Niels Grarup

Preventive Cardiology

University of Copenhagen

About

Niels Grarup works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with University of Copenhagen.

Niels Grarup is the Precision Medicine Scientific Director at Novo Nordisk. He previously held the position of Associate Professor at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research at the University of Copenhagen. His research investigates the genetic underpinnings of type 2 diabetes and their implications for cardiometabolic health.

Research focus

Genetic epidemiology of cardiometabolic diseasesDiabetes-related cardiovascular complicationsInsulin resistance and coronary artery diseaseGenetics of blood traits and cardiovascular diseasesBirth weight genetics and cardio-metabolic risk factors

Impact

485 pubs · 45,617 cites · h-index 94

Training

PhD
University of Copenhagen
2020
MD
University of Copenhagen
2003

Affiliations

Work Experience

Novo Nordisk

2024 - Present