ResearcherID: S-6119-2016

Scopus ID: 36057205800

Education

2013  PhD HIV and Nutrition, University of Copenhagen

2008  MSc Public Health Science, University of Copenhagen

Positions held

2020-present Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen

2016-2020  Post Doc, University of Copenhagen

2014-2016  Post Doc, Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen

2009-2013  PhD student, Paediatric & International Nutrition, Dept of Human Nutrition, University of Copenhagen

2008-2009  Research assistant, Food Sociology, Dept of Human Nutrition, University of Copenhagen

2008     Epidemiologist, Communicable Diseases, WHO Regional Office for Europe

2007-2008  Campaign management, programme evaluation and literature review, Sex & Samfund (The Danish Family Planning Association)

2006     Project assistant, Euro Health Group

Research fields

Nutrition in low-income settings, child development, infectious diseases, body composition, food security, quality of life, clinical trials and epidemiology.

PhD thesis on effects of nutritional support for HIV patients commencing antiretroviral treatment based on the ARTfood study, a randomised clinical trial in Jimma, Ethiopia.

Methods used

Deuterium dilution technique for body composition assessment, total body water assessment, anthropometry, child development and cognitive function assessment, qualitative methods, electronic data capture, meta-analysis and meta-epidemiological methodology research