Henrik Friis

 

Degrees:

1985: MD, University of Aarhus, Denmark

1994: PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2005-2006: Affiliated Professor, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark

2006- : Special Member of Faculty, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA

2007- : Honorary Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

Previous employment:

1985-90: Medical Officer, various hospitals

1990-94: Research Fellow, Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory

1994-2002: Assoc Res Professor, Dept Human Nutrition, Royal Vet & Agricult University

2002-2006: Assoc Professor (epidemiology), Inst Public Health, Univ Copenhagen (UC)

Research administration:

Has experience with management of large collaborative studies.

Grants received as main applicant: DKK 19.970.000

Grants received as co-applicant: DKK 60.600.000

Supervision of students: BSc/MSc: 24; PhD: 16; PhD-examinations: 7

Research interest:

Nutrition and health in low-income countries. Especially the role of micronutrients in pregnancy, lactation and infancy, and during HIV and TB. Traditional foods and food processing. Nutrition and chronic diseases.

Consultancies: Has been advisor to Danida, WHO, UNAIDS, IAEA and NGO’s.

Publications: Editor of 1 book, and author of 6 book chapters, and 99 peer-reviewed publications.

2008:

Friis H_, Range N, Kristensen CB, Kæstel P, Changalucha J, Malenganisho W, Krarup H, Magnussen P, Andersen ÅB. Acute phase response and iron status markers among pulmonary TB patients: a cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania. British Journal of Nutrition, in press.

Nielsen NO, Simonsen PE, Kæstel P, Krarup H, Magnussen P, Magesa S, Friis H. Micronutrient status indicators in individuals singe- or double-infected with HIV and Wuchereria bancrofti before and after DEC treatment. Tropical Medicine and International Health, in press

Friis H, Range N, Pedersen ML, Mølgaard C, Changalucha J, Krarup H, Magnussen P, Søborg C, Andersen ÅB. Hypovitaminosis D is common among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tanzania, but not explained by the acute phase response. Journal of Nutrition, in press

Rasmussen LBW, Hansen DH, Kaestel P, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Larsen T. Milk enzyme activities and subclinical mastitis among women in Guinea-Bissau. Breastfeeding Medicine, 2008, 3(3), in press.

Nchito M, Geissler PW, Mubila L, Friis H, Olsen A.The effect of iron and multi-micronutrient supplementation on Ascaris lumbricoides reinfection among Zambian schoolchildren.Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Oct 18. [Epub ahead of print]

Kjetland EF, Ndhlovu P, Kurewa EN, Midzi N, Gomo E, Mduluza T, Friis H, Gundersen SG. Prevention of gynecologic contact bleeding and genital sandy patches by childhood anti-schistosomal treatment. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2008; 79:79-83.

Benn CS, Friis H, Wejse C. Should micronutrient supplementation be integrated into the case management of tuberculosis? J Infect Dis. 2008, 197(11):1487-9.

Alusala DN, Estambale B, Magnussen P, Friis H, Luoba A, Mwaniki D. Predictors of serum ferritin and haemoglobin during pregnancy, in a malaria-endemic area of western Kenya. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2008, 102(4):297.

Christensen DL, J Eis, AW Hansen, MW Larsson, DL Mwaniki, B Kilonzo, I Tetens, MK Boit, L. Kaduka, K Borch-Johnsen, H Friis. Obesity and regional fat distribution in Kenyan populations: impact of ethnicity and urbanisation. Annals of Human Biology 2008, 35(2): 232–249.

Malenganisho WLM, Magnussen P, Friis H, Siza J, Kaatano G, Temu M, Vennervald BJ. Schistosoma mansoni morbidity among adults in two villages along Lake Victoria shores in Mwanza District, Tanzania. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2008, 102:532-41.

Hoppe C, Andersen GS, Jacobsen S, Mølgaard C, Friis H, Sangild PT, Michaelsen KF. The Use of Whey or Skimmed Milk Powder in Fortified Blended Foods for Vulnerable Groups. Journal of Nutrition. 2008;138 145S-161S.

2007:

Ndhlovu PD, Mduluza T, Kjetland EF, Midzi N, Nyanga L, Gundersen SG, Friis H, Gomo E. The prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis and HIV in females living in a rural community of Zimbabwe: does age matter? Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007, 101:433-8.

Range N, Magnussen P, Mugomela A, Malenganisho W, Changalucha J, Temu MM, Friis H, Andersen AB. HIV and parasitic co-infections in pulmonary tuberculosis patients: A cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2007, 101(4):343-51.

