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Yvonne van der Schouw obtained an MSc degree in Human Nutrition at Wageningen University and a PhD in Epidemiology at Nijmegen University, and is an SMBWO-registered Investigator in Epidemiology as well as Nutritional Sciences. In 2008 she was appointed as Professor of Chronic Disease Epidemiology at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care of the University Medical Center Utrecht. In 2001-2002 she was a visiting associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. From 2008-2019 she was director of the Julius Center research program on Cardiovascular Epidemiology. From October 2019 to October 2021, she was Quartermaster Prevention for the UMCU strategic research program Circulatory Health and the Julius Center.

Her main research program focus is the role of diet and nutrition in prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic diseases. She also participates in research unravelling the role of (female) reproductive risk factors in occurrence and progression of cardiovascular disease.

Side activities

- Member of College voor Toetsing en Beoordeling van de Vereniging voor Epidemiologie (van 01/07/2022 tot 30/06/2025).

- Board member of SMBWO, the Foundation for Biomedical Scientific Research Training (01/01/2018 - 01/07/2024).

- Editor of Maturitas, journal of European Menopause and Andropause Society (From 01/01/2007 tot 31/12/2021)

Fellowship & awards

2000: appointment as Associate Professor through the Aspasia Program, NWO, for the promotion of female assistant professors to associate professor

External positions

Registratieaanvragen van leden tot Epidemioloog A of B beoordelen - Als docent en MSc Epi ProgrCielid betrokken bij opleiding tot Epi A/B - Vereniging voor Epidemiologie, P/A LUMC Afd Klin Epi

1 Jul 202230 Jun 2025

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