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PhD Scholarships 2018


MD Anna Korsgaard Berg

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Prevention and Treatment of Dermatological Complications Associated with Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion and/or Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Pediatric Patients with Type 1 Diabetes 

   

MSc Mads Thue Fejerskov Damgaard

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Targeting SIRT1 signaling pathways in skeletal muscle to promote metabolic health 

   

MSc Anna S. Hassing

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Defining the link between hepatic NAD+ salvage capacity and liver fibrosis 

   

MSc Hermina Jakupovic

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Uncovering genetic and prenatal factors that modify the impact of weight gain and obesity on diabetic and cardiovascular risk 

   

MSc (Bioinformatics) Mette Ludwig

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Deciphering type 2 diabetes remission using single cell transcriptomics, epigenetics and human genetics 

   

MSc Jens Lund

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Deciphering the Role of Lactate in Brown Fat – Brain Cross-Talk 

   

Clinical assistant Mark Preben Lyngbaek

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Single-cell analysis of muscle progenitors and beta-cell function in people with type 2 diabetes following a life style intervention 

   

MSc Anne Lundager Madsen

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Unravelling mechanisms related to glucose stimulated beta cell function – A systematic genetic examination of measures of oral glucose stimulated insulin secretion 

   

MSc Maria Hornstrup
Christensen

1/3 PhD Scholarship

University of Southern Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Future Health 

   

MSc Marianne Vie Ingersgaard Jørgensen

University of Southern Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences

Illness Identity and Social Relations in Adolescents and Emerging Adults with Type 1 Diabetes 

   

MSc Public Health Anupa Rijal

University of Southern Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences

Management of hypertension, type II diabetes, and cardiovascular disease in low- and middle-income countries 

 

Postdoctoral Fellowships 2018

MD, MSc, PhD German D. Carrasquilla

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Two-year postdoctoral fellowships

Genetic regulation of weight gain and risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease

   

MSc, PhD Andreas Maechel Fritzen

Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen

Two-year postdoctoral fellowships

(completed)

Understanding the mechanisms underpinning metabolic flexibility

   

BSc, PhD Kaja Plucinska

Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen

Two-year postdoctoral fellowship 

(completed)

Thermo-adipokines: Novel Brown Fat Enriched Secreted Factors as Potent Regulators of Metabolic Homeostasis

   

MSc, PhD Line S. Bisgaard

Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet

Three-year postdoctoral fellowship

(Completed)

Unraveling the role of apoM in diabetic nephropathy – Implication of glycocalyx formation and S1P signaling on kidney fibrosis

   

MSc, PhD Line Hjort

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Three-year postdoctoral fellowship

(completed)

The impact of diabetes and obesity in pregnancy on offspring DNA and later health

   

MD, PhD Naja Zenius Jespersen

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

One-year postdoctoral fellowship (clinical part-time position)

Effect of repeated cold exposure on human brown adipose tissue function – can obesity induced whitening of brown fat be reversed to counteract type II diabetes

   

MSc, PhD Annemarie Lundsgaard

Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen

Three-year postdoctoral fellowship

The role of the apolipoprotein apoA-IV in metabolic health

   

MSc, PhD Pernille Falberg Rønn

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Three-year postdoctoral fellowship

Mapping and predicting distinct patterns of glycaemic control across a life course in patients with type 1 diabetes (MapForLife1)

   

MSc, PhD Mette Korre Andersen

Co-funded by AstraZeneca

(completed)

 

   

MSc, PhD Anna Jonsson

Co-funded by AstraZeneca

(completed)

LOXIN variants and sLOX-1 measurements as biomarkers for cardiovascular risk

   

MSc, PhD Anja Elaine Sørensen

Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University

Three-year postdoctoral fellowship

(fellowship ceased)

MicroRNAs as predictors of gestational diabetes mellitus



Visiting Professorships 2018

Professor Graham Finlayson

Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

PI: Senior Researcher, MD, PhD Kristine Færch, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Investigation of the role of food reward and other behavioral aspects of appetite within the field of (pre-)diabetes research

   

Associate Professor Anandwardhan Awadhoot Hardikar

NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Australia

PI: Professor Louise Dalgaard, Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University

The ASPiRE Study: Assessing and Simulating (Pre-)miRNA Expression for Diabetes Prediction and Prevention 

   

Professor Glenn McConell

Institute of Health and Sport, Victoria University, Australia

PI: Professor Erik A. Richter, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen

Investigation of the regulation of insulin sensitivity after exercise in people with type 2 diabetes

   

Associate Professor John Michael Stafford

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

PI: MD Søren Nielsen, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital

Improving Fatty Acid Flux to Restore HDL’s Protective Function with Obesity and Diabetes