Dirk Lund Christensen

Dirk Lund Christensen is an Associate Professor in Global Health at the Global Health Section of the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen. He holds an MSc in Human Physiology and a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology, both from the University of Copenhagen/Steno Diabetes Center. His research primarily focuses on cardio-metabolic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, and obesity, examining various populations worldwide. Christensen has published extensively on these topics, utilizing objectively measured physical activity data from studies in Africa, India, and Mexico, often in collaboration with the MRC in Cambridge, UK. He is currently the principal investigator for studies in Tanzania and Mexico.