Susanne Gjedsted Bügel

 

Education:

1990: M. Sci (Human nutrition), Odense University, February
1991: Visiting scientist at the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Prague, Czech Republic
1996: Ph.D. (Environmental Medicine), Odense University, April

Employments:

1990 - 1991: Research Fellow, Environmental Medicine, Odense
1992 - 1996: Research fellow, Research Department of Human Nutrition, KVL
1997 - 2002: Research Ass. Professor, Research Department of Human Nutrition, KVL
2002 - Associate Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, KVL
2004 - 2005: Head of section (Preventive nutrition)
2005 - Study Director (Master of Science in Human Nutrition)
2007 - Head of section (Preventive nutrition)

Research areas:

Research areas include bioavailability of micronutrients and bioactive dietary components and

prevention of lifestyle diseases. Has participated in a number of EU and FØTEK financed i.e.

DIETOX, in which the effect of changed fatty acid composition in pork and lard on risk marker

for cardiovascular diseases in young men were studied. FOODCUE, the effect of copper on

cardiovascular risk factors in young women; OSTEODIET, vitamin Ks effect on bone health in

post-menopausal women and recently as coordinator for ISOHEART, about the effect of

isoflavones on risk markers for cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women. The FØTEK

financed projects has primarily focused on bioavailability of micronutrients from different diets and

after different production processes.