Christian Mølgaard

Christian Mølgaard

Head of section, Sektionsleder

Member of:

    ORCID: 0000-0002-5311-9457

    ResearcherID: D-2052-2014

    Scopus Author ID: 7005027256

    Education/training:

    1997 PhD from Faculty of Health, University of Copenhagen (UC), Denmark.

    1988 Permission for independent practice as a medical doctor

    1981 MD, graduated January, University of Aarhus, Denmark

    Positions: 

    1992 - now: Scientific positions

    Jul 2015 - now: Professor in pediatric nutrition, NEXS

    Jul 2015 - now: Head of section, Pediatric and International Nutrition, NEXS

    Mar 2018 - now: Adjunct professor, HCA Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark

    Apr 2010 - Mar 2017: Part time professor mso in pediatrics at HCA Research, SDU

    Sep 2012 - Dec 2016: Deputy Head of Research, NEXS.

    Feb 1998 - Jun 2015: Associate professor, NEXS

    Jan 1996 - Jan 1998: Assistant research professor, NEXS

    Aug 1992 - Dec 1995: Research assistant, NEXS

    1981 - 1992: Clinical positions

    Different hospital departments including Pediatrics (47 months)

    2002 - now: Medical consultant ,Paediatric Nutrition Unit, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen.

    Research areas

    1. Nutrition in infancy, childhood and adolescence.
    2. Bone mineralization and body composition in children and adolescents.
    3. Glucose and insulin metabolism in infancy, childhood and adolescence.
    4. Obesity in infancy, childhood and adolescence.
    5. Malnutrition in low income countries

    Research management and collaboration

    During the past 15-20 years involved in numerous observation- and intervention studies involving children and teenagers.

    Funding

    CM as grant holder

    OPTIFORD (EU project 2000 – 2010) Partner 3; WP1: ~2.2 mill DKK

    MOMS (Part of Tailored Milk 2008-2012, DSF + MFF); WP4 I: ~7.5 mill DKK

    ODIN (EU project 2013 - 2017) WP4: ~3 mill DKK

    HAPFAM (DSF 2014 – 2018) WP5: ~4.8 mill DKK

    CM as shared grant holder

    FiSK (Nordea Fonden 2016 - 2018): ~18 mill DKK

    PhD thesis:

    Christian Mølgaard. Bone mineralisation during growth. The influence of growth, puberty and calcium intake (in Danish). January 1997. ISBN 87-90505-01-8

    Total number of publication 1996- Sep 2018: 350+

    Number of publications in peer reviewed journals 1997-Sep 2018: 190+

    Web of Science: H-index: 41 (Sep 2018); Google Scholar: h-index 51 (Sep 2018)

     

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