Søborg C, Andersen AB, Range N, Malenganishu W, Friis H, Magnussen P, Temu MM, Changalucha J, Madsen HO, Garred P. Influence of candidate susceptibility genes on tuberculosis in a high endemic region. Molecular Immunology 2007, 44:2213-20.

Ayah RA, Mwaniki DL, Magnussen P, Tedstone AE, Marshall T, Alusala D, Luoba A, Kaestel P, Michaelsen KF, Friis H. The effects of maternal and infant vitamin A supplementation on vitamin A status: a randomised trial in Kenya. British Journal of Nutrition 2007, 98:422-30.

Friis H. International Nutrition and Health. Danish Medical Bulletin 2007, 54:55-7.

Nielsen NO, Friis H, Magnussen P, Krarup H, Magesa S, Simonsen PE. Co-Infection with sub-clinical HIV, Wuchereria bancrofti and other parasitic infections in adults in coastal north-eastern Tanzania: infection intensities, CD4/CD8 counts and cytokine responses. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007, 101(6):602-612.

Nielsen NO, Simonsen PE, Dalgaard P, Krarup H, Magnussen P, Magesa S, Friis H. Effect of diethylcarbamazine on HIV load, CD4% and CD4/CD8 ratio in HIV infected adult Tanzanians with or without lymphatic filariasis: a randomized double-blind and placebo-controlled cross-over trial. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, accepted.

Orech FO, Christensen DL, Larsen L, Friis H, Aagaard-Hansen J, Estambale BA. Mineral content of traditional leafy vegetables from western Kenya. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2007, 5;1-8 [Epub ahead of print]

Orech FO, Aagaard-Hansen, Friis H. Ethnoecology of traditional, leafy vegetables of the Luo people of Bondo district, western Kenya. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2007, 58(7):522-30.

Malenganisho W, Magnussen P, Vennervald BJ, Krarup H, Kæstel P, Siza J, Kaatano G, Temu M, Friis H. Intake of alcoholic beverage is a predictor of iron status and hemoglobin in adult Tanzanians. Journal of Nutrition. 2007, 37:2140-6.

2006:

Nielsen NO, Simonsen PE, Magnussen P, Magesa S, Friis H. Cross-sectional relationship between HIV, lymphatic filariasis and other parasite infections in adults in coastal north-eastern Tanzania. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2006,100:543-550.

Range N, Changalucha J, Krarup HB, Magnussen P, Andersen AB, Friis H. The effect of multi-vitamin/mineral supplementation on mortality during treatment of pulmonary TB: a randomised two-by-two factorial trial in Mwanza, Tanzania. British Journal of Nutrition 2006, 95:762-770.

Kjetland EF, Mduluza T, Ndhlovu PD, Gomo E, Gwanzura L, Midzi N, Mason P, Friis H, Gundersen SG. Genital schistosomiasis in women - a clinical in vivo 12-months' study following treatment with praziquantel. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2006;100(8):740-52.

Kjetland EF, Ndhlovu PD, Gomo E, Mduluza T, Midzi N, Gwanzura L, Mason P, Sandvik L, Friis H and Gundersen SG, 2006. Association between genital schistosomiasis and HIV in rural Zimbabwean women. AIDS, 2006;20(4):593-600.

Nchito M, Friis H, Michaelsen KF, Mubila L, Olsen A. Iron supplementation increases small intestine permeability in primary schoolchildren in Lusaka, Zambia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2006, 100(8):791-4.

Olsen A, Nawiri J, Magnussen P, Krarup H, Friis H. Failure of twice-weekly iron supplementation to increase haemoglobin and serum ferritin concentrations: results of a randomized controlled trial. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 2006;100:251-63.

Benn CS, Diness BR, Fisker AB, Christoffersen D, Friis H. Højdosis vitamin-A-tilskud sænker børnedødeligheden i lavindkomstlande – kan det blive bedre? Ugeskrift for Læger 2006, 168(25):2442-5.

Lei V, Friis H, Michaelsen KF. Spontaneously fermented millet product as a natural probiotic treatment for diarrhoea in young children: An intervention study in Northern Ghana. International Journal of Food Microbiology 2006, 110(3):246-53.

Groenbaek K, Friis H, Hansen M, Ring-Larsen H, Krarup HB. The effect of antioxidant supplementation on hepatitis C viral load, transaminases and oxidative status: a randomised trial among chronic HCV patients. European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2006, 18(9):985-9.

Kongsbak K, Wahed MA, Friis H, Thilsted S. Acute phase protein Levels, T. trichiura and maternal education are predictors of serum zinc: a cross-sectional study in children in a Dhaka slum, Bangladesh. Journal of Nutrition 2006,136:2262-2268.

