Carla Maria Avesani, PhD,
is a nutritionist and renal dietitian who currently serves as a Senior Research Specialist and Research Leader of the Food as Medicine program at Baxter Novum, Division of Renal Medicine, Karolinska Institutet. She also works as a clinical dietitian at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge in Stockholm, Sweden.
Dr. Avesani is an Associate Professor in Nutrition and an internationally recognized expert in renal nutrition and metabolism. Her research focuses on chronic kidney disease, nutritional assessment, body composition, and energy metabolism. She currently serves as Chair of the European Renal Nutrition Working Group of the European Renal Association (ERA).
