Kliniken &… Institute Global Health Staff Kurniawan, Lukas

Dr. Adi Lukas Kurniawan

Postdoctoral researcher

Lukas has been a Heidelberg Institute of Global Health postdoctoral researcher since April 2023. He is a public health nutritionist with more than five years of experience in doing big data analysis related to dietary patterns for predicting non-communicable diseases, particularly using the reduced rank regression method. During his master's study, he also had the experience to do laboratory work related to molecular nutrition area. His research interests include dietary behavior and kidney function, iron metabolism, and male reproductive function. 


  • 2020-2022: Project research assistant at the National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taiwan
  • 2017-2020: PhD in Nutrition and Health Sciences at Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.
  • 2015-2017: Master of Science in Nutrition and Health Sciences at Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.
  • 2010-2014: Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition at Brawijaya University, Indonesia.
     

Projects & Grants

1. ARISE NUTRINT, funded by the European Union (January 2023 - January 2027)

2. DASH, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (March 2023 - February 2028)
 

Other scientific projects and initiatives

  1. Examining the effect of cannabis legalisation on dietary behaviours among adolescents
  2. ALIMUS study - investigating the effect of home gardening and nutrition counselling on dietary diversity and nutritional status among children 6-23 years old in Kenya and Burkina Faso

Publications

  1. Kurniawan A, Ostojic S, Shinde S, et al. Enhancing adolescent and youth health through nutrition fluency in Sub-Saharan Africa: ARISE-NUTRINT initiative. Perspectives in Public Health. 2024;144:215-218.  
  2. Kurniawan AL, Ranisavljev M, Partap U, et al. Community-based interventions targeting multiple forms of malnutrition among adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2024;14:e078969.
  3. Kurniawan AL, Schretzmann J, Paramastri R, et al. Relationship satisfaction and metabolic health parameters: a cross-sectional study in Burkinabe population of older adults. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:827.
  4. Lin LY, Hsu CY, Lee HA, Wang WH, Kurniawan AL, Chao JCJ. (2019).
    Dietary patterns in relation to components of dyslipidemia and fasting
    plasma glucose in adults with dyslipidemia and elevated fasting plasma
    glucose in Taiwan. Nutrients, 11(4), 845. DOI: 10.3390/nu11040845
  5. Kurniawan AL, Hsu CY, Rau HH, Lin LY, Chao JCJ. (2019). Association of
    kidney function-related dietary pattern, weight status, and cardiovascular
    risk factors with severity of impaired kidney function in middle-aged and
    older adults with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional population study.
    Nutrition journal, 18(1), 27. DOI: 10.1186/s12937-019-0452-4
  6. Kurniawan AL, Lee YC, Shih CK, Hsieh RH, Chen SH, Chang JS. (2019).
    Alteration in Iron Efflux Affects Male Sex Hormone Testosterone
    Biosynthesis in Diet-induced Obese Rat Model. Food & function, 10(7), 4113-4123. DOI: 10.1039/C8FO01870G
  7. Kurniawan AL, Hsu CY, Rau HH, Lin LY, Chao JCJ. (2019). Dietary patterns
    in relation to testosterone levels and severity of impaired kidney function
    among middle-aged and elderly men in Taiwan: a cross-sectional study.
    Nutrition journal, 18(1), 42. DOI: 10.1186/s12937-019-0467-x
  8. Syauqy A, Hsu CY, Rau HH, Kurniawan AL, Chao JCJ. (2019).
    Association of Sleep Duration and Insomnia Symptoms with Components
    of Metabolic Syndrome and Inflammation in Middle-Aged and Older
    Adults with Metabolic Syndrome in Taiwan. Nutrients, 11(8), 1848. DOI: 10.3390/nu11081848
