Julius Centrum promovendus

20 YEARS 

JULIUS CENTER 

WHAT HAS BECOME OF OUR PHD STUDENTS 

UMC Utrecht 

Julius Center

Preface 

This is a unique initiative on 

the occasion of the 20 years 

anniversary of the Julius 

Center. All PhD students who 

defended their thesis between 

December 1, 1996 and 

December 31, 2016 with a (co) 

promotor appointed at the 

Julius Center were invited to 

join this PhD cohort and to 

share with us their current 

whereabouts. Unfortunately 

we were not able to retrieve 

any information of 10 out of 

538 PhD students (< 2%). A 

recent photo was sent to us by 

67% of all PhD students. This 

overview not only shows the 

enormous scientific output of 

the Julius Center, but also your 

brilliant and diverse careers. 

Taken together, they cover all 

disciplines in health care, from 

psychiatry, general practice to 

radiology and internal medicine. 

But you are also active in 

health research, teaching, 

consultancy or in pharmaceutical 

industry. 

We are proud on your achievements 

and hope not to be too 

conceited if we hold the Julius 

Center responsible for this 

result. For many of you the first 

career steps started here and 

your thesis defense acted as a 

flywheel. This was reciprocal: 

with each defense the Julius 

center increased her expertise 

and knowledge and grew to 

the well known and famous 

center it nowadays is. When we 

started this initiative we called 

it the brain drain of the Julius 

Center. No doubt, intelligent 

brains have left the center! But 

you also scientifically fed the 

remaining staff and thus are 

responsible for its current 

success. We owe you. 

We enjoyed reading your 

current positions and studying 

your pictures. So many ‘aha’ 

and ‘oh yes’ experiences, so 

little ‘oh no’. 

We do hope this initiative does 

not end here. In 5 years there is 

another milestone of the Julius 

Center. If you know colleagues 

currently missing or if data are 

not correct help us to improve 

the famous Julius PhD cohort. 

We all know the definition of a 

cohort: once in you can never 

get out! 

For now: enjoy. 

Petra Peeters 

Yolanda van der Graaf

Index 

Preface 3 

Class of 1996 - 2001 7 

Class of 2002 27 





Class of 2007 111 

Class of 2008 121 

Class of 2009 145 

Class of 2010 163 

Class of 2011 183 

Class of 2012 205 

Class of 2013 229 

Class of 2014 249 

Class of 2015 275 

Class of 2016 303

Class of 1996 - 2001

8 20 years Julius Center; 1996-2016

1996 

Name 

Margreet Pols 

PhD defense December 17th, 1996 

PhD team Grobbee, Peeters 

Speciality Senior advisor (quality management) 

Position Deputy Director 

Department Knowledge Institute of Medical Specialists 

(Kennisinstituut van Medisch Specialisten) 

Location Dutch Federation Medical Specialists 

City 

Utrecht 

Country The Netherlands 

Quote 

“Treat others the same way you want them to treat 

you” 

MAIN PAPER 

Pols MA, Peeters PH, Twisk JW, Kemper HC, Grobbee DE. Physical 

activity and cardiovascular disease risk profile in women. Am J 

Epidemiol. 1997 Aug 15;146(4):322-8. PubMed PMID: 9270411. 

1997 

Name 

Marjon Kallewaard 

PhD defense October 31st, 1997 

PhD team Grobbee, van der Graaf 

Speciality Quality in Health Indicators 

Position Director of Quality 

Department Council of Quality 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote “...” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Gorp MJ, Steyerberg EW, Kallewaard M, van der Graaf Y. Clinical 

prediction rule for 30-day mortality in Björk-Shiley convexoconcave 

valve replacement. J Clin Epidemiol. 2003 Oct;56(10): 

1006-12. PubMed PMID: 14568633. 

20 years Julius Center; 1996-2016 9

1997 

Name 

Mike Liem 

PhD defense June 6th, 1997 

PhD team van Vroonhoven, van der Graaf 

Speciality Hepato-Pancreato-Biliairy Surgery, 

Colorectal and Laparoscopic surgery 

Position Surgeon 

Department Surgery 

Location Medisch Spectrum Twente 

City 

Enschede 



MAIN PAPER 

Liem MS, van der Graaf Y, van Steensel CJ, Boelhouwer RU, Clevers 

GJ, Meijer WS, et al. Comparison of conventional anterior surgery 

and laparoscopic surgery for inguinal-hernia repair. N Engl J Med. 

1997 May 29;336(22):1541-7. PubMed PMID: 9164809. 

1997 

Name 

Eric Tetteroo 

PhD defense May 20th, 1997 

PhD team Mali, van der Graaf, Hunink 

Speciality Radiology 

Position Radiologist 

Department Radiology 

Location Amphia Hospital 

City 

Breda 



MAIN PAPER 

Tetteroo E, van der Graaf Y, Bosch JL, van Engelen AD, Hunink MG, 

Eikelboom BC, Mali WP. Randomised comparison of primary stent 

placement versus primary angioplasty followed by selective stent 

placement in patients with iliac-artery occlusive disease. Dutch Iliac 

Stent Trial Study Group. Lancet. 1998 Apr 18;351(9110):1153-9. 

PubMed PMID: 9643685. 


1998 

Name 

Jan Assink 

PhD defense February 18th, 1998 

PhD team Grobbee, Bilo 

Speciality Internal Medicine & Diabetology 

Position Internist 

Department Internal Medicine 

Location Maasstad Hospital 

City 

Rotterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Hart HE, Bilo HJ, Redekop WK, Stolk RP, Assink JH, Meyboom-de 

Jong B. Quality of life of patients with type I diabetes mellitus. Qual 

Life Res. 2003 Dec;12(8):1089-97. PubMed PMID: 14651426. 

1998 

Name 

Tanneke Gerritsen 

PhD defense January 27th, 1998 

PhD team Grobbee, Bak 

Speciality General Practice 

Position General Practitioner 

Department 

Location Puttershoek Medical Center 

City 

Puttershoek 



MAIN PAPER 

Gerritsen TA, Bak AA, Stolk RP, Jonker JJ, Grobbee DE. Effects of 

nitrendipine and enalapril on left ventricular mass in patients with 

non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and hypertension. 

J Hypertens. 1998 May;16(5):689-96. PubMed PMID: 9797181. 


1998 

Name 

Alexander Montauban van Swijndregt 

PhD defense April 28th, 1998 

PhD team Mali, van der Graaf, Ackerstaff 


Position Intervention Radiologist 


Location Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis 

City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Zijta FM, Florie J, Jensch S, Bipat S, Nievelstein RA, Poulus M, 

et al. Diagnostic performance of radiographers as compared to 

radiologists in magnetic resonance colonography. Eur J Radiol. 

2010 Aug;75(2):e12-7. PubMed PMID: 19926419. 

1999 

Name 

Jan Willem Gorter 

PhD defense November 16th, 1999 

PhD team van Gijn, Algra 

Speciality Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 

Position Professor, Scotiabank Chair in Child Health 

Research, Director CanChild 

Department Pediatrics & School of Rehabilitation Science 

Location McMaster University 

City 

Hamilton, Ontario 

Country Canada 

Quote 

“Treating complex conditions requires us to work 

together – it’s a big puzzle and no one has all of 

the pieces. We need to work in partnership, and 

that includes patients and families” 

MAIN PAPER 

The Stroke Prevention in Reversible Ischemia Trial (SPIRIT) Study 

Group. A randomized trial of anticoagulants versus aspirin after 

cerebral ischemia of presumed arterial origin. Ann Neurol 

1997;42:857-65. PubMed PMID: 9403477 


1999 

Name 

Nicoline van den Broek 


PhD team Verheij, Smout, Numans, Buskens 


Position Vice director Bachelor and Master Education 

Medical Students 

Department General Practice 

Location University Medical Center Groningen 

City 

Groningen 


Quote 

“Onder druk wordt alles vloeibaar” 

MAIN PAPER 

Lewin van den Broek NT, Numans ME, Buskens E, Verheij TJ, de Wit 

NJ, Smout AJ. A randomised controlled trial of four management 

strategies for dyspepsia: relationships between symptom 

subgroups and strategy outcome. Br J Gen Pract. 2001 

Aug;51(469):619-24. PubMed PMID: 11510389; 

1999 

Name 

Otto Quartero 


PhD team de Melker, de Wit 



Department 

Location Own General Practice 

City 

Diepeveen 



MAIN PAPER 

Quartero AO, Burger H, Donker M, de Wit NJ. Exercise therapy for 

stress-related mental disorder, a randomised controlled trial in 

primary care. BMC Fam Pract. 2011 Jul 26;12:76. PubMed PMID: 

21791041; 


1999 

Name 

Mark Roest 


PhD team Grobbee, Sixma, van der Schouw,Banga 

Speciality Epidemiology of Biomarkers 

Position Head Clinical Laboratory 

Department 

Location Synapse Research Institute 

City 

Maastricht 


Quote 

“Onderzoek moet leuk zijn” 

MAIN PAPER 

Roest M, Banga JD, Grobbee DE, de Groot PG, Sixma JJ, Tempelman 

MJ, van der Schouw YT. Homozygosity for 807 T polymorphism in 

alpha(2) subunit of platelet alpha(2)beta(1) is associated with 

increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in high-risk women. 

Circulation. 2000 Oct 3;102(14):1645-50. PubMed PMID: 11015342. 

1999 

Name 

Petra Simons 


PhD team Grobbee, van der Graaf, Algra 




Location VieCuri Medical Center 

City 

Venlo 



MAIN PAPER 

Lips LM, Cremers PT, Pickhardt PJ, Cremers SE, Janssen-Heijnen ML, 

de Witte MT, Simons PC. Sigmoid cancer versus chronic diverticular 

disease: differentiating features at CT colonography. Radiology. 

2015 Apr;275(1):127-35. PubMed PMID: 25426771. 


1999 

Name 

Mirjam de Valk 


PhD team Schrijvers, Cools 

Speciality Business Management 

Position Senior Consultant 

Department Zorg Innovation Forum 

Location 

City 

Groningen 



MAIN PAPER 

De Valk MM, Oostrom C, Schrijvers AJ. An assessment of occupational 

health care in the Netherlands (1996-2005). Occup Med (Lond). 

2006 Oct;56(7):475-9.PubMed PMID: 16896055. 

1999 

Name 

Sjoerd Zwart 


PhD team de Melker, Rietveld, Sachs 



Department 

Location Berent Avercamp Health Care Center 

City 

Kampen 


Quote 

“Patients ask for prognosis, not for penicillin“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Zwart S, Sachs AP, Ruijs GJ, Gubbels JW, Hoes AW, de Melker RA. 

Penicillin for acute sore throat: randomised double blind trial of 

seven days versus three days treatment or placebo in adults. BMJ. 

2000 Jan 15;320(7228):150-4. PubMed PMID: 10634735 


2000 

Name 

Irma van den Arend 


PhD team Schrijvers, Rutten, Stolk 

Speciality Health Economics, Pricing and Reimbursement 

Position Lead Market Access Oncology Western Europe & 

Canada 

Department 

Location AbbVie Pharmaceuticals 

City 

Paris 

Country France 


MAIN PAPER 

van den Arend IJ, Stolk RP, Rutten GE, Schrijvers GJ. Education 

integrated into structured general practice care for Type 2 diabetic 

patients results in sustained improvement of disease knowledge and 

self-care. Diabet Med. 2000 Mar;17(3):190-7. PubMed PMID: 10784222. 

2000 

Name 

Roger Damoiseaux 


PhD team de Melker, van Balen 


Position General Practitioner, Professor, Chair of 

department 

Department General Practice , Julius Center for Health Sciences 

and Primary Care 

Location University Medical Center Utrecht 

City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Damoiseaux RA, van Balen FA, Hoes AW, Verheij TJ, de Melker RA. 

Primary care based randomised, double blind trial of amoxicillin 

versus placebo for acute otitis media in children aged under 2 

years. BMJ. 2000 Feb 5;320(7231):350-4.PubMed PMID: 10657332. 


2000 

Name 

Otto Elgersma 

PhD defense October 10th, 2000 

PhD team Eikelboom, Mali, van der Graaf 




Location Albert Schweitzer Hospital 

City 

Dordrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Elgersma OE, Wüst AF, Buijs PC, van Der Graaf Y, Eikelboom BC, Mali 

WP. Multidirectional depiction of internal carotid arterial stenosis: 

three-dimensional time-of-flight MR angiography versus rotational 

and conventional digital subtraction angiography. Radiology. 2000 

Aug;216(2):511-6. PubMed PMID: 10924579. 

2000 

Name 

Johan Feenstra 

PhD defense September 13th, 2000 

PhD team Grobbee, Stricker 



Department 

Location General Practice Stad and Ambt 

City 

Sint Jansklooster 



MAIN PAPER 

Feenstra J, Grobbee DE, Remme WJ, Stricker BH. Drug-induced 

heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999 Apr;33(5):1152-62. PubMed 

PMID: 10193711. 


2000 

Name 

Suzanne Geerlings 


PhD team Hoepelman, Gaastra, Stolk 

Speciality Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease 

Position Professor of Internal Medicine, with emphasis on 

Quality of Care 

Department Internal Medicine & Infectious Disease 

Location University of Amsterdam & Academic Medical 

Center Amsterdam 

City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

van Daalen FV, Prins JM, Opmeer BC, Boermeester MA, Visser CE, 

van Hest RM,et al. Effect of an antibiotic checklist on length of 

hospital stay and appropriate antibiotic use in adult patients 

treated with intravenous antibiotics: a stepped wedge cluster 

randomized trial. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2017 Jan 31. pii: S1198- 

743X(17)30072-1. PubMed PMID: 28159671. 

2000 

Name 

Miriam de Kleijn 


PhD team Grobbee, van der Schouw 



Department 

Location Health Care Center Diemen 

City 

Diemen 



MAIN PAPER 

de Kleijn MJ, van der Schouw YT, Wilson PW, Adlercreutz H, Mazur 

W, Grobbee DE, Jacques PF. Intake of dietary phytoestrogens is low 

in postmenopausal women in the United States: the Framingham 

study(1-4). J Nutr. 2001 Jun;131(6):1826-32. PubMed PMID: 

11385074. 


