Principle Investigator: Prof. Dr. med. Christian Sina
Our Mission Statement
Developing advanced nutritional strategies for patients. Moving away from one-size-fits-all approaches and shifting to data-driven precision and personalized nutritional therapies. Evolving innovative concepts include digital therapeutics, next-generation nutraceuticals, and tailored microbiome-derived therapies to improve the lives of many patients, especially those with irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and colorectal cancer.
Our approach
Our research aims to provide the best possible nutritional therapy individually adapted to each patient to combat diseases early and effectively. For this purpose, we use state-of-the-art technologies to study in detail the interindividual differences in people's metabolic and immune responses to food and food components.
We can provide new insights into food hypersensitivity, irritable bowel syndrome, and inflammatory bowel disease pathophysiology using confocal laser endomicroscopy. We investigate dietary and disease-specific metabolite signatures Through our metabolomics unit to identify and validate new biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Multi-omics analyses are performed in alliance with our Mircobiomics group. Under the university's Center for Artificial Intelligence umbrella, we are developing data-driven nutrition concepts as part of digital therapeutics by integrating digital and biological markers. Clinical trials are conducted closely with the 1st Medical Department and Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine (CCIM) at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein.
About the PI
Dr. Sina is a medical doctor and specialist in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. He is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Institute of Nutritional Medicine, with more than 20 years of experience in medical research. He serves as a gastroenterology and clinical nutrition consultant at the 1st Medical Department and the Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine (CCIM) at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck.
Lab members
Greta Ahlemann, Diätassistentin B.Sc.
Pia Brinckmann, Diätassistentin cand. B.Sc.
Yaser Hatem, Facharzt
Miriam Heck, M.Sc.
Daniela Kielkowski, Ärztin (extern)
Dr. rer. nat. Anna Kordowski
PD Dr. rer. nat. Yves Laumonnier
Yasmine Müllejans, cand. med.
Anneke Mumm, Diätassistentin B. Sc.
Hans Otzen, Ass.-Arzt
Dr. rer. nat. Franziska Schmelter
Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Torsten Schröder, Facharzt, Diabetologie (extern)
Sebastian Tornow, Diätassistent
