Diabetes

DDEA Grant Recipients

Diabetes

Below you will find all our DDEA grant recipients working on projects within the field of diabetes research.

Stine Tillebæk Søndergaard, MSc

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

Project title

Glycerol-3-Phosphate Phosphatase: A Novel Regulator in Metabolic Health and its Potential to Mitigate Cardiovascular Disease Progression

2025

PhD Scholarship

Laura Løftgaard Knudsen, MD

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

Project title

Lipid insulin sensitivity in pregnant women with GDM and consequences for their offspring

2025

PhD Scholarship

Adam Besic, MD

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health

Project title

The Importance of Glycemic Control for the Development of Early Retinal Abnormalities in Children and Adolescents with Diabetes

2025

PhD Scholarship

Sofie Riise Stampe, MD

Aarhus University, Health Sciences

Project title

Exploring Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Gestational Diabetes: The Role of Whey Protein in Glycemic Control and Gastric Emptying

2025

PhD Scholarship

Kristine Svinning Valeur, MD

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health

Project title

Diabetic retinopathy and nephropathy – can the eye see the future of the kidney

2025

PhD Scholarship

Sine Paasch Schiellerup, MD

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health

Project title

Effects of antidiabetic medication on glucose distribution, and organ and bone perfusion in patients with type 2 diabetes assessed by modern imaging techniques

2025

PhD Scholarship

Professor Pål Rasmus Njølstad, MD, PhD

University of Copenhagen

Project title

Genetic and metabolic modifiers of hyperglycemia: Functional and clinical evaluation of HNF1A A98V in Danish and Norwegian cohorts

2025

Visiting Researcher

Jared Rutter, MSc, PhD

University of Copenhagen

Project title

Metabolite regulators of disease-relevant signaling proteins

2025

Visiting Researcher

Professor Helen Murphy, MD, PhD

Copenhagen Centre for Pregnant Women with Diabetes

Project title

Improving Diabetes Pregnancy Outcomes using Diabetes Technology and Targeted Therapy approaches

2025

Visiting Researcher

Marina Sanges Ametlle, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health

Project title

Investigating early glycemic deviations through generative AI and integrative glycoprofiling technologies

2025

PhD Scholarship

Yingchai Zhang, MD, PhD

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

Project title

Pathophysiological and Genetic Insights into Lean Type 2 Diabetes among Danish and Chinese Individuals

2025

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Thilo Samson Chillon, MSc, PhD

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

Project title

Enhancing Clinical Diagnostics of Type B Insulin Resistance: A Collaborative, Multicentre Approach to Diagnosing a Rare Disease

2025

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dr. Barbara H. Braffett, MSc, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Project title

Burden of Diabetes Complications and Effect of Traditional Risk Factors at the Population Level: Danish Diabetes Register

2025

Visiting Researcher

Dr. Iliatha Papachristou Nadal, MSc, PhD

University College Copenhagen

Project title

Co-Designing Culturally Responsive Psychosocial Diabetes Care for Adults from Non-Western migrant Backgrounds in Denmark

2025

Visiting Researcher

Aretia-Teodora Malacopol, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Health Sciences

Project title

Harnessing Endogenous Retrovirus-Based Immunotherapy for Metabolic Syndrome Treatment (Treatment HERO)

2025

PhD Scholarship

Assoc. Prof. Lynne Merran Chepulis, PhD

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

Project title

Targeting Tomorrow’s Diabetes Crisis: A Transdisciplinary Study of Disease Burden and Care Pathways for Young-Onset Type 2 diabetes

2025

Visiting Researcher

Caroline Frørup, MSc, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Project title

Investigating the regenerative capacity of the pancreas to restore functional islet mass in diabetes

2025

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Professor Dianna Magliano

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Project title

Harnessing Multiple Large Datasets to Answer Questions on Diabetes Epidemiology - International Centre for Population-Based Diabetes Research (IPoD)

2024

Visiting Researcher

Professor Gernot Desoye

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

Project title

Feto-placental adaptations to increased oxygen demand in pregnancies with pre-gestational diabetes mellitus: a pilot study

2024

Visiting Researcher

Professor Michael Trenell

Steno Diabetes Center North Denmark

Project title

Accelerating digital diabetes care

2024

Visiting Researcher

Professor Scott Summers

University of Copenhagen

Project title

Genetic Determinants of Hyperceramidemia

2024

Visiting Researcher

Professor Valeriya Lyssenko

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Project title

PROLONG – PROtective genes in diabetic complications and LONGevity

2024

Visiting Researcher

Professor Carlos Salomon

Aalborg University, Dept. of Clinical Medicine

Project title

Biomarker discovery, training and validation, Extracellular vesicles, Gestational Diabetes , metabolism, Ovarian Cancer, miRNAs, Proteomics

2023

Visiting Researcher

Professor Brian Oldenburg

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Project title

Digital technology to improve the health and well-being of people with diabetes and other long-term conditions