2000 

Name 

Myrthe Kok 


PhD team Grobbee, van der Tweel, Boon 

Speciality Radiotherapy 

Position Deceased October 30th, 2009 

Department Radiotherapy 

Location VU University Medical Center Amsterdam 

City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Kok MR, Boon ME, Schreiner-Kok PG, Hermans J, Grobbee DE, Kok 

LP. Less medical intervention after sharp demarcation of Grade 1-2 

cervical intraepithelial neoplasia smears by neural network screening. 

Cancer. 2001 Jun 25;93(3):173-8. PubMed PMID: 11391604. 

2000 

Name 

Suzan Niemeijer-Kanters 


PhD team Erkelens, Banga, Algra 

Speciality Vascular Medicine 

Position Internist-Vascular Medicine 


Location Antonius Hospital 

City 

Sneek 


Quote 

“Life is what you make it” 

MAIN PAPER 

Niemeijer-Kanters SD, Dallinga-Thie GM, de Ruijter-Heijstek FC, 

Algra A, Erkelens DW, Banga JD, Jansen H. Effect of intensive 

lipid-lowering strategy on low-density lipoprotein particle size in 

patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Atherosclerosis. 2001 

May;156(1):209-16. 


2000 

Name 

Marco Tangelder 


PhD team Eikelboom, Algra, Lawson 

Speciality Clinical development lead gene therapy for 

hemophilia B 

Position Senior Medical Director UniQure & Panta Rei 

Cardiovascular R&D Consultancy 

Department 

Location UniQure 

City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Dutch Bypass Oral anticoagulants or Aspirin (BOA) Study Group. 

Efficacy of oral anticoagulants compared with aspirin after infrainguinal 

bypass surgery (The Dutch Bypass Oral Anticoagulants or 

Aspirin Study): a randomised trial. Lancet 2000;355:346-51. Writing 

committee: Tangelder MJD, Algra A, Lawson JA, Eikelboom BC. 

PubMed PMID: 10665553 

2000 

Name 

Lenny Verkooijen 


PhD team Van Vroonhoven, Mali, Peeters, Borel Rinkes 

Speciality Clinical Epidemiology of Cancer 

Position Professor 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy 

making other plans“ - John Lennon 

MAIN PAPER 

Verkooijen HM; Core Biopsy After Radiological Localisation (COBRA) 

Study Group. Diagnostic accuracy of stereotactic large-core needle 

biopsy for nonpalpable breast disease: results of a multicenter 

prospective study with 95% surgical confirmation. Int J Cancer. 

2002 Jun 20;99(6):853-9. PubMed PMID: 12115488. 


2000 

Name 

Gerdien Weert – van Oene 


PhD team Schrijvers, Schippers, de Jong 

Speciality Clinical Psychology with emphasis on Addition 

Position Senior Researcher 

Department Victas, Center for Addiction Treatment & Nijmegen 

Institute for Scientist-Practitioners in Addiction 

NISPA 

Location Utrecht & Radboud University Medical Center 

City 

Nijmegen 



MAIN PAPER 

De Weert-Van Oene GH, Markus W, Kissane DW, De Jong CA. 

Demoralization in patients with substance use and co-occurring 

psychiatric disorders. J Dual Diagn. 2017 Jan 27:0. PubMed PMID: 

28129100. 

2001 

Name 

Kathelijn Fischer 


PhD team Grobbee, van den Berg, van der Bom 

Speciality Epidemiology of coagulation disorders, especially 

haemophilia 

Position Epidemiologist, Pediatrician-haematologist 

Department Internal Medicine, van Creveldt Clinic 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Fischer K, Pinho Dos Reis V, Balkema-Buschmann A. Bat Astroviruses: 

Towards Understanding the Transmission Dynamics of a 

Neglected Virus Family. Viruses. 2017 Feb 21;9(2). pii: E34. PubMed 

PMID: 28230787. 


2001 

Name 

Kees Gorter 


PhD team de Melker, Kuyvenhoven 



Department General Practice , Julius Center for Health Sciences 



City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Gorter KJ, Tuytel GJ, de Leeuw RR, Bensing JM, Rutten GE. Opinions 

of patients with type 2 diabetes about responsibility, setting targets 

and willingness to take medication. A cross-sectional survey. 

Patient Educ Couns. 2011 Jul;84(1):56-61. PubMed PMID: 20655164 

2001 

Name 

Jeanet Kemmeren 

PhD defense June 1st, 2001 

PhD team Grobbee, Algra 

Speciality Epidemiology 

Position Senior Epidemiologist 

Department Centre for Infectious Disease Control 

Location National Institute for Public Health and the 

Environment (RIVM) 

City 

Bilthoven 


Quote 

“Logica brengt je van A naar B. Verbeelding brengt 

je overal” - A. Einstein 

MAIN PAPER 

Kemmeren J, Honsbeek M, Dijkstra F, de Lange M, van der Maas N, 

Smallenburg R,Koppeschaar C, van der Hoek W. Comparison of 

different collection methods for reported adverse events following 

pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccination. Vaccine. 2016 Jul 

25;34(34):3961-6. PubMed PMID: 27349839. 


2001 

Name 

Eelko Hak 


PhD team Hoes, Verheij 

Speciality Pharmacoepidemiology 

Position Professor of Clinical Pharmacoepidemiology 

Department Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences & 

Department of Epidemiology 

Location University of Groningen & University Medical 

Center Groningen 

City 

Groningen 



MAIN PAPER 

Darvishian M, van den Heuvel ER, Bissielo A, Castilla J, Cohen C, 

Englund H,et al. Effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccination in 

community-dwelling elderly people: an individual participant data 

meta-analysis of test-negative design case-control studies. Lancet 

Respir Med. 2017 Mar;5(3):200-211. PubMed PMID: 28189522. 

2001 

Name 

Barbara van der Linden 


PhD team Schrijvers, Spreeuwenberg 

Speciality Implementation of research 

Position Staff member implementation at ZonMw 

Department Institute of Social Medicine 

Location The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research 

and Development (ZonMw) 

City 

The Hague 


Quote 

”Yes we can” 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Linden BA, Spreeuwenberg C, Schrijvers AJ. Integration of 

care in The Netherlands: the development of transmural care since 

1994. Health Policy. 2001 Feb;55(2):111-20. PubMed PMID: 

11163650. 


2001 

Name 

Evert Meijer 

PhD defense November 21st, 2001 

PhD team Grobbee, Brunekreef, Heederik 

Speciality Environmental Health Epidemiology 

Position We were inable to obtain information through 

internet and/or personal contact 

Department 

Location 

City 

Country 

Quote 

MAIN PAPER 

Suarthana E, Vergouwe Y, Moons KG, de Monchy J, Grobbee D, 

Heederik D, Meijer E. A diagnostic model for the detection of 

sensitization to wheat allergens was developed and validated in 

bakery workers. J Clin Epidemiol. 2010 Sep;63(9):1011-9. PubMed 

PMID: 20189762. 

2001 

Name 

Rianne Oostenbrink 


PhD team Grobbee, Büller, Moll 

Speciality Pediatric Medicine 

Position Associate Professor of Pediatrics 

Department General Pediatrics 

Location Erasmus Medical Center 

City 

Rotterdam 


Quote 

“To finish first, one first got to finish” - van Ron 

Dennis, F1 McLaren team 

MAIN PAPER 

Oostenbrink R, Oostenbrink JB, Moons KG, Derksen-Lubsen G, 

Grobbee DE, Redekop WK, Moll HA. Application of a diagnostic 

decision rule in children with meningeal signs: a cost-minimization 

study. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2003 Fall;19(4):698-704. 



2001 

Name 

Sanne Veltkamp 


PhD team Van der Werken, van der Graaf 

Speciality Surgery 



Location Amstelland Hospital 

City 

Amstelveen 


Quote “Count your blessings… “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Veltkamp SC, Kemmeren JM, van der Graaf Y, Edlinger M, van der 

Werken C. Prediction of serious complications in patients admitted 

to a surgical ward. Br J Surg. 2002 Jan;89(1):94-102. PubMed PMID: 

11851672. 

2001 

Name 

Marjolein van Vliet 


PhD team Grypdonck, Winnubst, Zuuren 

Speciality Nursing Sciences 

Position Expert on quality, effectivenss and safety of care 

Department 

Location Vilans: Center for Expertise for Long Term Care 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Nursing Science investigates how vulnerable 

patients and their relatives can deal with invasive 

medical procedures and demanding diseases” 

MAIN PAPER 

Van Achterberg T, Holleman G, Van de Ven M, Grypdonck MH, Eliëns 

A, van Vliet M. Promoting evidence-based practice: the roles and 

activities of professional nurses’ associations. J Adv Nurs. 2006 

Mar;53(5):605-12. PubMed PMID: 16499681. 


Class of 2002

2002 

Name 

Sacha Bleeker 


PhD team De Groot, Grobbee, Moll, Moons 

Speciality Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 

Position Physician Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 

Department 

Location Rijnlands Revalidatie Center 

City 

Leiden 


Quote 

“Externe validatie van een diagnostische 

beslisregel die gebaseerd is op een relatief kleine 

dataset is ondanks interne validiteit essentieel 

vóór implementatie in de klinische praktijk” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bleeker SE, Moll HA, Steyerberg EW, Donders AR, Derksen-Lubsen G, 

Grobbee DE, Moons KG. External validation is necessary in 

prediction research: a clinical example. J Clin Epidemiol. 2003 

Sep;56(9):826-32. PubMed PMID: 14505766. 

2002 

Name 

Daisy Bloemenkamp 

PhD defense May 31st, 2002 

PhD team Van der Graaf, Mali, Visseren 




Location Meander Medical Center 

City 

Amersfoort 



MAIN PAPER 

Bloemenkamp DG, Mali WP, Tanis BC, Rosendaal FR, van den Bosch 

MA, Kemmeren JM, et al. Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter 

pylori and cytomegalovirus infections and the risk of peripheral 

arterial disease in young women. Atherosclerosis. 2002 

Jul;163(1):149-56. PubMed PMID: 12048133. 


2002 

Name 

Maurice van den Bosch 


PhD team Mali, van der Graaf 

Speciality Interventioal Radiology 

Position Professor & Member of the Executive Board OLVG 



City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Van Den Bosch MA, Kemmeren JM, Tanis BC, Mali WP, Helmerhorst 

FM, Rosendaal FR, Algra A, Van Der Graaf Y. The RATIO study: oral 

contraceptives and the risk of peripheral arterial disease in young 

women. J Thromb Haemost. 2003 Mar;1(3):439-44. PubMed PMID: 

12871447. 

2002 

Name 

Marcel Bouvy 

PhD defense March 18th, 2002 

PhD team Leufkens, Hoes, Heerdink 

Speciality Pharmacy 

Position Professor of Pharmaceutical Care & Pharmacist 

Department Pharmaceutical Sciences 

Location Utrecht University & Stevenshof Pharmacy 

City 

Utrecht & Leiden 



MAIN PAPER 

Notenboom K, Leufkens HG, Vromans H, Bouvy ML. Learning from 

patients: Identifying design features of medicines that cause 

medication use problems. Int J Pharm. 2017 Jan 30;517(1-2):128- 

134. PubMed PMID: 27931784. 


2002 

Name 

Derk Brouwer 


PhD team Brunekreef, Heerderik, van Hemmen 

Speciality Epidemiology of Occupational Exposures 

Position Professor, Chair in Occupational Hygiene 

Department Occupational Hygiene 

Location University of Witwatersrand 

City 

Johannesburg 

Country South Africa 


MAIN PAPER 

Van-Wendel-de-Joode B, Brouwer DH, Vermeulen R, Van Hemmen 

JJ, Heederik D,Kromhout H. DREAM: a method for semi-quantitative 

dermal exposure assessment. Ann Occup Hyg. 2003 Jan;47(1):71-87. 


2002 

Name 

Diederik van Dijk 

PhD defense October 22nd, 2002 

PhD team Kalkman, Grobbee, de Jaegere 

Speciality Intensive Care Medicine 


Department Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Van Dijk D, Jansen EW, Hijman R, Nierich AP, Diephuis JC, Moons KG, 

et al. Octopus Study Group. Cognitive outcome after off-pump and 

on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomized trial. 

JAMA. 2002 Mar 20;287(11):1405-12. PubMed PMID: 11903027. 


2002 

Name 

Karolien DIjkstra 


PhD team Visser, Verheij, Lockwood 



Department 

Location Leidsche Rijn Gezondheidscentra Terwijde 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“General Practitioner is the health coach of 

the future.” 

MAIN PAPER 

Dijkstra K, Funai EF, O’Neill L, Rebarber A, Paidas MJ, Young BK. 

Change in cervical length after cerclage as a predictor of preterm 

delivery. Obstet Gynecol. 2000 Sep;96(3):346-50. PubMed PMID: 

10960624. 

2002 

Name 

Joëlle Erkens 


PhD team Leufkens, Grobbee, Klungel, Stolk 


Position Deceased June 10th, 2011 

Department 

Location 

City 

Country 

Quote 

MAIN PAPER 

Erkens JA, Herings RM, Stolk RP, Spoelstra JA, Grobbee DE, Leufkens 

HG. Cardiovascular risk factors and diseases precede oral hypoglycaemic 

therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Clin 

Epidemiol. 2002 Apr;55(4):345-9. PubMed PMID: 11927201. 


2002 

Name 

Eveline Geubels 


PhD team Grobbee, Vandenbroucke-Grauls 

Speciality Community-based and health facility-based 

(HMIS-type) surveillance systems 

Position Thematic Group leader - Impact Evaluation 

Department 

Location Ifakara Health Institute 

City 

Ifakara 

Country Tanzania 


MAIN PAPER 

Geubbels EL, Nagelkerke NJ, Mintjes-De Groot AJ, Vandenbroucke-Grauls 

CM,Grobbee DE, De Boer AS. Reduced risk of surgical site 

infections through surveillance in a network. Int J Qual Health Care. 


