جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

• Micronutrient Bioavailability
• Disease Prevention
• Food Production Methods
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Susanne Gjedsted Bügel serves as a Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Science, with a career spanning over 30 years in human nutrition research. Her academic foundation includes a Master of Science in Human Nutrition and a Ph.D. in Environmental Medicine from Odense University. Education: 1990: M. Sci (Human nutrition), Odense University 1991: Visiting scientist at the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Prague 1996: Ph.D. (Environmental Medicine), Odense University Professor Bügel's research centers on micronutrient bioavailability, dietary impacts on disease prevention, and sustainable food systems. She investigates how vitamins, natural antioxidants, organic food, and food preparation methods influence health outcomes, with particular focus on preventing lifestyle-related diseases through dietary interventions. Her recent publications (2024-2025) demonstrate a strategic shift toward sustainable nutrition science, examining plant-based dairy alternatives, organic food consumption patterns, and food waste reduction across European and North African populations. These studies frequently employ mixed-methods approaches and reveal significant regional variations in dietary behaviors and policy implications. Throughout her career, Professor Bügel has held key leadership positions including Study Director for both the Master of Science in Human Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition programs, Head of the Preventive Nutrition section, and Deputy Head of Department for Education. Her extensive international collaborations span multiple countries, reflecting her commitment to global food system research.

• Nutrition
• Child Health
• Edible Insects
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Tele Chepkoros Boit is a Researcher (PhD fellow) at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, affiliated with the Lifecourse Nutrition & Health research group. Her work investigates sustainable nutritional solutions for vulnerable populations, with emphasis on edible insects as dietary interventions in low-resource settings. Her research spans Nutrition, Child Health, Edible Insects, Micronutrient Absorption, and Food Security. She examines how insect-enriched foods can combat malnutrition, particularly focusing on bioavailability of micronutrients like zinc in children. Her methodology combines stable-isotope techniques with community-based field studies to assess real-world dietary impacts. Analysis of her 2024-2025 publications reveals a cohesive focus on entomophagy in pediatric nutrition. Both studies address critical gaps in understanding how edible insects can be practically integrated into children's diets in sub-Saharan Africa, with one quantifying zinc absorption kinetics and the other evaluating broader dietary feasibility. This work positions her at the intersection of sustainable food systems and global child health. Boit operates within the Lifecourse Nutrition & Health research environment at Copenhagen, which specializes in longitudinal nutritional studies across demographic groups. Her Kenyan fieldwork highlights strong international collaboration networks focused on translating nutritional science into actionable public health strategies for resource-limited contexts.

Marilena Antunes-Ricardoمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Immunomodulatory mechanisms
• Anti-inflammatory research
• Functional food ingredients
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Dr. Marilena Antunes-Ricardo is a prominent researcher at Tecnológico de Monterrey's Institute for Research on Obesity (IOR), where she leads the Healthy Food Unit. With over 10 years of research experience, she specializes in bioactive compounds from plant matrices and agri-food by-products, with particular expertise in Opuntia cactus species and their health applications. As a Level 2 member of Mexico's National System of Researchers (SNI), she bridges food science, pharmacology, and obesity research. Her educational background includes a PhD in Biotechnology from Tecnológico de Monterrey, a Master's Degree in Analytical Chemistry from Universidad de los Andes Venezuela, and a Pharmacist degree from the same institution. This multidisciplinary training underpins her innovative approach to food science and nutraceutical development. Dr. Antunes-Ricardo's research focuses on three primary areas: immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory mechanisms of food biomolecules in chronic diseases; valorization of agri-food by-products for functional ingredients in food and cosmetics; and evaluation of bioavailability and metabolism of active compounds through in vitro and in vivo models. Her work demonstrates how traditional food sources can be transformed into scientifically validated health solutions. Her extensive publication record (over 80 publications in the last decade) reveals a strong emphasis on sustainable extraction technologies, bioactive compound characterization, and obesity-related metabolic pathways. Recent work increasingly explores nanotechnology applications for bioactive compound delivery and the intersection of food science with chronic disease prevention. Scientific Recognition: Mexican Researcher Certification - Level 2 (SNI) Active contributor to international conferences on functional foods and nutraceuticals Research cited in multiple policy documents and patents Dr. Antunes-Ricardo actively mentors graduate students through Doctoral Research courses and supervises thesis projects focused on food bioactives and their health applications. Her research program has attracted significant attention, with publications referenced in Wikipedia pages, patents, and news outlets focused on sustainable food solutions. She collaborates extensively with researchers across Latin America and participates in multi-institutional projects addressing obesity and sustainable food systems. Her work at the Healthy Food Unit integrates analytical chemistry, biotechnology, and pharmacology approaches to develop evidence-based functional food ingredients. Current projects focus on biofortification strategies, sustainable extraction technologies, and the development of food-based interventions for metabolic disorders.

