Asim K Duttaroy is a Professor and Group Leader at the Department of Nutrition at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway. His main research area is fetoplacental growth and the development and cardioprotective function of naturally derived molecules. His scientific work has been published in over 260 original contributions, reviews, books, book chapters, editorials, and seven books. He has successfully supervised 35 Ph.D./MD students so far. He has examined more than 270 Ph.D. theses submitted from different countries, including India, USA, UK, South Africa, and Australia. He has several international patents that led to the establishment of two multinational companies, Provexis Ltd., UK, and IDIA AS, Norway. His patented work on the anti-platelet regime (Fruitflow®) isolated from tomatoes, an alternative to aspirin, was the EU's first approved EFSA product. He has received numerous international awards for his contribution to clinical research. He is a member of several international bodies, including the EU, on research and teaching, the Elizabeth Kushnir Memorial Award USA for prostaglandin research by the American Heart Association, International Clinical Nutrition Awards, and the Hoffman La Roche Award for fetoplacental research by the International Conference on PUFA Nutrition and Disease Prevention, Barcelona, Spain.
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