Personal profile
Biography
14-10-2019
During my PhD, I studied the potential of the use of nationwide registers for cardiovascular disease (CVD) research on incidence and prognosis of CVD in terms of morbidity and mortality. After obtaining my PhD degree, I continued working with registry data and stayed at Liverpool University for an academic visit. I advised researchers from the Netherlands and abroad on the use of registry data.
I am collaborating with researchers in various disciplines and completing studies with publications in Cardiovascular, Neurology, Environmental health and Public Health domain. I am project leader of the Global Geo Health Data Center and involved in the Exposome hub of the UU. I am president of the Utrecht Health Project and I am coordinating SUrvey of Risk Factors (SURF-CHD), an international audit on secondary prevention in CHD patients that is supported by ESC.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Life course socioeconomic trajectories and chronic disease risk in later life among 30,055 older adults across 27 European countries (the SHARE study)
Abreu, T. C., Beulens, J. W. J., Vaartjes, I. & Mackenbach, J. D., 26 Jan 2026, In: BMC Medicine. 24, 1, 46.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Longitudinal air pollution exposure patterns by neighbourhood-level socioeconomic position and urbanicity
Hlubek, N., Koop, Y., Wagtendonk, A. & Vaartjes, I., 1 Mar 2026, In: Health & place. 98, 103633.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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2024 Revision of the level of evidence grading system for ESC clinical practice guideline recommendations I: therapy and prevention
Jüni, P., Antoniou, S., Arbelo, E., Buccheri, S., Cikes, M., da Costa, B. R., Fauchier, L., Gale, C. P., Halvorsen, S., James, S., Koskinas, K. C., Kotecha, D., Landmesser, U., Lewis, B. S., Løchen, M.-L., Nielsen, J. C., Rosselló, X., Vaartjes, I., Prescott, E. B. & Baigent, C., 21 May 2025, In: European heart journal. 46, 20, p. 1885-1894 10 p., ehaf009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Air pollution exposure and incidence of cardiometabolic diseases: Exploring the modifying role of dietary antioxidant intake in adults
Mishra, S., Vaartjes, I., van der Schouw, Y. T., Bijnens, E. M., Boer, J. M. A., Downward, G. S., Vermeulen, R. C. H., Verschuren, W. M. M., Nawrot, T. S. & Timmermans, E. J., May 2025, In: Health & place. 93, 9 p., 103453.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Air pollution exposure disparities among ethnic groups in high-income countries: A scoping review
Mustansar, T., van den Brekel, L., Timmermans, E. J., Agyemang, C. & Vaartjes, I., 15 Feb 2025, In: Environmental Research. 267, 120647.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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