Karen Simone Theilade

Karen Simone Theilade is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in Internal Medicine: Endocrinology. Her research focuses on metabolic pathways and cardiovascular complications in diabetes.

Her primary research interests include:

• Endocrine mechanisms in obesity and food intake regulation
• Metabolomics of type 1 diabetes complications
• Cardiovascular risk biomarkers such as ceramides and pulse wave velocity
• Lipid and glucose metabolism disturbances in diabetic neuropathy

Analysis of her five recent publications (2020-2023) reveals a strong emphasis on metabolomics approaches to identify cardiovascular risk predictors in long-standing type 1 diabetes. Her work consistently investigates molecular lipid species, TCA cycle intermediates, and arterial stiffness metrics as prognostic tools, with significant contributions to understanding obesity pathophysiology through endocrine regulation pathways.

Dr. Theilade maintains active collaborations with leading diabetes researchers including Peter Rossing and Tina Vilsbøll at the Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, evidenced by co-authorship on multiple high-impact studies in journals like Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diabetology. Her research has garnered substantial attention with over 197 Mendeley readers for her 2020 pulse wave velocity study and media coverage from news outlets.