2002 

Name 

Olga van der Hel 


PhD team Grobbee, Peeters, Bueno de Mesquita 

Speciality Epidemiology of Cancer 

Position Consultant 

Department 

Location Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation 

(Integraal Kankercentrum Nederland (IKNL)) 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote “Ieder grapje heeft een kern van waarheid “ 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Hel OL, Peeters PH, Hein DW, Doll MA, Grobbee DE, Kromhout 

D, Bueno de Mesquita HB. NAT2 slow acetylation and GSTM1 

null genotypes may increase postmenopausal breast cancer risk in 

long-term smoking women. Pharmacogenetics. 2003 Jul;13(7):399- 

407. PubMed PMID: 12835615. 


2002 

Name 

Susan van den Hof 


PhD team Grobbee, Conyn-van Spaendonk, de Melker 

Speciality Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases 


Department 

Location KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation. 

City 

The Hague 



MAIN PAPER 

van den Hof S, van den Kerkhof JH, ten Ham PB, van Binnendijk RS, 

Conyn-van Spaendonck MA, van Steenbergen JE. [Measles 

epidemic in the Netherlands,1999-2000]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 

2001 Dec 29;145(52):2529-33. PubMed PMID: 11793829. 

2002 

Name 

Lucienne Hoogwerf 


PhD team Grypdonck, van Dijkum 

Speciality Nursing Sciences & Management 

Position Vice Chair Board of Directors 

Department 

Location Tragel Foundation (Care for mentally disabled 

individuals) 

City 

Clinge 



MAIN PAPER 

Vallenga D, Grypdonck MH, Hoogwerf LJ, Tan FI. Action research: 

what, why and how? Acta Neurol Belg. 2009 Jun;109(2):81-90. 



2002 

Name 

Susan Jedeloo 


PhD team Schrijvers, de Witte 

Speciality Researcher & lecturer 

Position Owner at Aililio - Kunst van Eigen Kracht; Lecturer 

Department 

Location University of Appled Sciences Rotterdam 

City 

Rotterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Jedeloo S, De Witte LP, Linssen BA, Schrijvers AJ. Client satisfaction 

with service delivery of assistive technology for outdoor mobility. 

Disabil Rehabil. 2002 Jul 10;24(10):550-7. PubMed PMID: 12171645. 

2002 

Name 

Lital Keinan-Boker 


PhD team Grobbee, Peeters 


Position Ministry of Health - Deputy Director (ICDC), 

University of Haifa - Associate Professor 

of Epidemiology 

Department Israel Center for Disease Control (ICDC), 

School of Public Health (University of Haifa) 

Location Sheba Medical Center, University of Haifa 

City 

Ramat Gan, Haifa 

Country Israël 

Quote 

“Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken 

(Oscar Wilde)” 

MAIN PAPER 

Keinan-Boker L, Bueno De Mesquita HB, Kaaks R, Van Gils CH, Van 

Noord PA, Rinaldi S, et al. Circulating levels of insulin-like growth 

factor I, its binding proteins -1,-2, -3, C-peptide and risk of postmenopausal 

breast cancer. Int J Cancer. 2003 Aug 10;106(1):90-5. 



2002 

Name 

Wilton van Klei 


PhD team Knape, Grobbee, Moons, Rutten 

Speciality Anaesthesiology 

Position Professor of Anaesthesiology, and chair 

Department Anaesthesiology 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

van Waes JA, Nathoe HM, de Graaff JC, Kemperman H, de Borst GJ, 

Peelen LM, van Klei WA; Cardiac Health After Surgery (CHASE) 

Investigators. Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery and its 

association with short-term mortality. Circulation. 2013 Jun 

11;127(23):2264-71.PubMed PMID: 23667270. 

2002 

Name 

Laurens Koopman 


PhD team Neijens, Brunekreef 

Speciality Pediatric Cardiology 

Position Pediatric Cardiologist 

Department Cardiology, Children’s Hospital 


City 

Rotterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Koopman LP, van Strien RT, Kerkhof M, Wijga A, Smit HA, de Jongste 

JC, et al. Prevention and Incidence of Asthma and Mite Allergy 

(PIAMA) Study. Placebo-controlled trial of house dust miteimpermeable 

mattress covers: effect on symptoms in early 

childhood. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Aug 1;166(3):307-13. 



2002 

Name 

Gea de Meer 


PhD team Brunekreef, Postma, Heederik 


Position Advisor Environment and Health 

Department 

Location Public Health Service Leeuwarden (GGD) 

City 

Leeuwarden 



MAIN PAPER 

de Meer G, Janssen NA, Brunekreef B. Early childhood environment 

related to microbial exposure and the occurrence of atopic disease 

at school age. Allergy. 2005 May;60(5):619-25. PubMed PMID: 

15813806. 

2002 

Name 

Paul Nederkoorn 


PhD team Van der Graaf, Hunnik, Mali 

Speciality Neurology 

Position Acute stroke Neurologist 

Department Neurology 

Location Academic Medical Center - University of 

Amsterdam 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“The doctor’s assumption that health is a relative 

absence of disease is not good enough” - 

DW Winnicott 

MAIN PAPER 

Nederkoorn PJ, Mali WP, Eikelboom BC, Elgersma OE, Buskens E, 

Hunink MG, et al. Preoperative diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis: 

accuracy of noninvasive testing. Stroke. 2002 Aug;33(8):2003-8. 



2002 

Name 

Anath Oren 


PhD team Grobbee, Bots 


Position Pediatrician 

Department Pediatric Medicine 

Location Kennemer Hospital 

City 

Haarlem 



MAIN PAPER 

Oren A, Vos LE, Uiterwaal CS, Grobbee DE, Bots ML. Cardiovascular 

risk factors and increased carotid intima-media thickness in healthy 

young adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Young Adults (ARYA) 

Study. Arch Intern Med. 2003 Aug 11-25;163(15):1787-92. PubMed 

PMID: 12912713. 

2002 

Name 

Marlies Ossewaarde 


PhD team Grobbee, Bots, van der Schouw 

Speciality Geriatric Medicine 

Position Geriatrician 


Location Hospital Rivierenland 

City 

Tiel 



MAIN PAPER 

Ossewaarde ME, Bots ML, Verbeek AL, Peeters PH, van der Graaf Y, 

Grobbee DE, van der Schouw YT. Age at menopause, cause-specific 

mortality and total life expectancy. Epidemiology. 2005 



2002 

Name 

Ruud Pijnappel 


PhD team Mali, Holland, Peeters 


Position Professor of Breast Radiology 

Department Imaging department 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Pijnappel RM, Peeters PH, van den Donk M, Holland R, Hendriks JH, 

Deurloo EE, Mali WP. Diagnostic strategies in non-palpable breast 

lesions. Eur J Cancer. 2002 Mar;38(4):550-5. PubMed PMID: 

11872348. 

2002 

Name 

Henk Rosendal 


PhD team Schrijvers, van Beekum, de Witte 

Speciality Health Sciences 

Position Lecturer Community Care 

Department 

Location Hogeschool Rotterdam (Rotterdam University of 

Applied Sciences) 

City 

Rotterdam 


Quote 

“Alleen ga je sneller, maar samen kom je verder” 

- Afrikaans gezegde 

MAIN PAPER 

Rosendal H, van Beekum WT, Nijhof P, de Witte LP, Schrijvers AJ. Can 

shared care deliver better outcomes for patients undergoing total 

hip replacement? A prospective assessment of patient outcomes 

and associated service use. Int J Integr Care. 2000 Nov 1;1:e10. 



2002 

Name 

José Spoelstra 


PhD team Grobbee, Leufkens, Stolk, Klungel 

Speciality Rehabilitation Medicine 

Position Resident in Rehabilitation Medicine 

Department Rehabillitation 

Location Rehabilitation Hospital Roessingh 

City 

Enschede 



MAIN PAPER 

Spoelstra JA, Stolk RP, Klungel OH, Erkens JA, Rutten GE, Leufkens 

HG, Grobbee DE. Initiation of glucose-lowering therapy in Type 2 

diabetes mellitus patients in general practice. Diabet Med. 2004 


2002 

Name 

Rob van Strien 

PhD defense January 29th 2002 

PhD team Brunekreef 


Position Environmental Health Specialist 

Department Environmental Health 

Location Public Health Service Amsterdam (GGD) 

City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Dijkema MB, van Strien RT, van der Zee SC, Mallant SF, Fischer P, 

Hoek G, et al. Spatial variation in nitrogen dioxide concentrations 

and cardiopulmonary hospital admissions. Environ Res. 2016 

Nov;151:721-727. PubMed PMID: 27644030 


2002 

Name 

Francine van Venrooij 

PhD defense March 1st, 2002 

PhD team Erkelens, Stolk, Banga 

Speciality Internal Medicine 




City 

Dordrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

van Venrooij FV, van de Ree MA, Bots ML, Stolk RP, Huisman MV, 

Banga JD; DALI Study Group. Aggressive lipid lowering does not 

improve endothelial function in type 2 diabetes: the Diabetes 

Atorvastatin Lipid Intervention (DALI) Study: a randomized, doubleblind, 

placebo-controlled trial. Diabetes Care. 2002 Jul;25(7):1211-6. 


2002 

Name 

Catherine Weijnen 


PhD team Verheij, Hoes, de Wit, Numans 

Speciality Clinical Epidemiology 

Position Associate Director Primary Care Research Julius 

Clinical & Assistant professor 

Department 

Location Julius Clinical Research and clinical epidemiology, 

Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary 

Ccare 

City 

Zeist & Utrecht 


Quote 

“In een maatschappij zonder wachten krijgen 

gedachten geen kans” 

MAIN PAPER 

Weijnen CF, Numans ME, de Wit NJ, Smout AJ, Moons KG, Verheij TJ, 

Hoes AW. Testing for Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients 

suspected of peptic ulcer disease in primary care: cross sectional 

study. BMJ. 2001 Jul 14;323(7304):71-5. PubMed PMID: 11451780. 


Class of 2003

2003 

Name 

Kristel van Asselt 


PhD team Grobbee, Peeters, van der Schouw 


Position General Practitioner & lecturer and Senior 

Researcher 

Department General Practice 

Location Own General Practice & Academic Medical Center 

– University of Amsterdam 

City 

Kockengen & Amsterdam 


Quote 

“The best way to predict future is to create it“ 

- A.Lincoln 

MAIN PAPER 

van Asselt KM, Kok HS, Putter H, Wijmenga C, Peeters PH, van der 

Schouw YT,et al. Linkage analysis of extremely discordant and 

concordant sibling pairs identifies quantitative trait loci influencing 

variation in human menopausal age. Am J Hum Genet. 2004 

Mar;74(3):444-53. PubMed PMID: 14872408 

2003 

Name 

Carole Brouwer 


PhD team Grobbee, Maillé, Sanders, Schilder 

Speciality Pediatric Intensive Care 

Position Pediatric Intensivist 

Department 

Location Leiden University Medical Center 

City 

Leiden 



MAIN PAPER 

Brouwer CN, Maillé AR, Rovers MM, Veenhoven RH, Grobbee DE, 

Sanders EA, Schilder AG. Effect of pneumococcal vaccination on 

quality of life in children with recurrent acute otitis media: a randomized, 

controlled trial. Pediatrics. 2005 Feb;115(2):273-9. PubMed 

PMID: 15687432. 


2003 

Name 

Sjoerd Elias 


PhD team Grobbee, Peeters, van Noord 


Position Postdoctoral Researcher 

Department Clincial Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health 

Sciences and Primary Care 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom“ - Socrate 

MAIN PAPER 

Elias SG, Peeters PH, Grobbee DE, van Noord PA. Breast cancer risk 

after caloric restriction during the 1944-1945 Dutch famine. J Natl 

Cancer Inst. 2004 Apr 7;96(7):539-46. PubMed PMID: 15069116. 

2003 

Name 

Maarten van Gorp 


PhD team Van der Graaf, Mali, Bakker 



Department Radiology and Nuclear Medince 

Location Rijnstate Hospital 

City 

Arnhem 



MAIN PAPER 

van Gorp MJ, Steyerberg EW, Van der Graaf Y. Decision guidelines 

for prophylactic replacement of Björk-Shiley convexo-concave 

heart valves: impact on clinical practice. Circulation. 2004 May 

4;109(17):2092-6. PubMed PMID: 15078796. 


2003 

Name 

Thóra Hafsteinsdottir 


PhD team Grypdonck, Kappelle, Algra 


Position Senior Researcher & Professor of Nursing 

Department Nursing Science, Julius Center for Health Sciences 

and Primary Care & Faculty of Nursing 

Location University Medical Center Utrecht Utrecht & 

University of Iceland 

City 

Utrecht & Reykjavik 

Country The Netherlands & Iceland 

Quote 

“always walk on the bright side of life” 

MAIN PAPER 

Hafsteinsdóttir TB, Algra A, Kappelle LJ, Grypdonck MH; Dutch NDT 

Study Group. Neurodevelopmental treatment after stroke: a 

comparative study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2005 

Jun;76(6):788-92. PubMed PMID: 15897499. 

2003 

Name 

Lidewij Hoorntje 


PhD team Borel Rinkes, Mali, Peeters 

Speciality Plastic Surgery 

Position Plastic Reconstructive & Hand Surgeon 

Department Plastic Surgery 

Location Martini Hospital 

City 

Groningen 



MAIN PAPER 

Hoorntje LE, Peeters PH, Mali WP, Borel Rinkes IH. Is stereotactic 

large-core needle biopsy beneficial prior to surgical treatment in 

BI-RADS 5 lesions? Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2004 Jul;86(2):165-70. 



