Who We Are
DP-Next will be carried out by a cross-disciplinary team of epidemiologists, clinicians, health scientists and data scientists across all seven Steno Diabetes Centres:
Daniel Witte is professor of Diabetes Epidemiology at Aarhus University and has worked across various themes in prevention and prediction of diabetes and its complications in (inter)national cohorts and register-based studies. He will be the Principal Investigator of the DP-Next project.
Luke Johnston is a team leader at SDCA on the Seedcase Project, a NNF-funded software and training-based project that aims at improving research data engineering and management practices and knowledge. While he now largely develops software and training material, he has a PhD in Nutritional Sciences doing diabetes epidemiology, is a strong advocate for more openness and reproducibility in science, and works to improve operational and organizational practices on several larger projects across SDCA. He will be the work package leader for Work Package 1.
Stine Byberg is an epidemiologist and Senior researcher at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, and currently also Head of Research at Steno Diabetes Center Greenland. Stine has extensive experience in both conducting and supervising students in prediction models using register-based data. Stine will be the work package leader for Work Package 2.
Claus Bogh Juhl is clinical professor at University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg and program leader of Clinical Interventions at Steno Diabetes Center Odense. The has extensive experience in clinical research within type 2 diabetes, obesity and type 1 diabetes. He will be the work package leader for Work Package 3.
Jane Nautrup Østergaard is program leader at Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus. She is experienced in the application of the Participatory System Dynamics Approach for the co-creation of complex interventions. She will be the work package leader for Work Package 4.
Gunnar Toft is senior researcher at SDCA, with broad epidemiological experience and experience in coordination of international research projects. He will act as general coordinator of the DP-Next project.
Karoline Kragelund Nielsen is a senior researcher and heads the reproductive & family health group at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen. She has vast experience with research related to GDM, prevention of type 2 diabetes and health systems research, including intervention, epidemiological and qualitative research. She will contribute to the project with her expertise within GDM, epidemiology and intervention research.
Maria Skaalum Petersen, professor in health science, is Head of Research at SDCF together with Dr. Johannesen, endocrinologist. She is also head of the Department of Research at the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands. She has a broad epidemiological experience and experience in conducting research projects in the Faroe Islands. She will contribute to the project with her expertise within epidemiology and registry data in the Faroe Islands.
