
Anja Bosy-Westphal, Prof. Dr. Dr.
Full member
Kiel University
Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science
Human Nutrition
Düsternbrooker Weg 17
24105 Kiel
Room: 50
Information about Prof. Dr Dr Anja Bosy-Westphal
Department of Human Nutrition
Anja Bosy-Westphal is an ecotrophologist, nutritionist and university lecturer at Kiel University. She has held the Chair of Human Nutrition at the Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science at the Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences since 2017.
Her research is dedicated to the topics of obesity, energy metabolism, functional body composition analysis, regulation of energy balance and concomitant diseases due to a disturbed energy balance.
Vita
| Year | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| since 2017 | Holder of the Professorship of Human Nutrition at the Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science | Kiel University |
| 2016 | Doctorate in human medicine | Kiel University |
| 2012 - 2017 | Holder of the Professorship for Nutrition and Dietetics | University of Hohenheim |
| 2012 | Habilitation in the field of nutritional medicine | |
| 2002 | Doctorate in the field of Human Nutrition | Kiel University |
| 2000 - 2009 | Study of human medicine | Kiel University |
| 1992 - 1996 | Study of Nutritional Science | Kiel University |
Offices and functions
- Head of the Department of Human Nutrition
- Member of the DFG Senate Commission Transformation of Agricultural and Food Systemssince 2024
- Member of the German Society for Nutritional Medicine (DGEM)since 2000
- Member of the German Obesity Society (DAG)since 2006, Congress President in 2019
- Member of the German Diabetes Society (DDG)since 2014
- Member of the German Society for Nutrition (DGE)since 2018
- 2020-2024Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Agricultural Policy, Nutrition and Consumer Health Protection (WBAE)Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BLE)
- Since 2020: Review board member, Review Board Medicine, German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 2020-2022: President of the German Society for Nutritional Medicine
- Since 2021: Member of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN)
- 2022-2023: Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences at Kiel University

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