Mette Olsen
Department of Human Nutrition/Paediatric Nutrition and International Nutrition
Address:
Rolighedsvej 25
1958 Frederiksberg C
Education
2008 MSc Public Health Science, University of Copenhagen
Positions held
2009-2012 PhD student, Paediatric and International Nutrition, Dept of Human Nutrition, University of Copenhagen
2008-2009 Research assistant, Food Sociology, Dept of Human Nutrition, University of Copenhagen
2008 Epidemiologist, Communicable Diseases, WHO Regional Office for Europe
2007-2008 Campaign assistant, programme evaluation and literature review, Sex & Samfund (The Danish Family Planning Association)
2006 Project Assistant, Euro Health Group
Research fields
Nutrition in low-income countries, infectious diseases, body composition, food security, quality of life, intervention trials and epidemiology.
The PhD is on nutritional support of HIV patients commencing antiretroviral treatment and is part of the ARTfood project in Jimma, Ethiopia.
Methods used
Anthropometry, total body water assessment, qualitative methods