• Public Health Nutrition
• Infant Nutrition
• Complementary feeding
• +۹ مورد دیگر

Dr. Ada L Garcia is a Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition at the School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, University of Glasgow. She is a UK registered Public Health Nutritionist leading the Public Health Nutrition component at the MSc Human Nutrition program. Her work focuses on improving dietary intake in infants and young children, designing and evaluating public health nutrition interventions at community level to reduce health inequalities, and studying food matrix interactions influencing bioavailability and metabolic responses. Dr. Garcia earned her PhD in Nutritional Physiology and Pathophysiology from the University of Potsdam, Germany, and a BSc in Nutrition from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala. She previously worked as a clinical nutritionist with undernourished children in rural Guatemala and held postdoctoral positions at the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DiFE) and Queen's University in Belfast. Her research spans infant nutrition, complementary feeding practices, commercial baby foods, feeding behaviors, dietary fiber, fruit and vegetable intake, preschool interventions, and malnutrition in low-income countries. Key projects include commercial baby food surveys that influenced UK and European policies on baby food reformulation, nutritional quality assessments of children's foods, and infant eating behavior measurement tools developed with Prof. Charlotte Wright. Dr. Garcia's recent publications demonstrate strong focus on commercial baby food composition and marketing, breastfeeding practices, and community-based dietary interventions. Her work bridges high-income settings like Scotland with low-income contexts such as Nairobi, Kenya, examining how food marketing affects infant feeding practices and how cooking programs can improve eating behaviors in disadvantaged communities. She actively collaborates with public health organizations including NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Lanarkshire Community Food and Health Partnership, and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on community-based nutrition interventions such as cooking programs for parents and caregivers, nursery-based initiatives to reduce food fussiness, and community cooking programs that improve eating behaviors in low socioeconomic groups.

Athanasios Koutsosمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Gut Microbiota
• Nutritional Science
• Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dr. Athanasios Koutsos serves as a Lecturer in Human Nutrition within the School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing at the University of Glasgow, joining in October 2021. His academic foundation includes a 5-year Food Science degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2008), an MSc in Nutrition from the University of Reading (2011) funded by the Greek State Foundation Scholarship, and a PhD from the University of Reading (2017) focused on apple fiber and polyphenols' effects on cardiovascular risk factors. His research centers on the gut microbiota-diet-health axis , investigating how specific foods and components modulate gut microbiome composition and activity to influence cardiovascular, inflammatory, and metabolic diseases. Using in vitro human gut models and dietary intervention studies, he examines mechanisms behind dietary impacts on conditions like hypercholesterolemia. Recent publications reveal a strong focus on apple polyphenols , LDL cholesterol dynamics , and microbiome-metabolome interactions , with notable contributions to understanding how saturated fat replacement affects cardiovascular biomarkers. Dr. Koutsos contributes to the MSc in Human Nutrition program, co-leading the Clinical Nutrition Specialisation course. His active research portfolio includes major grants such as: Microbiome and Exclusive Enteral Nutrition in Presurgical Crohn's Disease (Helmsley Charitable Trust, 2024-2028) Discovery Award (Scottish Funding Council, 2024-2025) Development of Ulcerative Colitis Treatment with Eating Diet (Cure Crohn's Colitis, 2023-2027) Optimising Response to Biological Therapy with UC-TREAT (Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity, 2023-2027) His work bridges fundamental microbiome science with clinical nutritional applications, particularly for gastrointestinal and cardiometabolic disorders.