2003 

Name 

Frederike Jörg 


PhD team Schrijvers, Hox, Boeije 

Speciality Psychiatry 


Department University Center Psychiatry 


City 

Groningen 


Quote 

“No health without mental health” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bruins J, Pijnenborg GH, van den Heuvel ER, Visser E, Corpeleijn E, 

Bartels-Velthuis AA, Bruggeman R, Jörg F. Persistent Low Rates of 

Treatment of Metabolic Risk Factors in People With Psychotic 

Disorders: A PHAMOUS Study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2017 Apr 11. 

doi: 10.4088/JCP.16m10831. [Epub ahead of print] 

2003 

Name 

Willemijn Klein 


PhD team Mali, van der Graaf 


Position Pediatric and forensic radiologist 

Department Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 

Location Radboud University Medical Center & Maastricht 

University Medical Center 

City 

Nijmegen & Maastricht 


Quote 

“Hebben is hebben; krijgen is de kunst“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Klein WM, van der Graaf Y, Seegers J, Moll FL, Mali WP. Long-term 

cardiovascular morbidity, mortality, and reintervention after 

endovascular treatment in patients with iliac artery disease: The 

Dutch Iliac Stent Trial Study. Radiology. 2004 Aug;232(2):491-8. 



2003 

Name 

Helen Kok 


PhD team Grobbee, Peeters, van der Schouw, Te Velde 

Speciality Gynaecology 

Position Gynaecologist 

Department Obstetrics and Gynaecology 

Location Alrijne Hospital Leiden & Geboortehuis Leiden 


City 

Leiden 



MAIN PAPER 

Kok HS, van Asselt KM, van der Schouw YT, van der Tweel I, Peeters 

PH, Wilson PW, et al. Heart disease risk determines menopausal age 

rather than the reverse. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 May 16;47(10):1976- 

83. PubMed PMID: 16697313. 

2003 

Name 

Linda Kok 



Speciality 

Position Advisor 

Department 

Location Dutch Institute for Rational Use of Medicine 

(Instituut voor Verantwoord Medicijngebruik) 

City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Kok L, Kreijkamp-Kaspers S, Grobbee DE, Lampe JW, van der 

Schouw YT. Soy isoflavones, body composition, and physical 

performance. Maturitas. 2005 Oct 16;52(2):102-10. PubMed PMID: 

16186072. 


2003 

Name 

Irene Koomen 


PhD team Grobbee, Roord, van Furth 

Speciality Pediatrics Medicine 



Location WestfriesGasthuis 

City 

Hoorn 


Quote ...” 

MAIN PAPER 

Koomen I, Raat H, Jennekens-Schinkel A, Grobbee DE, Roord JJ, van 

Furth M.Academic and behavioral limitations and health-related 

quality of life in school-age survivors of bacterial meningitis. Qual 

Life Res. 2005 Aug;14(6):1563-72. PubMed PMID: 16110936. 

2003 

Name 

Andrea ‘t Mannetje 


PhD team Brunekreef, Boffetta, Kromhout 


Position Epidemiologist 

Department Center for Public Health Research 

Location Massey University 

City 

Раlmеrstоn Nоrth 

Country New Zealand 


MAIN PAPER 

Mannetje A, Eng A, Walls C, Dryson E, Kogevinas M, Brooks C, et al. 

Sex ratio of the offspring of New Zealand phenoxy herbicide 

producers exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Occup 

Environ Med. 2017 Jan;74(1):24-29. PubMed PMID: 27581706. 


2003 

Name 

Berno van Meijel 


PhD team Grypdonck, Kahn, van der Gaag 

Speciality Nursing Sciences in Psychiatry and Social Medicine 


Department Psychiatry and Social Medicine 


City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Fluttert FA, Van Meijel B, Bjørkly S, Van Leeuwen M, Grypdonck M. 

The investigation of early warning signs of aggression in forensic 

patients by means of the ‘Forensic Early Signs of Aggression Inventory’. 

J Clin Nurs. 2013 Jun;22(11-12):1550-8. PubMed PMID: 

23043702. 

2003 

Name 

Majon Muller 




Position Professor in Geriatric medicine 

Department Internal Medicine and Elderly Medicine 


City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Muller M, Grobbee DE, Aleman A, Bots M, van der Schouw YT. 

Cardiovascular disease and cognitive performance in middle-aged 

and elderly men. Atherosclerosis. 2007 Jan;190(1):143-9. PubMed 

PMID: 16488420. 


2003 

Name 

Paul Rheeder 


PhD team Grobbee, Stolk 



Department Internal Medicine, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, 

Faculty of Health Sciences 

Location University of Pretoria 

City 

Pretoria 


Quote 

“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream 

by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake 

in the day to find that it was vanity: but the 

dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they 

may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make 

them possible.” T. E. Lawrence 

MAIN PAPER 

Webb EM, Rheeder P, Roux P. Screening in Primary Care for Diabetic 

Retinopathy, Maculopathy and Visual Loss in South Africa. 

Ophthalmologica. 2016;235(3):141-9. PubMed PMID: 26959502 

2003 

Name 

Lisette Schoonhoven 


PhD team Grobbee, Buskens 


Position Professor of Nursing 

Department Faculty of Health Sciences 

Location University of Southampton 

City 

Southampton 

Country United Kingdom 

Quote 

“Whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes 

you happy!” 

MAIN PAPER 

van den Boogaard M, Pickkers P, Slooter AJ, Kuiper MA, Spronk PE, 

van der Voort PH, et al. Development and validation of PRE-DELIRIC 

(PREdiction of DELIRium in ICu patients) delirium prediction model 

for intensive care patients: observational multicentre study. BMJ. 

2012 Feb 9;344:e420. PubMed PMID: 22323509. 


2003 

Name 

Aafke Sierksma 


PhD team Grobbee, Hendriks 

Speciality Epidemiology of Beer Consumption 

Position Director 

Department 

Location The Dutch Beer Institute 

City 

Wageningen 


Quote 

“Geniet nooit met mate” - Loesje 

MAIN PAPER 

Sierksma A, Patel H, Ouchi N, Kihara S, Funahashi T, Heine RJ, et al. 

Effect of moderate alcohol consumption on adiponectin, tumor 

necrosis factor-alpha, and insulin sensitivity. Diabetes Care. 2004 

Jan;27(1):184-9. PubMed PMID: 14693987. 

2003 

Name 

Paul Uitewaal 


PhD team Thomas, Hoes, Bruijnzeels 



Department Department of Public Health & The Hague’s Public 

Health Department (GG Haaglanden) 

Location General Practice de Blauwe Tulp 

City 

The Hague 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Uitewaal PJ, Goudswaard AN, Ubink-Veltmaat LJ, Bruijnzeels MA, 

Hoes AW, Thomas S. Cardiovascular risk factors in Turkish immigrants 

with type 2 diabetes mellitus: comparison with Dutch 

patients. Eur J Epidemiol. 2004;19(10):923-9. PubMed PMID: 

15575350. 


2003 

Name 

Lydia Vos 


PhD team Grobbee, Uiterwaal 

Speciality Dermatology / Venereology 

Position Dermatologist-venereologist 

Department Dermatology 

Location Haaglanden Medical Center 

City 

The Hague 


Quote 

“Pluk de dag!“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Vos LE, Oren A, Uiterwaal C, Gorissen WH, Grobbee DE, Bots ML. 

Adolescent blood pressure and blood pressure tracking into young 

adulthood are related to subclinical atherosclerosis: the Atherosclerosis 

Risk in Young Adults (ARYA) study. Am J Hypertens. 2003 


2003 

Name 

Daniël Witte 

PhD defense May 23rd, 2003 

PhD team Grobbee, van der Graaf, Bots 

Speciality Epidemiology of Diabetes 

Position Professor of Diabetes Epidemiology 

Department Public Health, Faculty of Health 

Location Aarhus University 

City 

Aarhus 

Country Denmark 

Quote 

“Experience is simply the name we give our 

mistakes.” - Oscar Wilde 

MAIN PAPER 

Tabák AG, Jokela M, Akbaraly TN, Brunner EJ, Kivimäki M, Witte DR. 

Trajectories of glycaemia, insulin sensitivity, and insulin secretion 

before diagnosis of type 2 diabetes: an analysis from the Whitehall II 

study. Lancet. 2009 Jun 27;373(9682):2215-21. PubMed PMID: 

19515410 


Class of 2004

2004 

Name 

Daphne van der A 


PhD team Grobbee, Marx, van der Schouw 

Speciality Project manager Public Health Monitor 


Department Center for Nutrition, Prevention and Health 

Services 



City 

Bilthoven 


Quote 

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t 

understand it well enough “ - Albert Einstein 

MAIN PAPER 

van der A DL, Marx JJ, Grobbee DE, Kamphuis MH, Georgiou NA, 

van Kats-Renaud JH, et al. Non-transferrin-bound iron and risk of 

coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women. Circulation. 

2006 Apr 25;113(16):1942-9. PubMed PMID: 16618820. 

2004 

Name 

Jet van den Akker 


PhD team Hoes, Hordijk, Schilder 

Speciality Ear, Nose, and Throat Medicine 

Position Ear, Nose, and Throat surgeon 

Department Ear, Nose, and Throat Medicine 


City 

Amersfoort 



MAIN PAPER 

van den Akker EH, Sanders EA, van Staaij BK, Rijkers GT, Rovers MM, 

Hoes AW, Schilder AG. Long-term effects of pediatric adenotonsillectomy 

on serum immunoglobulin levels: results of a randomized 

controlled trial. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2006 



2004 

Name 

Marie-José Veldman- Ariesen 


PhD team Grobbee, Algra 


Position Stroke survivor and proud mum 

Department 

Location 

City 


Quote 

“Don’t worry about tomorrow, He’s got it under 

control, just trust in the Lord with all of your heart 

and He will carry you through” 

MAIN PAPER 

Ariesen MJ, Claus SP, Rinkel GJE, Algra A. Risk factors for intracerebral 

hemorrhage in the general population: a systematic review. 

Stroke 2003;34:2060-5. 

2004 

Name 

Bert-Jan de Boer 


PhD team Verheij, Lycklama à Nijeholt, Bots, Moors 


Position General Practitioner, interest in sexology and men ; 

Lecturer Residents in General Practice 

Department De Boer MannenGezondheid en Zorg & General 

Practice , Julius Center for Health Science and 

Primary Care 


City 

Bilthoven & Utrecht 


Quote 

“Men are only human” 

MAIN PAPER 

de Boer BJ, Bots ML, Lycklama a Nijeholt AA, Moors JP, Pieters HM, 

Verheij TJ. Erectile dysfunction in primary care: prevalence and 

patient characteristics. The ENIGMA study. Int J Impot Res. 2004 



2004 

Name 

Marie Louise de Bruin 

PhD defense December 1st, 2004 

PhD team Leufkens, Hoes 

Speciality Pharmaceutical Sciences 

Position Professor in Regulatory Science & Director of the 

Copenhagen Centre for Regulatory Science 

Department Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences & 

Department of Pharmacy 

Location University of Copenhagen 

City 

Copenhagen 

Country Denmark 


MAIN PAPER 

De Bruin ML, Langendijk PN, Koopmans RP, Wilde AA, Leufkens HG, 

Hoes AW. In-hospital cardiac arrest is associated with use of non-antiarrhythmic 

QTc-prolonging drugs. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2007 

Feb;63(2):216-23. PubMed PMID: 16869820 

2004 

Name 

Wijnia Derks 


PhD team Winnubst, Hordijk, de Leeuw 

Speciality Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine 

Position Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon 

Department Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine 

Location Onze Lieve Vrouwen Gasthuis 

City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Derks W, de Leeuw RJ, Hordijk GJ, Winnubst JA. Quality of life in 

elderly patients with head and neck cancer one year after diagnosis. 

Head Neck. 2004 Dec;26(12):1045-52. PubMed PMID: 15459917. 


2004 

Name 

Lex Goudswaard 


PhD team Rutten, Stolk, de Valk 



Department 

Location Own general practice 

City 

Houten 


Quote 

“Trust the process“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Goudswaard AN, Stolk RP, Zuithoff P, de Valk HW, Rutten GE. Starting 

insulin in type 2 diabetes: continue oral hypoglycemic agents? 

A randomized trial in primary care. J Fam Pract. 2004 

May;53(5):393-9. PubMed PMID: 15125825. 

2004 

Name 

Guus de Hollander 


PhD team Brunekreef 



Department Spatial Planning and Quality of the Local 

Environment 

Location PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment 

Agency 

City 

The Hague 



MAIN PAPER 

van Genugten ML, Hoogenveen RT, Mulder I, Smit HA, Jansen J, de 

Hollander AE. Future burden and costs of smoking-related disease 

in the Netherlands: a dynamic modeling approach. Value Health. 

2003 Jul-Aug;6(4):494-9. PubMed PMID: 12859591. 


2004 

Name 

Mariëtte Hooiveld 


PhD team Heederick, Kromhout, 

Speciality Primary Care Health Care Services 


Department Projectleider NIVEL zorgregistraties eerste lijn 

- Surveillance en senior onderzoeker epidemiologie 

van rampen, arbeid en milieu 

Location Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research 

(NIVEL) 

City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Hooiveld M, Smit LA, van der Sman-de Beer F, Wouters IM, van Dijk 

CE, Spreeuwenberg P, et al. Doctor-diagnosed health problems in a 

region with a high density of concentrated animal feeding operations: 

a cross-sectional study. Environ Health. 2016 Feb 17;15:24. 


2004 

Name 

Jeroen Koerselman 


PhD team Grobbee, van der Graaf, de Jaegere 

Speciality Occupational medicine 

Position Physician 

Department A-REA, Zeist 

Location 

City 

Zeist 


Quote “carpe diem “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Koerselman J, van der Graaf Y, de Jaegere PP, Grobbee DE. Coronary 

collaterals: an important and underexposed aspect of coronary 

artery disease. Circulation. 2003 May 20;107(19):2507-11. PubMed 

PMID: 12756191. 


