All DDEA Grant Recipients

Researchers with grants from Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy

Below you will find the talented early-career researchers and visiting researchers who recieved grants from Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy in the years 2023 to 2026.

All DDEA Grant Recipients 2023-2026

Adam Besic, MD

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Aretia-Teodora Malacopol, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Health Sciences

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Dr. Barbara H. Braffett, MSc, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Caroline Frørup, MSc, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Cecilie Kynding Kristensen, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Cecilie Willemoes Bæch-Laursen, MHs, PhD

University of Copenhagen, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Christian Rimer Juhl, MD, PhD

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Christopher Bannon, MD, PhD

University of Cambridge, Institute of Metabolic Science & Gentofte Hospital, Center for Clinical Metabolic Research

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Elpida Vounzoulaki, MSc, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Emma Marie Bruun Hasselholm, MSc, PhD

Aarhus University

Research Area:
Gonadal diseases

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Flora Gro Lorentzen Thomassen, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Professor Helen Murphy, MD, PhD

Copenhagen Centre for Pregnant Women with Diabetes

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Helena Falandysz Hinrup, MSc

University of Southern Denmark, Health Sciences

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Dr. Iliatha Papachristou Nadal, MSc, PhD

University College Copenhagen

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Jannie Toft Damsgaard Nørlev, MHs, PhD

Aalborg University

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Jared Rutter, MSc, PhD

University of Copenhagen

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Johan Platz, MD

University of Copenhagen, Health Sciences

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Jonva Hentze, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Josephine Therkildsen, MD, MSc

Aarhus University, Department of Cardiology, Gødstrup Hospital

Research Area:
Calcium metabolism and bone

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Julie Siersbæk, MD

University of Southern Denmark, Faculty of Health

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Kristine Svinning Valeur, MD

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Laura Løftgaard Knudsen, MD

Aarhus University, Health Sciences & Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Reproductive Endocrinology Unit

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Assoc. Prof. Lynne Merran Chepulis, PhD

Aarhus University, Department of Public Health, Steno Diabetes Centre Aarhus

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Madhurima Basu, MSc, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Maria Bejerholm Boelman, MD

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health

Research Area:
Pituitary and adrenal gland diseases

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PhD Scholarship

Mariam Nakabuye, MSc

Aarhus University, Faculty of Health

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Marina Sanges Ametlle, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Morten Svarer Hansen, MD, PhD

Odense University Hospital, Department of Endocrinology

Research Area:
Calcium metabolism and bone

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Oliver Bonde van Zwol, MSc

University of Southern Denmark, Faculty of Science

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Professor Pål Rasmus Njølstad, MD, PhD

University of Copenhagen

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Professor Russ Hauser, MD, PhD

Roskilde University

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Visiting Researcher

Sine Paasch Schiellerup, MD

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Sofie Riise Stampe, MD

Aarhus University, Health Sciences

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Stine Smedegaard, MD

Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine & Collaborating life-science company Arla Foods Ingredients P/S

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Stine Tillebæk Søndergaard, MSc

University of Southern Denmark, Health Sciences & University of Montreal, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine & Department of Nutrition

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Tereza Fait Kadlec, MSc, PhD

Danish Cancer Society

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Thilo Samson Chillon, MSc, PhD

Odense University Hospital, Department of Clinical Biochemistry & Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Institute of Experimental Endocrinology

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Yingchai Zhang, MD, PhD

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Therapeutics and Medicine & Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Zheer Kejlberg Al-Mashhadi, MD, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Agnethe Berglund, MD, PhD

Aarhus University Hospital, Department Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine

Research Area:
Gonadal diseases

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Amal Derai, MD

Aarhus University Health Sciences (Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Nephrology)

Research Area:
Calcium metabolism and bone

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PhD Scholarship

Andreas Ladefoged Ebbehøj, MD, PhD

Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine

Research Area:
Pituitary and adrenal gland diseases

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Anna Skovgaard Lerche, MD

University of Copenhagen, Health Sciences (Rigshospitalet)

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Charlotte Høy Sander Kruse, BSc

University of Copenhagen, Health Sciences (Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Center for Basic Metabolic Research)

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Christine Rode Schwarz, MD, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen and Eli Lilly and Company

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Christoffer Merrild, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Health Sciences (Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research)

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Christopher Lynch, MSc, PhD

Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia & Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Diabetes Management Research

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Professor Dianna Magliano

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Emma Davidsen, MSc

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Dep. of Prevention, Health Promotion & Community Care

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Fernando Valentim Bitencourt, MSc, PhD

Aarhus University, Dentistry and Oral Health & University of Eastern Finland

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Fie Pilsgaard, MD

University of Copenhagen, Health Sciences (The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center of Metabolic Research)

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Professor Gernot Desoye

Aalborg University/Aalborg University Hospital/North Denmark Regional Hospital, Center for Clinical Research

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Hüsün Sheyma Kizilkaya, MSc, PhD

University of Copenhagen, The Department of Biomedical Sciences

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Ida Marie Galst, MD

University of Copenhagen, Health Sciences (Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen)

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Kayla Martens, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Health Sciences (Novo Nordisk A/S)

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Line Voss Jacobsen, MD

Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine (Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine)

Research Area:
Calcium metabolism and bone

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PhD Scholarship

Lív Bech Árting, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Health Sciences (Herlev Hospital, Department Division of Translational Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine)

