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Lars Ove Dragsted is a Professor and head of section for Preventive and Clinical Nutrition at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen. He has established himself as a leading researcher in food biomarkers and metabolomics, with a particular focus on developing methods to objectively measure dietary intake and its health effects.
His educational background includes an M.Sc. in Biochemistry (1981) and a Ph.D. in Biochemical Toxicology (1994). His career trajectory shows a steady progression from chemist at the Danish Institute of Occupational Health through various research leadership positions to his current professorship.
Dragsted's research primarily focuses on bioactive compounds in food that can prevent or alter the risk of lifestyle diseases. His work spans from early studies on health effects of fruits, vegetables, and organoselenium compounds to his current emphasis on developing and applying biomarkers for food intake and health effects. He has established an LC-MS based metabolomics platform and an experimental bio-bank that serves as the foundation for his current research. His approach integrates metabolomics with human studies, including dietary intervention trials, environmental studies, and biobank-based cohort investigations.
His recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward developing objective methods for dietary assessment through metabolomics, with particular attention to alcohol, beer, and general food intake biomarkers. These works bridge analytical chemistry with nutritional science, creating tools that improve the quality of nutritional epidemiology and intervention studies.
- Semper Ardens grant from the Carlsberg Foundation for biomarker development
- Marie Sklodowska Curie postdoc grant for food intake biomarkers
- NIH foundation funding for the MACH15 study on alcohol effects
Dragsted supervises graduate and post-graduate students in nutrition, metabolomics, biochemistry, and toxicology related to bioactive food components. His research is supported by numerous grants including the Carlsberg Foundation, NIH, and European Commission projects like FoodBAll and ENPADASI. He leads several major research initiatives including FoodBAll (Food Biomarker Alliance) and ENPADASI (Data Sharing Initiative), which aim to improve dietary assessment methods and data sharing in nutritional science. His laboratory has established an LC-MS based metabolomics platform that serves as a core facility for biomarker research.