2004 

Name 

Sanne Kreijkamp-Kaspers 




Position Senior Lecturer 

Department Primary Care Clinical Unit, Faculty of Medicine 

Location University of Queensland 

City 

Brisbane 

Country Australia 


MAIN PAPER 

Kreijkamp-Kaspers S, McGuire T, Bedford S, Loadsman P, Pirotta M, 

Moses G, van Driel ML. Your questions about complementary 

medicines answered: fish oil. Aust Fam Physician. 2015 


2004 

Name 

Marjan Muis 


PhD team Grobbee, Hoekstra, Stolk, Muis 

Speciality Endocrinology & Diabetology 

Position Internist-Endocrinologist 


Location St Jansdal Hospital & 

City 

Harderwijk 



MAIN PAPER 

Muis MJ, Bots ML, Grobbee DE, Stolk RP. Insulin treatment and 

cardiovascular disease; friend or foe? A point of view. Diabet Med. 

2005 Feb;22(2):118-26. PubMed PMID: 15660727. 


2004 

Name 

Charlotte Onland-Moret 


PhD team Grobbee, van der Schouw, Peeters 


Position Assistant Professor 

Department Clinical Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health 



City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

de Kat AC, Dam V, Onland-Moret NC, Eijkemans MJ, Broekmans FJ, 

van der Schouw YT. Unraveling the associations of age and 

menopause with cardiovascular risk factors in a large population-based 

study. BMC Med. 2017 Jan 4;15(1):2. PubMed PMID: 

28049531. 

2004 

Name 

Hendrik Nathoe 


PhD team Grobbee, Plokker, de Jaegere, Buskens 

Speciality Cardiology 

Position Cardiologist 

Department Cardiology, Divison Heart & Lungs 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“We should focus more on clincical relevance than 

on the number of publications.“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Nathoe HM, van Dijk D, Jansen EW, Suyker WJ, Diephuis JC, van 

Boven WJ, et al. A comparison of on-pump and off-pump coronary 

bypass surgery in low-risk patients. N Engl J Med. 2003 Jan 

30;348(5):394-402. PubMed PMID: 12556542 


2004 

Name 

Marieke Ostendorf 


PhD team Verbout, Schrijvers, Dhert 

Speciality Orthopedics 

Position Orthopedic Surgeon 

Department Orthopedics 

Location Sint Maartenskliniek 

City 

Woerden 



MAIN PAPER 

Ostendorf M, van Stel HF, Buskens E, Schrijvers AJ, Marting LN, 

Verbout AJ, Dhert WJ. Patient-reported outcome in total hip 

replacement. A comparison of five instruments of health status. J 

Bone Joint Surg Br. 2004 Aug;86(6):801-8. PubMed PMID: 15330018. 

2004 

Name 

Lützen Portengen 


PhD team Heederik, Doekes 



Department Environmental Epidemiology, Institute for Risk 

Assessment Sciences 

Location Utrecht University 

City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Lenters V, Portengen L, Smit LA, Jönsson BA, Giwercman A, Rylander 

L, et al. Phthalates, perfluoroalkyl acids, metals and organochlorines 

and reproductive function: a multipollutant assessment in Greenlandic, 

Polish and Ukrainian men. Occup Environ Med. 2015 



2004 

Name 

Brigitta van Staaij 


PhD team Hoes, Schilder 


Position GP in Amersfoort and committee member of HCE 

(Huisartsen Coöperatie Eemland) 

Department 

Location General Practice Kattenbroek 

City 

Amersfoort 



MAIN PAPER 

van Staaij BK, van den Akker EH, van der Heijden GJ, Schilder AG, 

Hoes AW. Adenotonsillectomy for upper respiratory infections: 

evidence based? Arch Dis Child. 2005 Jan;90(1):19-25. PubMed 

PMID: 15613505. 

2004 

Name 

Monique Stofmeel 


PhD team Van Hemel, Grobbee 



Department Cardiology 

Location St. Antonius Hospital 

City 

Nieuwegein 



MAIN PAPER 

Stofmeel MA, van Stel HF, van Hemel NM, Grobbee DE. The relevance 

of health related quality of life in paced patients. Int J Cardiol. 

2005 Jul 20;102(3):377-82. PubMed PMID: 16004880. 


2004 

Name 

Ingeborg van der Tweel 

PhD defense March 2nd, 2004 

PhD team Grobbee, Stijnen 

Speciality Biostatistics 

Position Biostatistician (retired) 

Department Biostatistics, Julius Center for Health Sciences and 

Primary Care 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“The whole of life is sequential, for our future 

actions are conditioned to some extent by our 

past experience.“ 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Tweel I, Bollen C. Sequential meta-analysis: an efficient decision-making 

tool. Clin Trials. 2010 Apr;7(2):136-46. PubMed PMID: 

20338906. 

2004 

Name 

Jeanine Verbunt 


PhD team Knottnerus, van der Heijden, Vlaeyen 


Position Professor in rehabilitation medicine 

Department Rehabilitation Medicine 

Location Maastricht University Medical Center & Adelante 

City 

Maastricht 



MAIN PAPER 

Verbunt JA, Seelen HA, Vlaeyen JW, van de Heijden GJ, Heuts PH, 

Pons K, Knottnerus JA. Disuse and deconditioning in chronic low 

back pain: concepts and hypotheses on contributing mechanisms. 

Eur J Pain. 2003;7(1):9-21. PubMed PMID: 12527313. 


2004 

Name 

Ineke Welschen 


PhD team Verheij, Hoes, Kuyvenhoven 

Speciality Health Care 

Position Staff member Ketenzorg GHOR Midden West 

Brabant 

Department 

Location Geneeskundige Hulpverleningsorganisatie in de 

regio (GHOR) Midden- en West-Brabant (MWB) 

City 

Breda 



MAIN PAPER 

Welschen I, Kuyvenhoven MM, Hoes AW, Verheij TJ. Effectiveness of 

a multiple intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing for respiratory 

tract symptoms in primary care: randomised controlled trial. 

BMJ. 2004 Aug 21;329(7463):431. PubMed PMID: 15297305. 

2004 

Name 

Berendina van Wendel – de Joode 


PhD team Heederik, Kromhout, van Heumen 


Position Senoir Researcher 

Department Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic 

Substances (IRET) 

Location Universidad Nacional 

City 

Heredia 

Country Costa Rica 


MAIN PAPER 

van Wendel de Joode B, Mora AM, Lindh CH, Hernández-Bonilla D, 

Córdoba L, Wesseling C, Hoppin JA, Mergler D. Pesticide exposure 

and neurodevelopment in children aged 6-9 years from Talamanca, 

Costa Rica. Cortex. 2016 Dec;85:137-150. PubMed PMID: 27773359 


Class of 2005

2005 

Name 

Annemiek Akkerman 

PhD defense November 1st, 2005 

PhD team Verheij, Kuyvenhoven, van der Wouden 

Speciality Health Care 

Position Lecturer & Researcher 

Department Health Care Academy 

Location Reformed University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool 

VIAA) 

City 

Zwolle 


Quote 

“The bigger, the better!” 

MAIN PAPER 

Ross L, Giske T, van Leeuwen R, Baldacchino D, McSherry W, Narayanasamy 

A, Jarvis P, Schep-Akkerman A. Factors contributing to 

student nurses’/midwives’ perceived competency in spiritual care. 

Nurse Educ Today. 2016 Jan;36:445-51. PubMed PMID: 26541988. 

2005 

Name 

Femke Atsma 

PhD defense December 2nd, 2005 

PhD team Grobbee, van der Schouw, Bartelink 



Department Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare 

Location Radboud University Medical Center 

City 

Nijmegen 



MAIN PAPER 

Atsma F, Veldhuizen I, de Kort W, van Kraaij M, Pasker-de Jong P, 

Deinum J.Hemoglobin level is positively associated with blood 

pressure in a large cohort of healthy individuals. Hypertension. 

2012 Oct;60(4):936-41. PubMed PMID: 22949533. 


2005 

Name 

Gert Bergman 


PhD team Meyboom-de Jong, Posteman, Winters, van der 

Heijden 

Speciality Oucomes and Health Economics 

Position Medical Affairs Advisor 

Department Roche Diabetes Care 

Location Roche Netherlands 

City 

Almere Stad 



MAIN PAPER 

Bergman GJ, Winter JC, van Tulder MW, Meyboom-de Jong B, 

Postema K, van der Heijden GJ. Manipulative therapy in addition to 

usual medical care accelerates recovery of shoulder complaints at 

higher costs: economic outcomes of a randomized trial. BMC 

Musculoskelet Disord. 2010 Sep 6;11:200. PubMed PMID: 20819223 

2005 

Name 

Corné Biesheuvel 


PhD team Grobbee, Moons 

Speciality 

Position Deceased March 5th, 2012 

Department 

Location 

City 

Country 

Quote 

MAIN PAPER 

Biesheuvel CJ, Vergouwe Y, Oudega R, Hoes AW, Grobbee DE, 

Moons KG. Advantages of the nested case-control design in diagnostic 

research. BMC Med Res Methodol.2008 Jul 21;8:48. PubMed 

PMID: 18644127; 


2005 

Name 

Taco Bijlsma 




Position Surgeon, with emphasis on children and trauma 


Location Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep 

City 

Alkmaar - Den Helder - Heerhugowaard 



MAIN PAPER 

Postma IL, Oner FC, Bijlsma TS, Heetveld MJ, Goslings JC, Bloemers 

FW. Spinal injuries in an airplane crash: a description of incidence, 

morphology, and injury mechanism. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Apr 

15;40(8):530-6. PubMed PMID: 25868093. 

2005 

Name 

Martin Bootsma 


PhD team Diekman, Bonten 


Position Mathematical modeling of infectious disease 

dynamics 

Department Institute of Mathematics 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Haverkate MR, Platteel TN, Fluit AC, Cohen Stuart JW, Leverstein-van 

Hall MA, Thijsen SF, et al. Quantifying within-household transmission 

of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing bacteria. Clin 

Microbiol Infect. 2017 Jan;23(1):46.e1-46.e7. PubMed PMID: 

27596534. 


2005 

Name 

Xavier Brouha 


PhD team Winnubust, Hordijk, de Leeuw 


Position Ear, Nose, and Throat physician 

Department Otorhinolaryngology 

Location Admiraal de Ruyter Hospital 

City 

Goes 



MAIN PAPER 

Brouha XD, Tromp DM, Koole R, Hordijk GJ, Winnubst JA, de Leeuw 

JR. Professional delay in head and neck cancer patients: analysis of 

the diagnostic pathway. Oral Oncol. 2007 Jul;43(6):551-6. PubMed 

PMID: 17005438. 

2005 

Name 

Jessica Brussee 


PhD team Brunekreef, de Jongste, Smit 

Speciality Public Health 

Position Epidemiological researcher 

Department Epidemiology and Health Promotion 

Location Public Health Service Haaglanden 

City 

The Hague 


Quote 

“Laughter is the shortest distance between two 

people “- Victor Borge 

MAIN PAPER 

Brussee JE, Smit HA, Koopman LP, Wijga AH, Kerkhof M, Corver K, et 

al. Interrupter resistance and wheezing phenotypes at 4 years of 

age. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Jan 15;169(2):209-13. PubMed 

PMID: 14597483. 


2005 

Name 

Olaf Cremer 


PhD team Kalkman, Moons, Van Dijk 

Speciality Intensive Care Medicine 

Position Anaesthesiologist 

Department Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Cremer OL, Moons KG, van Dijk GW, van Balen P, Kalkman CJ. 

Prognosis following severe head injury: Development and validation 

of a model for prediction of death, disability, and functional 

recovery. J Trauma. 2006 Dec;61(6):1484-91. PubMed PMID: 

16983303. 

2005 

Name 

Joke Dijk 


PhD team Van der Graaf, Grobbee, Bots 


Position Neurologist 



Amsterdam 

City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Dijk JM, Algra A, van der Graaf Y, Grobbee DE, Bots ML; SMART study 

group. Carotid stiffness and the risk of new vascular events in 

patients with manifest cardiovascular disease. The SMART study. 

Eur Heart J. 2005 Jun;26(12):1213-20. PubMed PMID: 15824075. 


2005 

Name 

Karin van Dijk 


PhD team Grobbee, van der Bom, van den Berg 

Speciality Clinical Microbiology 

Position Head of the Department of Bacteriology, Tuberculosis 

and Mycology 

Department Medical Microbiology and Infection Control 


City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will 

get you everywhere.” - Albert Einstein 

MAIN PAPER 

van Dijk K, Voets GM, Scharringa J, Voskuil S, Fluit AC, Rottier WC, et 

al. A disc diffusion assay for detection of class A, B and OXA-48 

carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae using phenyl boronic acid, 

dipicolinic acid and temocillin. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014 

Apr;20(4):345-9. PubMed PMID: 23927659. 

2005 

Name 

Ayten Elvan-Taspinar 


PhD team Bruinse, Koomans, Franx, Bots 

Speciality Gynaecology/Perinatology 

Position Perinatologist 

Department Perinatology 


City 

Groningen 


Quote 

“So many…haha” 

MAIN PAPER 

Elvan-Taşpinar A, Bots ML, Franx A, Bruinse HW, Engelbert RH. 

Stiffness of the arterial wall, joints and skin in women with a history 

of pre-eclampsia. J Hypertens. 2005 Jan;23(1):147-51. PubMed 

PMID: 15643137. 


2005 

Name 

Mariëlla Giovannangelo 

PhD defense September 22nd, 2003 

PhD team Brunekreef, Hoek 

Speciality Biomedical Science, emphasis on molecular 

diagnostics 

Position Project Manager Molecular Diagnostics 

Department 

Location Diatranz Otsuka Limited 

City 

Auckland 

Country New Zealand 


MAIN PAPER 

Giovannangelo M, Gehring U, Nordling E, Oldenwening M, Terpstra 

G, Bellander T, Hoek G, Heinrich J, Brunekreef B. Determinants of 

house dust endotoxin in three European countries - the AIRALLERG 

study. Indoor Air. 2007 Feb;17(1):70-9. PubMed PMID: 17257154. 

