Steering group

Centre Director of OPUS

Professor Arne Astrup
Education: Dr.med.sci. and ph.d.
Title: Department leader of Human Nutrition, KU-LIFE
Phone: +45 3533 2476 
E-mail:

Leader of work package 1: Development of New Nordic Diet
Claus Meyer
Education: Cand.merc.(int.), CBS
Title: Gastronomic entrepreneur and founder of Meyers Madhus
Phone: +45 3536 3837
E-mail:  

Leader of work package 2: Acceptance of New Nordic Diet
Head of research Inge Tetens
Education: MSc and ph.d.
Title: Head of research, DTU Food 
Phone: +45 3588 7400
E-mail:
 

Leader of work package 3: Supermarket intervention

Associate professor Thomas Meinert Larsen
Education: Ph.d.
Title: Associate professor, Department of Human Nutrition, KU-LIFE
Phone: +45 3533 2505
E-mail:  
  

Leader of work package 4: Sleep and appetite

Associate professor Anders Sjödin
Education: MD, dr.med.sci.
Title: Associate professor, Department of Human Nutrition, KU-LIFE
Phone: +45 3533 2537
E-mail:
  

Leader of work package 5: School meal intervention

Professor Kim Fleischer Michaelsen
Education: MD, dr.med.sci.
Title: Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, KU-LIFE
Phone: +45 3533 2495 
E-mail:   

Leader of work package 6: Laboratory and analyses
Head doctor Steen Stender
Education: Dr.med.
Title: Professor, dr.med. and head doctor at Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Gentofte Universitetshospital
Phone: +45 3977 3120
E-mail:

Leader of work package: Communication
Head of communication Jacob Søby Bang
Education: Cand.comm. in Business studies and Communication
Title: Head of communication, KU-LIFE
Phone: +45 3533 2171 
E-mail :  

Leader of work package 2B: Sensoric Acceptability

Professor Wender Bredie
Education: MSc and ph.d.
Title: Professor, Department of Food Science, KU-LIFE
Phone: +45 3533 3242 
E-mail:  

Leader of work package 2C: Societal acceptability and work package 3B: Social and cultural aspects and work package 5D: Social factors
Professor Lotte Holm
Education: MSc.soc. and ph.d.
Title: Professor, Institute of Food and Resource Economics, KU-LIFE
Phone: +45 3533 2496 
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Leader of work package 3A: Dietary effects

Professor Bente Kiens
Education: Dr.scient., ph.d.
Title: Professor, Department of Exercise and Sports, KU
Phone: +45 3532 1619
E-mail:

Leader of work package 3C: Nutrigenomics
Professor Lars O. Dragsted
Education: Ph.d.
Title: Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, KU-LIFE
Phone: +45 3533 2694 
E-mail:  

Leader of work package 3D: Food and health economics  and environmental sustainability

Professor Niels Kærgård
Education: Ph.d. and dr.polit.
Title: Professor, Institute of Food and Resource Economics, KU-LIFE
Phone: +45 3533 2264 
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Leader of work package 5C: Learning and behavioural outcome

Professor Niels Egelund
Education: Ph.d. and dr.pæd.
Title: Professor, Center for Research in Compulsory Schooling, The Danish School of Education, Aarhus University

Phone: +45 8888 9510
E-mail:

Associate dean Erik Bisgaard Madsen
Education: MSc in Veterinary Science, ph. d.
Title: Associate dean for research, KU-LIFE
Phone: +45 3533 2011 
E-mail:  

Secretariat director in OPUS
Senior Consultant Eva Gleje
Title: Senior Consultant
Phone: +45 3533 3626 
E-mail:  

OPUS Communication
Kristian Levring Madsen

Title: Communications officer

Phone: +45 4048 1684
E-mail: