Prof. Petra J.M. Elders, MD PhD

professor

Prof. Dr. Elders is a senior Academic GP and works two days a week in the family practice she founded in the vicinity of the VUmc.  She leads the research group together  with Joline Beulens since 2014.  After…

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Prof. ir. Joline WJ Beulens, PhD

professor

Joline Beulens is Professor of Epidemiology at the department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics of VU Medical Center, where she leads the group on 'Lifestyle and Chronic Disease Epidemiology'.

Joline obtained her Master in Human Nutrition (2001; cum laude) and PhD in Human Nutrition…

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prof. Giel Nijpels, PhD, MD

professor

Giel Nijpels (1949, Alkmaar, the Netherlands) studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam and specialised as a general practitioner. In 1976 he started a Health Center in Hoorn (a town about 50 km above Amsterdam), where he worked…

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Mirthe Muilwijk, PhD

post-doc

Mirthe Muilwijk is postdoctoral researcher at the department of Epidemiology & Data Science of Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc. She is registered epidemiologist and her main interest lies in the effect of environmental exposures, including dietary intake, on type 2 diabetes.…

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Leen M. 't Hart, PhD

researcher

Leen ‘t Hart was born on June 26, 1967 in ‘s-Gravenzande, the Netherlands. After finishing his study in biotechnology (1991), he started his academic career at Leiden University working on a project regarding plant genetics. In 1993 he…

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Joreintje Mackenbach, PhD

assistant professor

Joreintje Mackenbach is an assistant professor at the department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the Amsterdam UMC – Vumc. She is a registered epidemiologist and her research focuses on the prevention of obesity and lifestyle-related chronic diseases by changing the…

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Jeroen Lakerveld, PhD

researcher

Jeroen leads a small but ambitious centre of expertise on environmental determinants of physical activity, dietary behaviours and chronic disease risk in adults: 'the Upstream Team'. 

In various European and National projects his focus of research is on the individual and environmental determinants of lifestyle behaviours and…

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Femke Rutters, PhD

assistant professor

Femke Rutters is an assistant professor at the department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics of VU University Medical Center, where she leads the research line on ‘the role of stress, sleep and social jetlag in the development and progression…

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