2005 

Name 

Jeroen de Hartog 



Speciality Teaching 

Position Teacher Biology 

Department 

Location Highschool Veluws College 

City 

Apeldoorn 



MAIN PAPER 

Boogaard H, Fischer PH, Janssen NA, Kos GP, Weijers EP, Cassee FR, 

et al. Respiratory effects of a reduction in outdoor air pollution 

concentrations. Epidemiology. 2013 Sep;24(5):753-61. PubMed 

PMID: 23873073. 


2005 

Name 

Helen Kamphuis 


PhD team Winnubst, Hauer, de Leeuw 

Speciality Lecturer in methodology 

Position Lecturer and Researcher 

Department 

Location Hanzehogeschool Groningen / Hanze University of 

Applied Sciences Groningen 

City 

Groningen 



MAIN PAPER 

Kamphuis HC, de Leeuw JR, Derksen R, Hauer RN, Winnubst JA. 

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients: quality of life in 

recipients with and without ICD shock delivery: a prospective study. 

Europace. 2003 Oct;5(4):381-9. PubMed PMID: 14753636. 

2005 

Name 

Dineke Koek 




Position Geriatrician, Epidemiologist 

Department Geriatric medicine 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Register-based research is a valuable gift given by 

the people when used for the people!“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Koek HL, Kardaun JW, Gevers E, de Bruin A, Reitsma JB, Grobbee DE, 

Bots ML. Acute myocardial infarction incidence and hospital 

mortality: routinely collected national data versus linkage of 

national registers. Eur J Epidemiol. 2007;22(11):755-62. PubMed 

PMID: 17828438. 


2005 

Name 

Marjolein van der Kolk-Kousemaker 


PhD team Schrijvers, Duijnstee, van Raats 

Speciality 



Department 

Location 

City 

Country 

Quote 

MAIN PAPER 

2005 

Name 

Yvette Konijenberg 

PhD defense April 1st, 2005 

PhD team Kimpen, Buitelaar, Graeff-Meeder, Uiterwaal 

Speciality Pediatrics - Nephrology 

Position Pediatrician-Nephrologist 

Department 

Location St Jansdal Hospital 

City 

Harderwijk 



MAIN PAPER 

Knook LM, Lijmer JG, Konijnenberg AY, Hordijk PM, van Engeland H. 

Quality of life and academic functioning 6 years after Pediatric 

referral for chronic pain. Acta Paediatr. 2012 Sep;101(9):957-63. 



2005 

Name 

Ton Kuijpers 


PhD team Bouter, van der Windt, van der Heijden 

Speciality Methodology of Guidelines 

Position Senior scientific staff 

Department Dutch College of General Practitioners 

Location 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“That rug really tied the room together.” – Walter 

Sobchak 

MAIN PAPER 

Kuijpers T, van der Windt DA, Boeke AJ, Twisk JW, Vergouwe Y, 

Bouter LM, van der Heijden GJ. Clinical prediction rules for the 

prognosis of shoulder pain in general practice. Pain. 2006 

Feb;120(3):276-85. PubMed PMID: 16426760. 

2005 

Name 

Anneke Kwee 


PhD team Bruinse, Visser, Bots 


Position Gynaecologist & Chair Dutch Research consortium 

Obstetrics and Gynaecology 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Wei wu wei (niets doen is ook wat doen)” 

MAIN PAPER 

Evers AC, Brouwers HA, Hukkelhoven CW, Nikkels PG, Boon J, van 

Egmond-Linden A, Hillegersberg J, et al. Perinatal mortality and 

severe morbidity in low and high risk term pregnancies in the 

Netherlands: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2010 Nov 2;341:c5639. 



2005 

Name 

Wim Opstelten 


PhD team Verheij, Kalkman, Moons, van Essen 


Position General Practitioner & Senior Researcher 

Department 

Location Own practice Opstelten/Scholten & Dutch College 

of General Practitioners 

City 

Amersfoort & Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

van Wijck AJ, Opstelten W, Moons KG, van Essen GA, Stolker RJ, 

Kalkman CJ, et al. The PINE study of epidural steroids and local 

anaesthetics to prevent postherpetic neuralgia: a randomised 

controlled trial. Lancet. 2006 Jan 21;367(9506):219-24. PubMed 

PMID: 16427490. 

2005 

Name 

Ruud Oudega 


PhD team Hoes, Moons 



Department General Practice, Julius Center for Health Sciences 



City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Oudega R, Hoes AW, Moons KG. The Wells rule does not adequately 

rule out deep venous thrombosis in primary care patients. Ann 

Intern Med. 2005 Jul 19;143(2):100-7. PubMed PMID: 16027451. 


2005 

Name 

Monique Prinssen 


PhD team Blankensteijn, Grobbee, Buskens 



Department 

Location Health Center Oog en Al 

City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Prinssen M, Verhoeven EL, Buth J, Cuypers PW, van Sambeek MR, 

Balm R, et al.Dutch Randomized Endovascular Aneurysm Management 

(DREAM)Trial Group.. A randomized trial comparing conventional 

and endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. N 

Engl J Med. 2004 Oct 14;351(16):1607-18. PubMed PMID: 15483279. 

Deinstitutionalisation of mental health care in the Netherlands 

from 1993 - 2004. 

Dick P. Ravelli. 

2005 

Name 

Dick Ravelli 


PhD team Schrijvers, van Engeland 


Position Director AltaConsult & Medical Director Max Ernst 

GGZ 

Department 

Location AltaConsult & Max Ernst GGZ (Mental Health and 

Addiction Care ) 

City 

Arnhem 



MAIN PAPER 

Ravelli DP, Buwalda VJ, Slooff CJ, Schrijvers AJ, van Engeland H. Do 

integrated mental healthcare organisations facilitate process 

quality in the treatment of people with schizophrenia and related 

psychoses? Int J Integr Care. 2003;3:e17. PubMed PMID: 16896377. 


2005 

Name 

Sabina Rinaldi 


PhD team Grobbeem Peeters, Kaaks 


Position Scientist 

Department Biomarker group 

Location International Organisation of Research on cancer 

(IARC) 

City 

Lyon 

Country France 


MAIN PAPER 

Rinaldi S, Plummer M, Biessy C, Castellsagué X, Overvad K, Krüger 

Kjær S, et al. Endogenous sex steroids and risk of cervical carcinoma: 

results from the EPIC study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers 

Prev. 2011 Dec;20(12):2532-40. PubMed PMID: 21994406. 

2005 

Name 

Frans Rutten 


PhD team Hoes, Grobbee, Lammers 


Position General Practitioner & Associate Professor of 

General Practice 




City 

Rhenen & Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Rutten FH, Güder G. The role of beta-blockers in outcomes of 

patients hospitalized for heart failure and chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease. Eur J Heart Fail. 2016 Jul;18(7):849-50. PubMed 

PMID: 27292415. 


2005 

Name 

Els De Schryver 


PhD team Algra, Van Gijn 




Location Alrijne Hospital 

City 

Leiderdorp 


Quote 

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world” 

- Ghandi 

MAIN PAPER 

De Schryver EL, Algra A, Kappelle LJ, van Gijn J, Koudstaal PJ. 

Vitamin K antagonists versus antiplatelet therapy after transient 

ischaemic attack or minor ischaemic stroke of presumed arterial 

origin. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Sep 12;(9):CD001342. 


2005 

Name 

Stefan Störk 


PhD team Grobbee, Angermann, Bots, Von Schacky 

Speciality Cardiology – Epidemiology 

Position Professor of Cardiology, Director 

Department Comprehensive Heart Failure Center 

Location Universität Klinikum Würzburg 

City 

University Hospital Würzburg 

Country Germany 

Quote 

“All change is not growth, as all movement is not 

forward”- Ellen Glasgow 

MAIN PAPER 

Störk S, van den Beld AW, von Schacky C, Angermann CE, Lamberts 

SW, Grobbee DE, Bots ML. Carotid artery plaque burden, stiffness, 

and mortality risk in elderly men: a prospective, population-based 

cohort study. Circulation. 2004 Jul 20;110(3):344-8. PubMed PMID: 

15238459. 


2005 

Name 

Marijke van Trijp 

PhD defense January 21st, 2005 



Position Clinical microbiologist 

Department Laboratory for Medical Microbiology 

Location Groene Hart Hospital 

City 

Gouda 


Quote 

“Dogged does it” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Trijp MJ, Bos WJ, van der Schouw YT, Muller M, Grobbee DE, 

Bots ML. Non-invasively measured structural and functional arterial 

characteristics and coronary heart disease risk in middle aged and 

elderly men. Atherosclerosis. 2006 Jul;187(1):110-5. PubMed PMID: 

16168418. 

2005 

Name 

Debbie Tromp 


PhD team Winnubst, Hordijk, de Leeuw 

Speciality Psychology 

Position Lecturer Research and Statistics & Senior Research 

Fellow in Chair Hospitality, Personality and Behaviour 

Department 

Location Hotelschool 

City 

The Hague 



MAIN PAPER 

Tromp DM, Brouha XD, Hordijk GJ, Winnubst JA, Gebhardt WA, van 

der Doef MP, De Leeuw JR. Medical care-seeking and health-risk 

behavior in patients with head and neck cancer: the role of health 

value, control beliefs and psychological distress. Health Educ Res. 

2005 Dec;20(6):665-75. PubMed PMID: 15863624. 


2005 

Name 

Iris Weijman 


PhD team Winnubst, Rutten, Schaufeli, Ros 


Position Psychologist 

Department 

Location Owner Zee van Tijd & freelance psychologist at 

OCA Almere 

City 

Baarn & Almere 


Quote 

“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist” 

- Jack London (1876-1916) 

MAIN PAPER 

Weijman I, Ros WJ, Rutten GE, Schaufeli WB, Schabracq MJ, 

Winnubst JA. Fatigue in employees with diabetes: its relation with 

work characteristics and diabetes related burden. Occup Environ 

Med. 2003 Jun;60 Suppl 1:i93-8. PubMed PMID: 12782754. 


Class of 2006

2006 

Name 

Walter Balemans 


PhD team Sanders, van der Ent, Rovers 

Speciality Pediatrics- Pulmonology 

Position Pediatrician-Pulmonologist 



City 

Nieuwegein 


Quote 

“Negeren is vooruit zien” (devies voor jonge 

ouders die moeten opvoeden) 

MAIN PAPER 

Balemans WA, van der Ent CK, Schilder AG, Sanders EA, Zielhuis GA, 

Rovers MM. Prediction of asthma in young adults using childhood 

characteristics: Development of a prediction rule. J Clin Epidemiol. 

2006 Nov;59(11):1207-12. PubMed PMID: 17027432. 

2006 

Name 

Jan Paul van den Berg 

PhD defense January 23rd, 2006 

PhD team Van den Berg, Lindeman, Kalmijn 


Position Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine 

Department 

Location Centra voor Integrale Revalidatie en Arbeidsactivering 

Nederland (CIRAN) 

City 

Venlo 



MAIN PAPER 

Van den Berg JP, Kalmijn S, Lindeman E, Veldink JH, de Visser M, Van 

der Graaff MM, Wokke JH, Van den Berg LH. Multidisciplinary ALS 

care improves quality of life in patients with ALS. Neurology. 2005 

Oct 25;65(8):1264-7. PubMed PMID: 16247055. 


2006 

Name 

Casper Bollen 


PhD team van Vugt, Uiterwaal 


Position Pediatrician-Intensivist 

Department Intensive Care 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Bollen CW, Uiterwaal CS, van Vught AJ. Meta-regression analysis of 

high-frequency ventilation vs conventional ventilation in infant 

respiratory distress syndrome. Intensive Care Med. 2007 

Apr;33(4):680-8. PubMed PMID: 17323050. 

2006 

Name 

Jolanda van den Bosch 


PhD team Kalkman, Moons, van Klei, Vergouwe 

Speciality 



Department 

Location 

City 

Country 

Quote 

MAIN PAPER 

van den Bosch JE, Bonsel GJ, Moons KG, Kalkman CJ. Effect of 

postoperative experiences on willingness to pay to avoid 

postoperative pain, nausea, and vomiting. Anesthesiology. 2006 



2006 

Name 

Dan Cohen 

PhD defense February 16th 2006 

PhD team Grobbee, Stolk, Gispen-de Wied 


Position Psychiatrist 

Department Flexible Assertive Community Treatment team 

Location Mental Health and Addiction Care (GGZ) - Noord 

Holland Noord 

City 

Heerhugowaard 



MAIN PAPER 

Cohen D, Stolk RP, Grobbee DE, Gispen-de Wied CC. Hyperglycemia 

and diabetes in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective 

disorders. Diabetes Care. 2006 Apr;29(4):786-91. PubMed PMID: 

16567816. 

2006 

Name 

Huug van Duijn 


PhD team Verheij, Kuyvenhoven 


Position General Practitioner, with interest in cardiovascular 

disease 

Department 

Location Own General Practice 

City 

Katwijk 


Quote 

“Writing a paper is like chiseling a sculpture” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Duijn HJ, Kuyvenhoven MM, Schellevis FG, Verheij TJ. 

Determinants of prescribing of second-choice antibiotics for upper 

and lower respiratory tract episodes in Dutch general practice. 

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2005 Aug;56(2):420-2. PubMed PMID: 

15961433. 


2006 

Name 

Franzel van Duijnhoven 


PhD team Grobbee, Peeters, van Gils 



Department Division of Human Nutrition 

Location Wageningen University 

City 

Wageningen 


Quote 

“If ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ were candy and nuts, we’d all have 

a Merry Christmas“ 

MAIN PAPER 

van Duijnhoven FJ, Bueno-De-Mesquita HB, Ferrari P, et al. Fruit,vegetables, 

and colorectal cancer risk: the European Prospective 

Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 


2006 

Name 

Jeroen Geijer 


PhD team Verheij, Hoes, Sachs 



Department 

Location General Practice Ondiep 

City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Geijer RM, Sachs AP, Verheij TJ, Lammers JW, Salomé PL, Hoes AW. 

