Amanda Bæk
M.D., PhD Student (enrolled 2020)
amanda.baek@clin.au.dk
Department: Endocrinology and Internal Medicine
Main supervisor: Jens Otto Jørgensen
Research areas
- Nutrition, obesity and lipid metabolism
- Pathopysiology and diabetes pharmacology
Research titel and description
- Mechanisms of growth hormone-induced fibrosis in human adipose tissue
Adipose tissue fibrosis is linked to obesity and impaired insulin sensitivity. I use growth hormone as a model to stimulate and investigate mechanisms involved in formation of adipose tissue fibrosis.