Current Projects
Sweet & Sour Trial (2026–2028): A dietary intervention study investigating whether lowering dietary acid load in individuals with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease can improve kidney function and metabolic health. The study will also explore how responses may differ by sex and ethnicity, and examine the role of the gut microbiota.
Improving Kidney Health by Targeting Urinary Biomarkers for Tubular Function (2024-2029): A urine test targeting tubules instead of glomeruli is being developed to detect early kidney damage, aiming to identify proteins indicative of early damage and assess their response to kidney-protective treatments for early detection and treatment without the need for kidney biopsy.
Targeting Disease Progression in Polycystic Kidney Disease (2024-2026): biomarker and proof-of-principle study on lithogenic urine profile, disease progression and citrate therapy in ADPKD.
K+onsortium (2017–2022): national research consortium to study the renoprotective effects of dietary potassium in chronic kidney disease experimentally and clinically.
Targeting prostaglandins in chronic kidney disease (2019–2023): experimental and clinical studies to address the untapped potential of modulating renal prostaglandin effects as a novel intervention for chronic kidney disease (in collaboration with the University of Aarhus).
Targeting Accelerated Senescence in Kidney Fibrosis (2019–2023): Opportunities for Regeneration and CurE (TASKFORCE): national research consortium on the role of senescence in kidney fibrosis.
Human salt taste (2018–2022): project to investigate the role of the salivary proteome in human salt taste and to model human salt taste in C. elegans (in collaboration with cell biology).
DIPAKstudy (2012-2022): national research consortium to study treatment and the disease determinants of polycystic kidney disease.
Salt-sensitive Hypertension in Polycystic Kidney Disease (2019-2023): experimental and clinical studies to understand the role of a high-salt diet on vascular stiffness in ADPKD.