The six researchers are affiliated with Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden (EXODIAB), which is a strategic research area within diabetes at Lund University.
- Helena Elding Larsson, professor of autoimmune diseases, has been awarded SEK 5.4 million for a project which will investigate how diet and physical activity affects beta cell health and the development of diabetes-related autoantibodies in early childhood and whether autoimmunity during the first two years of life can be prevented through intervention.
- Malin Fex, associate professor of metabolism, has been awarded a grant of SEK 3 million for studies of modeling of disease mechanisms in stem cells from patients with type 1 diabetes and monogenic diabetes (MODY).
- Paul Franks, professor of genetic epidemiology, has been awarded a grant of SEK 3 million for studies into algorithms for precision health and medicine and how they can be utilised for evaluation of translational readiness in clinical environments.
- Hindrik Mulder, professor of metabolism, has been awarded SEK 3 million for studies of disturbed metabolism in insulin-producing cells in diabetes using stem cells.
- Marju Orho-Melander, professor of genetic epidemiology, has been awarded a grant of SEK 5.4 million. The project uses advanced methods to investigate the complex relationships between the gut microbiota, diet, genetics, liver fats, and type 2 diabetes through large prospective and longitudinal studies with repeated measurements.
- Allan Vaag, professor of endocrinology, has been awarded SEK 5.4 million for his studies on pathophysiological and clinical aspects associated with the development of type 2 diabetes due to predominant adverse prenatal, genetic, or inferred postnatal lifestyle aetiologies.
Information about this year’s recipients of grants within medicine and health (vr.se)