Scopus Author ID: 57370800000

Supervisor: Camilla T. Damsgaard

My research focus is within vitamin D, dairy protein, bone mineralization, body composition, and cardiometabolic markers in children. 

My PhD is centered around the randomized, 2×2-factorial trial D-pro, where 200 healthy, Danish children were randomized to 20 µg/d vitamin D₃ or placebo and to substitute 260 g/d dairy with HP (10 g protein/100 g) or NP (3.5 g protein/100 g) yogurt for 24 weeks during extended winter. The primary outcome was bone mineral density, and secondary outcomes included other markers of bone health, blood lipids, markers of insulin resistance, body composition, and muscle strength.

Employments

2019-present: PhD student within paediatric nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark

2017-2019: Analytical employee, the Child and Youth Administration, Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark

2017: Research assistant (temporary employment), Research Unit for Dietary Studies, the Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital

2017: Health consultant (temporary employment), Center of Health, Culture and Leisure, Vallensbæk Municipality, Denmark

2014-2016: Student research assistant, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark

Education

2016: Msc of Clinical Nutrition, SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen

2013: Bsc of Food Science - Nutrition and Health, SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen

Other courses and certificates 

2019-2021: PhD courses: Responsible conduct of research; Good clinical practice and monitoring; Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) operator; University pedagogy; Which covariates to adjust for: an introduction to directed acyclic graphs; Paediatric research; Pregnancy and programming and later risk of obesity related diseases; Academic writing; Nutritional epidemiology.

2018: Project management, Implement Consulting Group

2018: Process management, Implement Consulting Group

2017: Introduction to GCP for Cite Staff, GCP-enhederne i Danmark (online)

2021: Danish Nutrition Society annual meeting: Effects of high dairy protein intake and vitamin D supplementation on body composition and cardiometabolic markers in 6- to 8-year-old children – the D-pro trial (oral)

• Winner of the “Young Researcher Prize” for best abstract

2021: Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports seminar: Effects of vitamin D and dairy protein on bone health in children – results from the D-pro trial (oral)

2021: Arla Food for Health board meeting: Progress and results from the D-pro trial (oral)

2020: Nordic Nutrition Conference: Vitamin D and milk protein supplementation during winter affects bone growth in 6-8-year-old healthy Danish children – the D-pro trial (oral)

2016: European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) congress: Models based on acute-phase proteins to predict protein requirements in patients (poster)

2016: Danish Society of Clinical Nutrition (DSKE) annual meeting: Models based on acute-phase proteins to predict protein requirements in patients (oral)

2021: Cencor, “Project outside course scope”

2020-2021: Exercise responsible, ”Clinical paediatric nutrition”

2020-2021: Teaching assistant, ”Evidence, diet and health” and ”Health, nutrition, and quality of life”

2019-2020: Co-supervisor, master thesis student

2019-2020: Daily project manager, the D-pro trial, incl. managing of students and research assistant