Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

• Nutritional Epidemiology
• Preventive Nutrition
• Nutrition and Cancer
• Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Diseases
• Cohort Studies
• Mendelian Randomization
• Mediation Analyses
• Dietary Intervention Trials
• Plant-based Diets
• Intermittent Fasting

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Current Research Opportunities

• NILAB: Diets to Optimise Individual and Planetary Health – A Machine Learning Approach (DIPH-ML)
• Diet in the prevention of chronic diseases: Really so important or overrated?
• Polyphenol exposure and cardiometabolic outcomes among breast cancer survivors – a prospective biomarker study.

Public outreach & key achievements

• Author of nutritional guidelines
• Organizer of scientific conferences, workshops and events on preventive nutrition (e.g. for school children, teachers, or companies)

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Current projects:

• Iron load as a risk factor for cancer and cardiovascular diseases: A population-based study
• Determinants of successful dietary weight loss: Findings from a randomized trial
• Biomarkers of vascular injury and risks of myocardial infarction and stroke: A prospective study
• Effects of diet-induced weight loss on the intestinal microbiome of overweight or obese persons

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• Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
• School of Biological Sciences
• Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH)
• Heidelberg University Hospital