Research Area:
Gonadal diseases

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PhD Scholarship

Louise Lawson-Smith, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Health Sciences (Novo Nordisk A/S)

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Louise Lehmann Christensen, MD, PhD

Odense University Hospital, Department of Endocrinology

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Marc Petersen Harford, MSc

University of Southern Denmark, Health Sciences (KMEB (Molecular Endocrinology and Stem Cell Research Unit))

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Maria Madrazo I Montoya, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Health Sciences (The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research)

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Marlene Rietz, MSc

University of Southern Denmark, Health Sciences (Steno Diabetes Center Odense, Department of Clinical Research, DD2 Working Group)

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Professor Márta Korbonits

Aalborg University

Research Area:
Pituitary and adrenal gland diseases

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Visiting Researcher

Martin Cloyd Hartz, MD

Aarhus University, Health Sciences (Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Endocrinology)

Research Area:
Calcium metabolism and bone

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PhD Scholarship

Mathilde Guldbæk Arentsen, MSc

Technical University of Denmark, Science and Engineering (Novo Nordisk A/S)

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Michael Fridén, MSc, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Department of Clinical Medicine

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Professor Michael Trenell

Steno Diabetes Center North Denmark

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Olivia McCarthy, BSc, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Diabetes Technology Research

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Pratik Pokharel, MSc, PhD

Danish Cancer Institute, Diet, Cancer and Health

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Professor Ryan Riddle

University of Southern Denmark

Research Area:
Calcium metabolism and bone

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Visiting Researcher

Professor Scott Summers

University of Copenhagen

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Sophia Metz, MSc, PhD

University of Copenhagen, NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research & Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, NNF Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Thien Vinh Luong, MD, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus and Arla Foods Ingredients

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Professor Valeriya Lyssenko

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

XiaoHan Lin, MSc

Roskilde University, Department of Science and Environment & Medical School, Western Sydney University

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Edmund Hugh Battey, MSc, PhD

University of Copenhagen, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Amalie Koch Andersen, MSc

Aalborg University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Jakob Nebeling Hedegaard, MSc

Aalborg University, Faculty of Medicine

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Jasmin Hjerresen, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Karen Hvid, MD

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences & Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Department of Clinical Biochemistry

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Manuel M. D. Thomasen, MSc

Aarhus University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

María Jose Romero Lado, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Shanshan He, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Amanda Schaufuss, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Professor Anandwardhan Hardikar

Roskilde University, Dept. of Natural Sciences and Environment

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Visiting Researcher

Anna Korsgaard Berg, MD, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen and Næstved GP and Pediatric Department, Herlev Hospital

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Anne Sølling, MD, PhD

Aarhus University Hospital, Dept. of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine

Research Area:
Calcium metabolism and bone

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Professor Carlos Salomon

Aalborg University, Dept. of Clinical Medicine

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Christopher Thomas Andrew Lewis, MSc, PhD

Novo Nordisk A/S

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Diana Hedevang Christensen, MD, PhD

Aarhus University Hospital, Dept. of Epidemiology and Aarhus University Hospital, Dept. of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Emilie Christensen, MSc

University of Southern Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences

Research Area:
Calcium metabolism and bone

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PhD Scholarship

Ida Blom, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Johan Onslev, MD, PhD

University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Nutrition, Exercise, and Sports and unspecified clinical department

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Jori Aalders, MSc, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Odense

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Mariavittoria d’Acierno, MSc, PhD

Aarhus University, Dept. of Biomedicine

Research Area:
Calcium metabolism and bone

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Nicklas Rasmussen, MD, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center North Jutland and Hjørring Regional Hospital

Research Area:
Calcium metabolism and bone

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Rasmus Sandsdal, MD

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Sabina Wagner, MSc

University of Southern Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Simon Chang, MD, PhD

Aarhus University Hospital, Dept. of Molecular Medicine

Research Area:
Gonadal diseases

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Anders Englund, MD

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Anna Kjær, MD

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences

Research Area:
Pituitary and adrenal gland diseases

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PhD Scholarship

Professor Brian Oldenburg

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Christian Thorup, MD

Aarhus University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Dongwoo Choi, MSc

Aarhus University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Edgar Nollet, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Hannah Gilliam-Vigh, MSc

Gentofte Hospital, Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, and Zealand Pharma

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Helene Bei Thomsen, BSc

Aarhus University, Department of Public Health

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Kasper Bonnesen, MD

Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Majken Pico, MSc

Aarhus University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Marija Petkovic, MSc, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, The Diabetes Complications Research Unit

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Mathilde Søndergaard, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Research Area:
Diabetes

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PhD Scholarship

Nadia Poulsen, MD

University Hospital Herlev, Department of Internal Medicine, and University of Copenhagen, Health Sciences

Research Area:
Pituitary and adrenal gland diseases

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PhD Scholarship

Professor Patrick Catalano, MD

Aarhus University, Dept. of Endocrinology

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Associate Professor Sharleen O’Reilly

Aarhus University, Dept. of Public Health

Research Area:
Diabetes

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Visiting Researcher

Trine Spragge Ekblond, MSc

University of Copenhagen and Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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PhD Scholarship

Virginia Diez-Obrero, MSc, PhD

University of Copenhagen, NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research

Research Area:
Others (obesity; exercise; etc.)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

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