INVITATION FOR PHD DEFENSE: VITAMINS A AND D DURING GESTATION AND OFFSPRING METABOLIC HEALTH by Amélie Keller

The defense will take place at: Frederiksberg Hospital, Undervisningslokale 1, Hovedvejen, entrance 13, 1. sal. Nordre Fasanvej 57, 2000 Frederiksberg. Monday February 25th 2019, 2 PM.

Title: Vitamins A and D during gestation and offspring metabolic health. 

Description: The overall aims of this PhD thesis were to investigate associations between prenatal exposure to vitamins A and D and metabolic health later in life. The main hypothesis was that exposure to lower levels of vitamins A and D during gestation induces metabolic alterations in the offspring that are associated with an increased risk of metabolic diseases. Furthermore, we wanted to identify determinants of vitamin D concentrations in newborns.

Assessment Committee: 

• Chairwoman: Professor Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Section of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health, The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Opponent: Professor Ellen Aagaard Nøhr, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. 
• Opponent: Professor Lauren Lissner, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Göteborg, Sweden.

Supervisors:

• Professor Berit Lilienthal Heitmann, Research Unit for Dietary Studies at the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark. Section for General Practice, Department of Public Health, Copenhagen University, Denmark. 
• Post-doc Ramune Jacobsen, Research Unit for Dietary Studies at the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
• Professor Allan Vaag, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Disease (CVRM) Translational Medicine Unit, Early Clinical Development, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden.