Molnar Denes

Dénes Molnár (MD, PhD, DSc) is professor in pediatrics, nutrition and metabolism, at Dept. Paediatr.Univ. Pécs. He was the chairman of the Dept. Pediatr. Univ. Pécs from 2007 until 2015. Served as the president and for two terms the scientific advisor of the European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG), and the vice-president of the Hungarian Association for the Study of Obesity. He was the president of the Hungarian Paediatric Association in the period of 2012-2015. He is an associate editor of Ann Nutr Metab, and Frontiers in endocrinology, nutrition, public health, the member of the editorial board of Obesity Facts, Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, Journal of Pediatric Biochemistry and The Scientific World Journal; besides that of more national journals. He participated in 9 international research programs, and won 11 national research grants. He is PhD program leader in the topic of Nutritional research in children and infants. Number of PhD students, who defended their thesis is eleven so far. Special interest: metabolic disorders, eating disorders, prevention of adult diseases in childhood, childhood obesity, nutrition, epigenetics. He has published 480 original articles in peer-reviewed journals and 18 book chapters (cumulative IF: 1200; number of independent citations: 18401, Hirsch index: 60).