Adrián Carballo Casla

Adrián Carballo Casla

Postdoctoral Researcher
Visiting address: Nobels väg 7, 17165 Solna
Postal address: H1 Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, H1 ARC Medicin Calderón-Larrañaga, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • I am a researcher in nutritional epidemiology with a focus on aging and chronic disease prevention. My academic background includes degrees in human nutrition, quantitative research methods, and epidemiology and public health. Our work aims to understand how dietary patterns and nutritional exposures influence health trajectories in older adults. We apply advanced epidemiological methods to large-scale cohort data to explore how nutrition can support healthy ageing and reduce the burden of age-related conditions.

Research

  • Our research centres on the role of diet in ageing, with a particular focus on how specific nutrients, foods, and dietary patterns affect morbidity, geriatric syndromes, and mortality in older populations. I have led and co-led studies examining the impact of fried food, the Southern European Atlantic diet and other dietary patterns, fish, protein, and vitamin D on health outcomes in older adults, as well as the role of biomarkers in understanding diet-disease relationships. We are especially interested in identifying sensitive periods of dietary exposure in old age and in exploring how psychosocial and biological factors interact with nutrition to shape aging trajectories. Through this work, we aim to contribute to the development of personalised dietary recommendations that promote longevity and health in later years.

Teaching

    • Second cycle course "Aging and Age-Related Disorders from a Biological, Epidemiological and Clinical Perspective" (Karolinska Institutet)
    • Master’s programme in nutrition science (Karolinska Institutet)
    • Master's programme in public health sciences (Stockholm University)

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Grants

  • Leveraging artificial intelligence for novel dietary data collection in older adults
    Strategic Research Area in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    1 August 2025 - 31 December 2026
  • Personalised diet for healthier longevity: the role of cardiovascular disease and cognitive impairment
    David and Astrid Hagelén foundation
    1 April 2025 - 1 April 2027
  • Personalised diet for healthier longevity: the role of dietary changes, sensitive windows of exposure, and psychosocial background
    Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2025 - 31 December 2027
  • Diet quality and malnutrition in older adults: a multicohort study
    Foundation for Geriatric Diseases
    1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024

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