Friis H. International Nutrition and Health. Ugeskrift for Læger 2006, 168(36):3200-3.

Christensen DL, Orech FO, Mungai MN, Larsen T, Friis H, Aagaard-Hansen J. Entomophagy among the Luo: a potential mineral source? International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2006, 57(3):198-203.

Kongsbak K, Wahed MA, Friis H, Thilsted S. Acute phase protein levels, diarrhoea, T. trichiura and maternal education are predictors of serum retinol: a cross-sectional study of children in a Dhaka slum, Bangladesh. British Journal of Nutrition 2006, 96:725-34.

Friis H. Micronutrient interventions and HIV infection: a review of current evidence. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2006, 11(12):1849-57.

2005:

Kjetland EF, Gwanzura L, Ndhlovu PD, Mduluza T, Gomo E, Mason PR, Midzi N, Friis H, Gundersen SG. Herpes simplex virus type 2 prevalence of epidemic proportions in rural Zimbabwean women: association with other sexually transmitted infections. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2005; 2005;272:67-73.

Kjetland EF, Ndhlovu PD, Mduluza T, Gomo E, Gwanzura L, Mason PR, Kurewa EN, Midzi N, Friis H, Gundersen SG. Simple clinical manifestations of genital Schistosoma haeamatobium infection in rural Zimbabwean women. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2005;72:311-9.

Luoba AI, Geissler PW, Estambale B, Ouma JH, Alusa D, Avah R, Mwaniki D, Magnussen P, Friis H. Earth-eating and reinfection with intestinal helminths among pregnant and lactating women in western Kenya. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2005;10:220-27.

Grønbæk K, Sonne J, Ring-Larsen H, Poulsen HE, Friis H, Krarup HB. Viral load and smoking are negative predictors of antioxidant levels in hepatitis C patients. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2005;37:686-689.

Kæstel P, Michaelsen KF, Aaby P, Friis H. The effects of prenatal multi-micronutrient supplements on birth weight and perinatal mortality: a randomised, controlled trial in Guinea-Bissau. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2005, 59(9):1081-1089.

Orech, FO, Akenga T, Ochora T, Friis H, Aagaard-Hansen J. The potential toxicity of some traditional leafy vegetables consumed in Nyang'oma, western Kenya. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development Online 2005;5(1):Article No. 9

Range N, Andersen AB, Magnussen P, Mugomela A, Friis H. The effect of micronutrient supplementation on treatment outcome in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a randomised controlled trial in Mwanza, Tanzania. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2005;10(9):826-32

Christensen DL, Jakobsen J, Friis H. Vitamin and mineral intake of adolescent male Kalenjin runners in western Kenya. East African Medical Journal, 2005; 82(12):637-42

2004:

Nchito M, Geissler PW, Mubila L, Friis H, Olsen A. Effects of iron and multimicronutrient supplementation on geophagy: a two-by-two factorial study among Zambian school children. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2004;98:218-27.

Olsen A, Mwaniki D, Krarup H, Friis H. Low dose iron supplementation does not increase HIV-1 viral load. JAIDS, 2004;36:637-8.

Baay MFD, Kjetland EF, Ndhlovu PD, Deschoolmeester V, Mduluza T, Gomo E, Friis H, Midzi N, Gwanzura L, Mason PR, Vermorken JB, Gundersen SG. Human papillomavirus in a rural community in Zimbabwe: the impact of HIV co-infection on HPV genotype distribution, Journal of Medical Virology, 2004;73:481-5.

Friis H_, Gomo E, Nyazema N, Ndhlovu P, Krarup H, Kæstel K, Michaelsen KF. The impact of multimicronutrient supplementation on gestation length and birth size: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind effectiveness trial in Zimbabwe. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2004;79:1308-15.

Luoba A, Geissler PW, Estambale B, Mwaniki DL, Ayah R, Alusa D, Ouma JH, Magnussen P, Friis H. Geophagy among pregnant and lactating women in Bondo District, western Kenya. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2004;98:734-41.

Gomo E, Vennervald BJ, Ndhlovu P, Kæstel P, Nyazema N, Friis H. Predictors and reference values of CD4 and CD8 T lymphocyte counts in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study among HIV negative women in Zimbabwe. Central African Journal of Medicine, 2004;50:10-9.

Friis H_, Gomo E, Nyazema N, Ndhlovu P, Krarup H, Kæstel K, Michaelsen KF. Maternal body composition, HIV infection and other predictors of gestation length and birth size in Zimbabwe. British Journal of Nutrition, 2004;92:833-840.