Are patient characteristics helpful in recognizing mild COPD (GOLD 

I) in daily practice? Scand J Prim Health Care. 2006 Dec;24(4):237- 

42. PubMed PMID: 17118864. 


2006 

Name 

Jacques Gereats 


PhD team Van den Heuvel, DInant, Goossens, van der Heijden 

Speciality Physiotherapy 

Position Physiotherapist 

Department 

Location Fysiotherapy Practice Schaesberg 

City 

Landgraaf 



MAIN PAPER 

Geraets JJ, Goossens ME, de Groot IJ, de Bruijn CP, de Bie RA, Dinant 

GJ, van der Heijden G, van den Heuvel WJ. Effectiveness of a graded 

exercise therapy program for patients with chronic shoulder 

complaints. Aust J Physiother. 2005;51(2):87-94. PubMed PMID: 

15924511. 

2006 

Name 

Nadine Goessens 

PhD defense December 20th 2006 

PhD team Van der Graaf, Visseren 

Speciality Manager 

Position Manager 

Department Stichting Trombosedienst Regio Eindhoven 

Location 

City 

Eindhoven 



MAIN PAPER 

Goessens BM, Visseren FL, Sol BG, de Man-van Ginkel JM, van der 

Graaf Y; SMART Study Group. A randomized, controlled trial for risk 

factor reduction in patients with symptomatic vascular disease: the 

multidisciplinary Vascular Prevention by Nurses Study (VENUS). Eur 

J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2006 Dec;13(6):996-1003. PubMed PMID: 

17143135. 


2006 

Name 

Colin de Haar 


PhD team Brunekreef, Pieters 

Speciality Biomedical Science 


Department U-DANCE; Laboratory for Translational 

Immunology; 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

de Haar C, Kool M, Hassing I, Bol M, Lambrecht BN, Pieters R. Lung 

dendritic cells are stimulated by ultrafine particles and play a key 

role in particle adjuvant activity. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 


2006 

Name 

Jochem Hogenhuis 

PhD defense July 5th, 2006 

PhD team Van Veldhuisen, Hoes, Voors, Jaarsma 

Speciality Project Management 

Position Team Leader Clinical Studies 

Department 

Location Nutricia Research 

City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Hogenhuis J, Voors AA, Jaarsma T, Hoes AW, Hillege HL, Kragten JA, 

van Veldhuisen DJ. Anaemia and renal dysfunction are independently 

associated with BNP and NT-proBNP levels in patients with 

heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2007 Aug;9(8):787-94. PubMed PMID: 

17532262. 


2006 

Name 

Jolein Iestra 


PhD team Grobbee, van Staveren, Kromhout 

Speciality Nutritional Epidemiology & Public Health 

Position Lecturer 

Department Public Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences 



City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Iestra JA, Kromhout D, van der Schouw YT, Grobbee DE, Boshuizen 

HC, van Staveren WA. Effect size estimates of lifestyle and dietary 

changes on all-cause mortality in coronary artery disease patients: 

a systematic review. Circulation. 2005 Aug 9;112(6):924-34. PubMed 

PMID: 16087812. 

2006 

Name 

Marjolein Kamphuis 

PhD defense November 3rd, 2006 

PhD team Grobbee, Kromhout, Geerlings 


Position Freelance General Practitioner 

Department 

Location Health Care Center Respons 

City 

Hengelo (O) 


Quote 

“Waar een wil is, is een weg” 

MAIN PAPER 

Kamphuis MH, Kalmijn S, Tijhuis MA, Geerlings MI, Giampaoli S, 

Nissinen A, et al. Depressive symptoms as risk factor of cardiovascular 

mortality in older European men: the Finland, Italy and 

Netherlands Elderly (FINE) study. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 



2006 

Name 

Nienke Katier 


PhD team Kimpen, Verheij, van der Ent, Uiterwaal 





City 

Dordrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

van Putte-Katier N, van Bommel EF, Elgersma OE, Hendriksz TR. 

Mesenteric panniculitis: prevalence, clinicoradiological presentation 

and 5-year follow-up. Br J Radiol. 2014 Dec;87(1044):20140451 


2006 

Name 

Angela Maas 

PhD defense September 15th 2006 

PhD team Van der Graaf, Mali, van der Schouw 


Position Professor of cardiology of women 



City 

Nijmegen 



MAIN PAPER 

Maas AH, van der Schouw YT, Beijerinck D, Deurenberg JJ, Mali WP, 

van der Graaf Y. Arterial calcifications seen on mammograms: 

cardiovascular risk factors, pregnancy, and lactation. Radiology. 

2006 Jul;240(1):33-8. PubMed PMID: 16720869. 


2006 

Name 

Armanda Matute 


PhD team Hoepelman, Hak 

Speciality Teaching internal medicine and infectious diseases 


Department Internal medicine 

Location Hospital Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello 

City 

Leon 

Country Nicaragua 


MAIN PAPER 

den Engelsen C, van der Werf C, Matute AJ, Delgado E, Schurink CA, 

Hoepelman AI. Infectious diseases and the use of antibiotics in 

outpatients at the emergency department of the University 

Hospital of León, Nicaragua. Int J Infect Dis. 2009 May;13(3):349-54. 


2006 

Name 

Ruby Meiland 


PhD team Hoepelman, Stolk, Geerlings 

Speciality Gastroenterology 

Position Internist-MDL 

Department Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology 

Location Gelderse Vallei Hospital 

City 

Ede 



MAIN PAPER 

Meiland R, Geerlings SE, Stolk RP, Netten PM, Schneeberger PM, 

Hoepelman AI.Asymptomatic bacteriuria in women with diabetes 

mellitus: effect on renal function after 6 years of follow-up. Arch 

Intern Med. 2006 Nov 13;166(20):2222-7. PubMed PMID: 17101940. 


2006 

Name 

Charles Obonyo 


PhD team Grobbee 

Speciality Research 

Position Chief Research Officer 

Department 

Location Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) 

City 

Nairobi 

Country Kenya 


MAIN PAPER 

Obonyo CO, Vulule J, Akhwale WS, Grobbee DE. In-hospital 

morbidity and mortality due to severe malarial anemia in western 

Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Dec;77(6 Suppl):23-8. PubMed 

PMID: 18165471. 

2006 

Name 

Jobein Olijhoek 


PhD team Van der Wall, van der Graaf Visseren 




Location Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital 

City 

Tilburg 



MAIN PAPER 

Olijhoek JK, van der Graaf Y, Banga JD, Algra A, Rabelink TJ, Visseren 

FL; SMART Study Group. The metabolic syndrome is associated with 

advanced vascular damage in patients with coronary heart disease, 

stroke, peripheral arterial disease or abdominal aortic aneurysm. 

Eur Heart J. 2004 Feb;25(4):342-8. PubMed PMID: 14984924. 


2006 

Name 

Dirk Posthouwer 

PhD defense June 6th , 2006 

PhD team Grobbee, Fischer, Mauser-Bunschoten 

Speciality Infectious Diseases, Acute Medicine 



Location Maastricht University Medical Center 

City 

Maastricht 



MAIN PAPER 

Posthouwer D, Voorbij HA, Grobbee DE, Numans ME, van der Bom 

JG. Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination as a model to assess 

C-reactive protein response to mild inflammation. Vaccine. 2004 

Dec 2;23(3):362-5. PubMed PMID: 15530681. 

2006 

Name 

Eline van de Putte 


PhD team Kimpen, Kuis, Uiterwaal, Engelbert 


Position Social Pediatric Medicine 

Department Integrated and Social Pediatric Medicine 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Schouten MC, van Stel HF, Verheij TJ, Houben ML, Russel IM, Nieuwenhuis 

EE, van de Putte EM. The Value of a Checklist for Child 

Abuse in Out-of-Hours Primary Care: To Screen or Not to Screen. 

PLoS One. 2017 Jan 3;12(1):e0165641. PubMed PMID: 28045904; 

PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5207629. 


2006 

Name 

Fleur van Raamt 


PhD team Van der Graaf, Mali, Kalmijn 




Location Gelre Hospital 

City 

Apeldoorn 



MAIN PAPER 

van Raamt AF, Mali WP, van Laar PJ, van der Graaf Y. The fetal variant 

of the circle of Willis and its influence on the cerebral collateral 

circulation. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2006;22(4):217-24. PubMed PMID: 

16788293. 

2006 

Name 

Karin Rademaker 


PhD team Vries, Grobbee, Uiterwaal, Groenendaal 

Speciality Neonatology 

Position Neonatologist 

Department Neonatology 

Location University Medical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina 

Children Hospital 

City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Rademaker KJ, de Vries LS, Uiterwaal CS, Groenendaal F, Grobbee 

DE, van Bel F. Postnatal hydrocortisone treatment for chronic lung 

disease in the preterm newborn and long-term neurodevelopmental 

follow-up. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2008 

Jan;93(1):F58-63. PubMed PMID: 17848504. 


2006 

Name 

Made Ramadhani 





Department 

Location Medica Sever, s.r.o 

City 

Prague 

Country Czech Republic 

Quote 

“It´s never too late to start anything new“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Ramadhani MK, Elias SG, van Noord PA, Grobbee DE, Peeters PH, 

Uiterwaal CS. Innate left handedness and risk of breast cancer: 

case-cohort study. BMJ. 2005 Oct 15;331(7521):882-3. PubMed 

PMID: 16186135; 

2006 

Name 

Dieneke Schram-Bijkerk 


PhD team Brunekreef, Doeke 


Position Environmental Epidemiologist 

Department Centre for Sustainability, Environment and Health 



City 

Bilthoven 


Quote 

“All models are wrong but some are useful” 

MAIN PAPER 

Schram-Bijkerk D, van Kempen E, Knol AB, Kruize H, Staatsen B, 

van Kamp I. Quantitative health impact assessment of transport 

policies: two simulations related to speed limit reduction and 

traffic re-allocation in the Netherlands. Occup Environ Med. 2009 

Oct;66(10):691-8. PubMed PMID: 19451143. 


2006 

Name 

Wouter Schuiling 


PhD team Rinkel, Algra, Dennesen, de Weerd 




Location Medical Centre Leeuwarden 

City 

Leeuwarden 


Quote 

“Happiness, Efficiency, Digitize and have fun” 

MAIN PAPER 

Schuiling WJ, Dennesen PWJ, Tans JTJ, Kingma LM, Algra A, Rinkel 

GJE. Troponin I in predicting cardiac or pulmonary complications 

and outcome in subarachnoid haemorrhage. J Neurol Neurosurg 

Psychiatry 2005;76:1565-9. PubMed PMID: 16227553. 

2006 

Name 

Anouk Speets 


PhD team Mali, Hoes, van der Graaf 



Department 

Location Pallas, health research and consultancy 

City 

Rotterdam 


Quote 

“Nothing is coincidence” 

MAIN PAPER 

Speets AM, van der Graaf Y, Hoes AW, Kalmijn S, Sachs AP, Rutten 

MJ, et al. Chest radiography in general practice: indications, diagnostic 

yield and consequences for patient management. Br J Gen 

Pract. 2006 Aug;56(529):574-8. PubMed PMID: 16882374 


2006 

Name 

Ton Vergouwen 


PhD team Koerselman, Verheij, Burger 


Position Director of residency training in Psychiatry 

Department Psychiatry 


City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Haverkamp GL, Torensma B, Vergouwen AC, Honig A. Psychological 

Distress in the Hospital Setting: A Comparison between Native 

Dutch and Immigrant Patients. PLoS One. 2015 Jun 

25;10(6):e0130961. PubMed PMID: 26110275. 

2006 

Name 

Marieke Verschuuren 

PhD defense May 16th 2006 

PhD team van Hout, Bonsel 


Position Project coordinator 

Department Centre for Prevention and Health Services 

Research 



City 

Bilthoven 



MAIN PAPER 

van Gils PF, Tariq L, Verschuuren M, van den Berg M. Cost-effectiveness 

research on preventive interventions: a survey of the publications 

in 2008. Eur J Public Health. 2011 Apr;21(2):260-4. PubMed 

PMID: 20534690. 


2006 

Name 

Maurits Voormolen 


PhD team Mali, van der Graaf, Lampmann, Lohle 


Position Professor of interventional neuroradiology 


Location University Hospital Antwerp 

City 

Antwerp 

Country Belgium 


MAIN PAPER 

Voormolen MH, Mali WP, Lohle PN, Fransen H, Lampmann LE, van 

der Graaf Y, et al. Percutaneous vertebroplasty compared with 

optimal pain medication treatment: short-term clinical outcome of 

patients with subacute or chronic painful osteoporotic vertebral 

compression fractures. The VERTOS study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 

2007 Mar;28(3):555-60. PubMed PMID: 17353335. 

2006 

Name 

Bart van Wijck 


PhD team Kalkman, Verheij, Moons 



Department Pain Clinic, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Een mens lijdt het meest door het lijden dat hij 

vreest” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Wijck AJ, Opstelten W, Moons KG, van Essen GA, Stolker RJ, 

Kalkman CJ, et al. The PINE study of epidural steroids and local 

anaesthetics to preventpostherpetic neuralgia: a randomised 

controlled trial. Lancet. 2006 Jan 21;367(9506):219-24. PubMed 

PMID: 16427490. 


2006 

Name 

Iris van Wijk 


PhD team Algra, Lindeman, Gorter 


Position Pediatric rehabilitation physician 

Department De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Brain Centre Rudolf 

Magnus and Centre of Excellence for Rehabilitation 

Medicine 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look 

back and realize they are the big things” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Wijk I, Kappelle LJ, van Gijn J, Koudstaal PJ, Franke CL, 

Vermeulen M, Gorter JW, Algra A, for the LiLAC study group. 

Long-term survival and vascular event risk after transient ischaemic 

attack or minor ischaemic stroke: a cohort study. Lancet 

2005;365:2098-104. PubMed PMID: 15964446. 