2023

Visiting Researcher

Professor Patrick Catalano, MD

Aarhus University, Dept. of Endocrinology

Project title

Causes and CONseQUEnces of Metabolic DeRangement in Pregnancy - CONQUER

2023

Visiting Researcher

Associate Professor Sharleen O’Reilly

Aarhus University, Dept. of Public Health

Project title

Developing a life course perspective framework for diabetes prevention after pregnancy

2023

Visiting Researcher

Dongwoo Choi, MSc

Aarhus University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Project title

Analysis of kidney metabolic function in GLP-1 agonism

2023

PhD Scholarship

Helene Bei Thomsen, BSc

Aarhus University, Department of Public Health

Project title

Deep learning approach to integrate continuous glucose monitoring in cardiovascular risk assessment for people with diabetes

2023

PhD Scholarship

Majken Pico, MSc

Aarhus University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Project title

Prevention of type 2 diabetes in young couples at high risk - Investigating shared risk and family dynamics among couples with a history of gestational diabetes

2023

PhD Scholarship

Mathilde Søndergaard, MSc

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

Project title

The PAS domain of Kv11.1: Have we PASsed on a novel cardiac-safe therapeutic target in type 2 diabetes?

2023

PhD Scholarship

Edgar Nollet, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Project title

Towards a better understanding of the adverse effects of type 2 diabetes on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

2023

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Fie Pilsgaard, MD

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

Project title

Post Partum Weight Retention and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

2024

PhD Scholarship

Ida Marie Galst, MD

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

Project title

DiaSpax: Adipose Tissue Heterogeneity and Its Link to Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Open Treatment Trial comparing Empagliflozin, Pioglitazone, and Semaglutide

2024

PhD Scholarship

Kayla Martens, MSc

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

Project title

Dynamic crosslinked hydrogel microbeads for once-monthly subcutaneous peptide delivery

2024

PhD Scholarship

Louise Lawson-Smith, MSc

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

Project title

Continuous Glucose Monitoring derived metrics for predicting long-term cardiovascular risks, Chronic complications, and severe outcomes.

2024

PhD Scholarship

Maria Madrazo I Montoya, MSc

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

Project title

Molecular and Physiological Regulation of the Salt-inducible Kinase in Control of Hepatic Gluconeogenesis

2024

PhD Scholarship

Marlene Rietz, MSc

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

Project title

Integrative Analysis of Multi-dimensional Data to Unveil Risk Dynamics in Major Diabetes-Related Complications: Insights from the Danish Centre for Strategic Research in Type 2 Diabetes Cohort

2024

PhD Scholarship

Amalie Koch Andersen, MSc

Aalborg University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Project title

Risk engine tool to support early prevention of diabetes-related complications for people with prediabetes

2024

PhD Scholarship

Jakob Nebeling Hedegaard, MSc

Aalborg University, Faculty of Medicine

Project title

Automatic Anomaly Discovery in Registry Data

2024

PhD Scholarship

Christopher Lynch, MSc, PhD

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

Project title

Addressing Unmet Needs of People with Diabetes through Digital Social Prescribing

2024

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Fernando Valentim Bitencourt, MSc, PhD

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

Project title

From Gums to Heart: Untangling the Link Between Periodontitis and Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes

2024

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Olivia McCarthy, BSc, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Diabetes Technology Research

Project title

Importance of cardiorespiratory fitness as a biomarker of cardiovascular disease risk in type 1 diabetes: Survival of the fittest?

2024

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Pratik Pokharel, MSc, PhD

Danish Cancer Institute, Diet, Cancer and Health

Project title

Unlocking the potential of Vitamin K: A comprehensive approach to prevent type 2 diabetes

2024

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Thien Vinh Luong, MD, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus and Arla Foods Ingredients

Project title

The GALAXY-2 project: Galactose – a glucose-stabilizing fuel for skeletal muscle during exercise in individuals with type 1 diabetes

2024

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Elpida Vounzoulaki, MSc, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus

Project title

Integrating pregnancy and reproductive health characteristics to understand heterogeneity, intergenerational risk and long-term consequences of diabetes in women

2025

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Zheer Kejlberg Al-Mashhadi, MD, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus

Project title

Medication use patterns and individual-level effects in type 2 diabetes

2025

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Madhurima Basu, MSc, PhD

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Project title

SPARK – Systems Proteomics Advancing Research in Diabetic Kidney Disease

2025

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Tereza Fait Kadlec, MSc, PhD

Danish Cancer Society

Project title

Cardiometabolic Disease in Patients with Lymphoid Cancer - Causes and Consequences

2025

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Jannie Toft Damsgaard Nørlev, MHs, PhD

Aalborg University

Project title

A digitally supported educational program for people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes – a postdoctoral project

2025

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Jasmin Hjerresen, MSc

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences

Project title

Genetic regulation of the plasma lipidome and its link to cardiometabolic disease in Greenlandic Inuit

2024

PhD Scholarship

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