Research Assistent at OPEN

Mina Händel has a professional bachelor degree in nutrition and health, along with a master of science in human nutrition. 

As a bachelor student Mina planned, implemented and processed data for the intervention project Take the Stairs and Keep Healthy at Institute of Preventive Medicine, The Capital Region of Denmark by Professor Berit L. Heitmann. Through "nudging" (a poster place at "the point of choice") the goal of the project was to get people to choose the stairs instead of the escalator in order to increase the level of physical activity on a daily basis. The results of the study was published in: International Journal of Obesity.

Since 2011 Mina has been part of a team of research assistentents in a the interventionproject Healthy Start - Prevention of Obesity among small children, the goal of the study is to prevent over weight and obesity among preschool children who has a higher risk of over weight and obesity later in life. The intervention consist of individuelle conversations and group activities focused on: Diet, physical activities, stress and sleep (www.sundstart.nu).

Mina has been employed as a research assistent at OPEN since July 1st 2013 affiliated to the PhD-project: Influence of vitamin D status in utero and at the time of birth on the risk of childhood fractures, the study targets to examine the value of vitamin D in utero and at birth for later risk for fractures among school age children. The focus is on vitamin D partly from the diet (effected by enrichment programs) and partly from absorption through the skin via UVB-radiation from the sun (effected by the seasons). Main Supervisor on the project is Professor Bo Abrahamsen, OPEN, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark.

OPEN welcomes Mina to the research unit.