  9. 6. Kurniawan AL, Hsu CY, Rau HH, Lin LY, Chao JCJ. (2019). Inflammatory related
    Dietary Pattern Predicts Dyslipidemia and Anemia in Middle-aged
    and Older Taiwanese Adults with Declined Kidney Function: A Cross-
    Sectional Population Study from 2008 to 2010. Nutrients, 11(9), 2052. DOI: 10.3390/nu11092052
  10. Kurniawan AL, Hsu CY, Lee HA, Rau HH, Paramastri R, Syauqy A, Chao
    JCJ. (2020). Comparing two methods for deriving dietary patterns
    associated with risk of metabolic syndrome among middle-aged and
    elderly Taiwanese adults with impaired kidney function. BMC Med Res
    Methodol, 20(1), 255. DOI: 10.1186/s12874-020-01142-4
  11. Rias YA, Kurniawan AL, Chang CW, Gordon CJ, Tsai HT. (2020).
    Synergistic Effects of Regular Walking and Alkaline Electrolyzed Water
    on Decreasing Inflammation and Oxidative Stress, and Increasing
    Quality of Life in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A Community Based
    Randomized Controlled Trial. Antioxidants, 9(10), 946. DOI: 10.3390/antiox9100946
  12. Kurniawan AL, Hsu CY, Chao JCJ, Paramastri R, Lee HA, Lai PC, Hsieh NC,
    Wu SFV. (2021) Association of Testosterone Related Dietary Pattern with
    Testicular Function among Adult Men: A Cross-Sectional Health Screening
    Study in Taiwan. Nutrients, 13(1), 259. DOI: 10.3390/nu13010259
  13. Kurniawan AL, Yang YL, Chin MY, Hsu CY, Paramastri R, Lee HA, Ni PY,
    Chao JCJ. (2021) Association of Nutrition Education and Its Interaction
    with Lifestyle Factors on Kidney Function Parameters and Cardiovascular
    Risk Factors among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients in Taiwan. Nutrients,
    13(2), 298. DOI: 10.3390/nu13020298
  14. Lin LY, Hsu CY, Chiou HY, Lee HA, Hsu LM, Chang PY, Kurniawan AL,
    Chao JCJ. (2021). Association between Dietary Patterns and Serum
    Hepatic Enzyme Levels in Adults with Dyslipidemia and Impaired Fasting
    Plasma Glucose. Nutrients, 13(3), 987. DOI: 10.3390/nu13030987
  15. Paramastri R, Hsu CY, Lee HA, Lin LY, Kurniawan AL, Chao JCJ. (2021).
    Association between Dietary Pattern, Lifestyle, Anthropometric Status,
    and Anemia-Related Biomarkers among Adults: A Population-Based Study
    from 2001 to 2015. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18(7), 3438. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18073438
  16. Kurniawan AL, Hsu CY, Chao JCJ, Lin LY, Paramastri R, Lee HA, Hsieh NC,
    Wu SFV. (2021). Interactive effects of unhealthy lifestyle behaviors on
    testicular function among healthy adult men: A cross-sectional study in
    Taiwan. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(9), 4925. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18094925
  17. Kurniawan AL, Chin MY, Yang YL, Hsu CY, Paramastri R, Lee HA, Ni PY, Chao
    JCJ. (2021). Association between metabolic parameters and risks of anemia
    and electrolyte disturbances among stages 3-5 chronic kidney disease
    patients in Taiwan. BMC Nephrology, 22(1), 385. DOI: 10.1186/s12882-021-02590-w
  18. Kurniawan AL, Hsu CY, Chao JCJ, Paramastri R, Lee HA, Jallow AW. (2022).
    Association of Two Indices of Insulin Resistance Marker with Abnormal
    Liver Function Tests: A Cross-Sectional Population Study in Taiwanese
    Adults. Medicina, 58(1), 4. DOI: 10.3390/medicina58010004
  19. Purnamasari SD, Hsu CY, Chen YT, Kurniawan AL, Lee HA, Chao JCJ. (2022).
    Combined Low Plant and High Animal Dietary Pattern Is Associated with
    a Lower Risk of Anemia among Dyslipidemic Adult Women in Taiwan: A
    Retrospective Study from 2001 to 2015. Int J Environ Res Public Health,
    19(10), 6231. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19106231

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