2003:

Friis H, Mwaniki D, Omondi B, Muniu E, Thiong'o F, Ouma J, Magnussen P, Geissler PW, Michaelsen KF. Effects on hemoglobin of multi-micronutrents and multi-helminth chemotherapy: a randomized, controlled trial in Kenyan school children. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003;57(4):573-9.

Gomo E, Vennervald BJ, Ndhlovu P, Kæstel P, Nyazema N, Friis H. Reference values and predictors of white cell subset and platelet counts in HIV seronegative pregnant women in Zimbabwe. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 2003;107(2):156-162.

Friis H, Gomo E, Ndhlovu P, Nyazema N, Krarup H, Michaelsen KF. Iron, haptoglobin phenotype and HIV-1 viral load. JAIDS, 2003;33:74-81.

Olsen A, Thiong’o F, Ouma J, Mwaniki D, Magnussen P, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Geissler PW. Effects of multi-micronutrient supplementation on helminth reinfection: - a randomised, controlled trial in Kenyan schoolchildren. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2003;97:109-114.

Gomo E, Filteau SM, Tomkins AM, Ndhlovu P, Michaelsen KF, Friis H. Subclinical mastitis among HIV-infected and uninfected Zimbabwean women participating in a multimicronutrient supplementation trial. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2003;97:212-6.

Benn CS, Balé C, Sommerfelt H, Friis H, Aaby P. Vitamin A supplementation and childhood mortality: amplification of the non-specific effects of vaccines? International Journal of Epidemiology, 2003:32:822-828.

Midzi N, Ndhlovu PD, Nyanga L, Kjetland EF, Reimert CM, Vennervald BJ, Gomo E, Mudenge G, Friis H, Gundersen SG, Mduluza T. Assessment of eosinophil cationic protein as a possible diagnostic marker for female genital schistosomiasis in women living in a Schistosoma haematobium endemic area. Parasite Immunology, 2003;25:581-8.

2002:

Friis H, Kæstel P, Nielsen N, Simonsen PE. Serum ferritin, α-tocopherol, β-carotene and retinol levels in lymphatic filariasis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2002;96:151-6.

Pedersen SK, Saeed I, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Murrell D. Impact of protein-energy malnutrition on A. suum and T. suum infections in pigs, Parasitology, 2002;124:561-568.

Mwaniki D, Omondi B, Muniu E, Thiong'o F, Ouma J, Magnussen P, Geissler PW, Michaelsen KF, Friis H. Effects on serum retinol of multi-micronutrients and multi-helminth chemotherapy: a randomized, controlled trial in Kenyan school children. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2002;56:666-673.

Friis H, Gomo E, Kæstel P, Ndhlovu P, Nyazema N, Michaelsen KF. Does the first pregnancy modify age-related fat deposition? International Journal of Obesity, 2002;26:1274-1276.

Pedersen SK, Saeed I, Jensen SK, Michaelsen KF, Friis H. Haemoconcentration associated with low vitamin A status can mask anaemia. Acta Tropica, 2002;84:55-8.

Friis H, Gomo E, Ndhlovu P, Nyazema N, Kæstel P, Krarup H, Michaelsen KF. HIV-1 viral load and elevated α₁-antichymotrypsin are independent predictors of body composition in pregnant Zimbabwean women. Journal of Nutrition, 2002;132:3747-3753.

2001:

Friis H, Gomo E, Kæstel P, Ndhlovu P, Nyazema N, Krarup H, Michaelsen KF. HIV and other predictors of serum β-carotene and retinol in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study in Zimbabwe. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2001;73:1058-65.

Friis H, Gomo E, Kæstel P, Ndhlovu P, Nyazema N, Krarup H, Michaelsen KF. HIV and other predictors of serum folate, serum ferritin, and Hb in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study in Zimbabwe. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2001;73:1066-73.

Pedersen SK, Saeed I, Friis H, Michaelsen KF. Effect of iron deficiency on Trichuris suis and Ascaris suum infection in pigs. Parasitology, 2001;122:589-98.

Pedersen SK, Saeed I, Jensen SK, Michaelsen KF, Friis H. Marginal vitamin A deficiency in pigs experimentally infected with Trichuris trichiura: a model for vitamin A inadequacy in children. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2001;95:557-65.

Gomo E, P Ndhlovu, BJ Vennervald, N Nyazema, H Friis. Enumeration of CD4 and CD8 T-cells in HIV infection in Zimbabwe using a manual immunocytochemical method. Central African Journal of Medicine 2001;47(3):64-70.

Weinberg GA, Friis H, Boelaert J, Weinberg ED. Iron status and the severity of HIV infection in pregnant women. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2001;33(12):2098-99.

Prior to 2000, 30 peer-reviewed papers.