Organisation

Coordinator:

The University of Eastern Finland, Department of Clinical
Nutrition, Food and Health Research Centre
Project Leaders: Professor Matti Uusitupa,
e-mail: matti.uusitupa(at)uef.fi,
and Professor Kaisa Poutanen,
e-mail: kaisa.poutanen(at)uef.fi,
Project Manager: PhD Marjukka Kolehmainen,
e-mail: marjukka.kolehmainen(at)uef.fi,
Administrative/Finance Officer: Katja Kostian-Kokko,
e-mail: katja.kostian-kokko(at)uef.fi

Management Group:

Prof. Matti Uusitupa
Prof. Kaisa Poutanen
Prof. Carsten Carlberg
Prof. Karl-Heinz Herzig
Prof. Matej Oresic
Prof. Lars Dragsted
Prof. Kim Overvad
Prof. Kjeld Hermansen
Prof. Knud Erik Bach Knudsen
Prof. Peter Arner
Prof. Björn Åkesson
Prof. Inga Thorsdottir
Assoc. Prof. Stine Ulven
Dr. Grethe Iren Borge
Dr. Ulf Risérus
Secretary: Dr. Marjukka Kolehmainen

Operational Group:

Prof. Lar Dragsted
Dr. Ulf Risérus
Prof. Matti Uusitupa
Prof. Kaisa Poutanen
Assoc. Prof. Stine Ulven
Dr. Marjukka Kolehmainen

International Scientific Panel of SYSDIET:

Professor John C. Mathers
Human Nutrition Research Centre
School of Clinical Medical Sciences
William Leech Building
University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
UK
Tel. +44 (0) 191 222 6912
Fax. +44 (0) 191 222 8943
e-mail: john.mathers@newcastle.ac.uk
 

Dr. Hubert Vidal
Director
INSERM U.870/INRA U. 1235/INSA/UCBL/HCL
”Metabolic Regulations, Nutrition and Diabetes"
Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud
165 Chemin du Grand Revoyet
Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1
69600 Oullins
France
Phone : +33 4 26 23 59 18 (direct)/59 17 (sec.)
Fax: +33 4 26 23 59 16
e-mail:vidal@sante.univ-lyon1.fr
 

Professor Thorkild I. A. Sorensen
Director
Institute of Preventive Medicine
H:S Institute of Preventive Medicine
Øster Søgade 18, 1
DK-1357 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Tel +45 3338 3860
Fax +45 3332 4240
E-mail: tias@ipm.regionh.dk
 

Nordic Centre of Excellence Program on Food, Nutrition and
Health: Steering Committee
• Director Kari Kveseth, Research Council of Norway, Oslo – Chair
• Prof Karen G Welinder, Inst of Chemistry, Environment and
  Biotechnology,  Univ of Aalborg, DK
• Prof Marina Heinonen, Dpt of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, 
  Univ of Helsinki, FIN
• Director Sjöfn Sigurgísladóttir, Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories, 
  Reykjavík, ISL
• Director Øyvind Lie, NIFES, Bergen, NO
• Prof em. Bengt Vessby, Dpt of Public Health and Caring Sciences,
  Univ of Uppsala, SE

Scientific Advisory Board:
The following Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) has been nominated
by the Steering Committee (SC) for scientific monitoring of the work
performed under NordForsk's Food, Nutrition and Health
Programme in

2007-2012:
• Willem de Vos, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Chair
• Wim Saris, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
• Jan Delcour, University of Leuven, Belgium
• Lilian Thompson, University of Toronto, Canada
• Chris Gill, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, U.K.

Observers:
• Niels M Petersen, Det Strategiske Forskningsråd,
  Copenhagen, DK
• Sirpa Nuotio, Academy of Finland, Helsinki, FIN
• Eiríkiur Smári Sigurdsson, RANNIS, Reykjavík, ISL
• Johs Kjosbakken, Research Council of Norway, 
  Oslo, NO
• Lena Falkman, Research Dpt Food, Formas,
  Stockholm, SE
• Maria Landgren, Biotechnology Dpt, VINNOVA, 
  Stockholm, SE
• Sigridur Thormodsdottir , Nordic Innovation Centre,
  Oslo, NO
• Harry Zilliacus, NordForsk, Oslo, NO