krøll Brunsgaard | Student FU | ||
| Marie-Luise Puhlmann | Postdoc | +4535331286 | |
| Mariyana Valentinova Savova | Postdoc | +4535326207 | |
| Marjoleine Amma Dijkhuizen | Affiliate Associate Professor | ||
| Mette Frahm Olsen | Associate Professor | +4528340979 | |
| Mia Solvej Horskjær Fallesen | Student FU | ||
| Nanna Roos | Associate Professor | +4535332497 | |
| Navodita Malla | Postdoc | +4535326525 | |
| Nicolai Emil Skytte | Student | ||
| Nina Rica Wium Geiker | Guest Researcher | +4535324060 | |
| Paula Rodriguez Garcia | PhD Fellow | ||
| Rahma Ali Abagero | PhD Student | ||
| Simone Desirée Klein Hermansen | Student FU | +4535326466 | |
| 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 | |
| Talia Theresa Masino | Research Assistant | +4535331875 | |
| Tanja Haugaard Pedersen | Student FU | ||
| Tele Chepkoros Boit | PhD Fellow | +4535334979 | |
| Thure Krarup | Affiliate Professor | +4520116061 | |
| Trine Spragge Ekblond | Enrolled PhD Student |
The laboratory has been awarded the LEAF - Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework Silver certificate.