2006 

Name 

Barbara Zwirs 


PhD team Schulpen, Buitelaar, Burger 


Position Associate Professor 

Department Institute for Criminal Law & Criminology, Leiden 

Law School 

Location Leiden University 

City 

Leiden 



MAIN PAPER 

van Reemst L, Fischer TF, Zwirs BW. Social Information Processing 

Mechanisms and Victimization: A Literature Review. Trauma 

Violence Abuse. 2016 Jan;17(1):3-25. PubMed PMID: 25389278. 


Class of 2007

2007 

Name 

Bellis van der Berg 


PhD team Brunekreef, Grievink, Lebret, Yzermans 

Speciality Health Care Research 

Position Senior Advisor Research and Monitoring 

Department 

Location Vilans Centre of expertise for long-term care 

City 

Utrecht 

Country the Netherlands 


MAIN PAPER 

van den Berg B, Grievink L, van der Velden PG, Yzermans CJ, Stellato 

RK, Lebret E, Brunekreef B. Risk factors for physical symptoms after 

a disaster: a longitudinal study. Psychol Med. 2008 Apr;38(4):499- 

510. PubMed PMID: 17892620. 

2007 

Name 

Angelique Jansen 


PhD team Sanders, Hoes, Hak 




Department 

Location 

City 

Country 

Quote 

MAIN PAPER 

Jansen AG, Sanders EA, Hoes AW, van Loon AM, Hak E. Effects of 

influenza plus pneumococcal conjugate vaccination versus 

influenza vaccination alone in preventing respiratory tract 

infections in children: a randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled 

trial. J Pediatr. 2008 Dec;153(6):764-70. PubMed PMID: 

18621393. 


2007 

Name 

Kristel Janssen 


PhD team Moons, Grobbee, Vergouwe 

Speciality Methodology 

Position Manager Pricing and Reimbursement 

Department 

Location Bristol-Myers Squibb 

City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

de Jong LA, Dvortsin E, Janssen KJ, Postma MJ. Cost-effectiveness 

Analysis for Apixaban in the Acute Treatment and Prevention of 

Venous Thromboembolism in the Netherlands. Clin Ther. 2017 

Feb;39(2):288-302.e4. PubMed PMID: 28139289. 

2007 

Name 

PhD defense 

PhD team 

Speciality 

Position 

Department 

Location 

City 

Country 

Quote 

M. Meier 

We were inable to obtain information through 


Organisation of acute care. 

Demand and supply of emergency care in the region of Utrecht 

MAIN PAPER 

M. Meier 


2007 

Name 

Suhreta Mujakovic 


PhD team Grobbee, Samsom, de Wit, Numans 

Speciality Epidemiology & Public Health 


Department Knowledge & Innovation 

Location Public Health Service South (GGD)–Limburg 

City 

Sittard-Geleen 



MAIN PAPER 

Mujakovic S, ter Linde JJ, de Wit NJ, van Marrewijk CJ, Fransen GA, 

Onland-Moret NC, et al. Serotonin receptor 3A polymorphism 

c.-42C > T is associated with severe dyspepsia. BMC Med Genet. 

2011 Oct 20;12:140. PubMed PMID: 22014438; 

2007 

Name 

Leonie Muller - Venmans 


PhD team Rutten, Gorter, Hak 

Speciality Epidemiology of Pediatric Disease 

Position Epidemiologist / guidelines developer 

Department 

Location Pediatric Association of the Netherlands (Nederlandse 

vereniging voor Kindergeneeskunde) 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never 

tried anything new.” 

MAIN PAPER 

Muller LM, Gorter KJ, Hak E, Goudzwaard WL, Schellevis FG, 

Hoepelman AI, Rutten GE. Increased risk of common infections in 

patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Clin Infect Dis. 

2005 Aug 1;41(3):281-8. PubMed PMID: 16007521 


2007 

Name 

Hamid Nakhai Pour 


PhD team Grobbee, Van der Schouw, Verhaar 

Speciality Health Technology Assessment 

Position Staff Member 

Department 

Location McMaster University 

City 

Hamilton 



MAIN PAPER 

Nakhai-Pour HR, Grobbee DE, Emmelot-Vonk MH, Bots ML, Verhaar 

HJ, van der Schouw YT. Oral testosterone supplementation and 

chronic low-grade inflammation in elderly men: a 26-week randomized, 

placebo-controlled trial. Am Heart J. 2007 Dec;154(6):1228. 

e1-7. PubMed PMID: 18035098. 

2007 

Name 

Harmieke van Os-Medendorp 


PhD team Buijnzeel-Koomen, Grypdonck, Bos 

Speciality Clinical Epidemiology of Dermatology/Allergology 

Position Epidemiologist Dermatology/Allergology and 

lecturer Clinical Health Sciences 

Department Dermatology/Allergology 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“There is a meaning in every journey that is 

unknown to the traveller”- Bonhoeffer 

MAIN PAPER 

van Os-Medendorp H, Koffijberg H, Eland-de Kok PC, van der Zalm 

A, de Bruin-Weller MS, Pasmans SG, et al. E-health in caring for 

patients with atopic dermatitis: a randomized controlled cost-effectiveness 

study of internet-guided monitoring and online self-management 

training. Br J Dermatol. 2012 May;166(5):1060-8. 



2007 

Name 

Sofie van Roosbroeck 


PhD team Brunekreef, Hoek, Janssen 


Position Coordinator of Centre for Cancer Prevention and 

Research Group Epidemiology and Social Medicine 

Department Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 

Location University of Antwerp 

City 

Antwerp 


Quote 

“The finish line is just the beginning of a whole 

new race” 

MAIN PAPER 

Van Roosbroeck S, Li R, Hoek G, Lebret E, Brunekreef B, Spiegelman 

D. Traffic-related outdoor air pollution and respiratory symptoms in 

children: the impact of adjustment for exposure measurement 

error. Epidemiology. 2008 May;19(3):409-16. PubMed PMID: 

18379431. 

2007 

Name 

Siamak Sabour 





Department Clinical Epidemiology 

Location Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 

City 

Tehran 

Country I.R.Iran 


MAIN PAPER 

Sabour S, Franx A, Rutten A, Grobbee DE, Prokop M, Bartelink ML, 

van der Schouw YT, Bots ML. High blood pressure in pregnancy and 

coronary calcification. Hypertension. 2007 Apr;49(4):813-7. PubMed 

PMID: 17283250. 


2007 

Name 

Bart Thoolen 


PhD team De Ridder, Rutten, Bensing 

Speciality Clinical Psychology 

Position Resident in Clinical Pschycologist 

Department Medical Psychology and Psychiatry 


City 

Apeldoorn 


Quote 

“The path out of ambivalence is to choose a 

direction, follow it, and keep moving in the chosen 

direction” 

MAIN PAPER 

Thoolen B, De Ridder D, Bensing J, Maas C, Griffin S, Gorter K, Rutten 

G. Effectiveness of a self-management intervention in patients with 

screen-detected type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2007 

Nov;30(11):2832-7. PubMed PMID: 17666461. 

2007 

Name 

Martijn Verheus 


PhD team Grobbee, Peeters, van Gils 

Speciality Nutritional Epidemiology 

Position Programme Manager Nutrition & Dietetics 

Department Nutrition & Dietetics 

Location The Hague University of Applied Sciences 

City 

The Hague 



MAIN PAPER 

Verheus M, van Gils CH, Kreijkamp-Kaspers S, Kok L, Peeters PH, 

Grobbee DE, van der Schouw YT. Soy protein containing isoflavones 

and mammographic density in a randomized controlled trial in 

postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 



2007 

Name 

Leo van Vlimmeren 

PhD defense April 24th 2007 

PhD team Helders, van der Graaf, Engelbert, van Adrichem 

Speciality Pediatric Physiotherapy 

Position Clinician / researcher 

Department Rehabilitation 


City 

Nijmegen 



MAIN PAPER 

van Vlimmeren LA, van der Graaf Y, Boere-Boonekamp MM, L’Hoir 

MP, Helders PJ, Engelbert RH. Effect of pediatric physical therapy on 

deformational plagiocephaly in children with positional preference: 

a randomized controlled trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 



Class of 2008

2008 

Name 

Marissa Aanen Fung Kon jin 


PhD team Smout, Bredenoord, Numans 



Department 

Location General Practice T.S. Prins 

City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Aanen MC, Numans ME, Weusten BL, Smout AJ. Diagnostic value of 

the Reflux Disease Questionnaire in general practice. Digestion. 

2006;74(3-4):162-8. PubMed PMID: 17351321. 

2008 

Name 

Auke Appelman 

PhD defense May 22nd, 2008 

PhD team Mali, van der Graaf, Geerlings, Vinken 


Position Neuroradiologist 



City 

Groningen 


Quote 

“Er gaat niets boven Groningen” 

MAIN PAPER 

Appelman AP, Vincken KL, van der Graaf Y, Vlek AL, Witkamp TD, 

Mali WP, Geerlings MI; SMART Study Group. White matter lesions 

and lacunar infarcts are independently and differently associated 

with brain atrophy: the SMART-MR study. Cerebrovasc Dis. 

2010;29:28-35. PubMed PMID: 19893309. 


2008 

Name 

Liesbeth Bax 

PhD defense August 29th 2008 

PhD team Mali, van der Graaf, Beutler 





City 

Nijmegen 


Quote 

“In patients with atherosclerotic renal artery 

stenosis and impaired renal function no additional 

benefit was found in terms of renal function for 

arterial stent placement as compared to medical 

treatment alone “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Bax L, Woittiez AJ, Kouwenberg HJ, Mali WP, Buskens E, Beek FJ, et al. 

Stent placement in patients with atherosclerotic renal artery 

stenosis and impaired renal function: a randomized trial. Ann Intern 

Med. 2009 Jun 16;150(12):840-8. PubMed PMID: 19414832. 

2008 

Name 

Rob Beelen 


PhD team Brunekreef, van de Brandt, Hoek 


Position Senior scientific researcher 

Department 



City 

Bilthoven 



MAIN PAPER 

Beelen R, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Stafoggia M, et al. Effects of longterm 

exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality: an 

analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE 

project. Lancet. 2014 Mar 1;383(9919):785-95. PubMed PMID: 

24332274. 


2008 

Name 

René Bijkerk 


PhD team Hoes, Knottnerus, de Wit, Muris 


Position General Practitioner & Trainer General Practitioners 



Location General Practice de Weerark & University Medical 

Center Utrecht 

City 

de Meern & Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Bijkerk CJ, de Wit NJ, Muris JW, Whorwell PJ, Knottnerus JA, Hoes 

AW. Soluble or insoluble fibre in irritable bowel syndrome in 

primary care? Randomised placebo controlled trial. BMJ. 2009 Aug 

27;339:b3154. PubMed PMID: 19713235. 

2008 

Name 

Jettie Bont 


PhD team Verheij, Hoes, Hak 


Position General Practitioner & Head of the department of 

GP-specialty training 

Department 

Location General Practice & Academic Medical Center 

- University of Amsterdam 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t 

understand it yourself.” - Albert Einstein 

MAIN PAPER 

Bont J, Hak E, Hoes AW, Macfarlane JT, Verheij TJ. Predicting death in 

elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective 

validation study reevaluating the CRB-65 severity assessment 

tool. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Jul 14;168(13):1465-8. PubMed PMID: 

18625928. 


2008 

Name 

Claudia Brandenburg 


PhD team Vosselman, Groenewegen, Schrijvers 

Speciality Health Economics & Management 

Position Chair of the Board of Directors 

Department 


City 

Goes 



MAIN PAPER 

2008 

Name 

Beate Brouwer 



Speciality Clinical Research Organisation 

Position Project Director 

Department 

Location PRA Health Sciences 

City 

Groningen / Assen 



MAIN PAPER 

Brouwer BG, Visseren FL, Algra A, van Bockel JH, Bollen EL, Doevendans 

PA, et al. Effectiveness of a hospital-based vascular screening 

programme (SMART)for risk factor management in patients with 

established vascular disease or type 2 diabetes: a parallel-group 

comparative study. J Intern Med. 2010 Jul;268(1):83-93. PubMed 

PMID: 20337856. 


2008 

Name 

Viviane Dietz 


PhD team Heintz, van der Graaf, van der Vaart, 

Schraffordt-Koops 

Speciality Gynaecology (Urogynaecology) 



Location Catharina Hospital Eindhoven 

City 

Eindhoven 



MAIN PAPER 

Dietz V, van der Vaart CH, van der Graaf Y, Heintz P, Schraffordt 

Koops SE. One-year follow-up after sacrospinous hysteropexy and 

vaginal hysterectomy for uterine descent: a randomized study. Int 

Urogynecol J. 2010 Feb;21(2):209-16PubMed PMID: 19834635. 

2008 

Name 

Soner Dogan 




Position Psychiatrist, Head of department 


Location Admiraal De Ruyter Hospital 

City 

Goes 


Quote 

“You tell them what you’re gonna tell them, you 

tell them, then you tell them what you’ve told 

them” - John Wayne 

MAIN PAPER 

Dogan S, Duivenvoorden R, Grobbee DE, Kastelein JJ, Shear CL, 

Evans GW,et al. Completeness of carotid intima media thickness 

measurements depends on body composition: the RADIANCE 1 

and 2 trials. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2010 May;17(5):526-35. PubMed 

PMID: 20228610. 


2008 

Name 

Carline van den Dool 


PhD team Bonten, Hak, Wallinga 

Speciality Epidemiology of Infectious Disease 

Position Policy Advisor Project Coordinator Antimicrobial 

Resistance 

Department Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb) & Centre for 

Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Surveillance (EPI) 

Location National Institute for Public Health and the Environment 

(RIVM) 

City 

Bilthoven 


Quote 

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our 

deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure” 

- Marianne Williamson 

MAIN PAPER 

van den Dool C, Haenen A, Leenstra T, Wallinga J. The Role of Nursing 

Homes in the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance Over the Healthcare 

Network. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Jul;37(7):761-7. PubMed 

PMID: 27052880. 

2008 

Name 

Martijn van Eck 


PhD team Van Hemel, Grobbee, Moons 

Speciality Cardiovascular Epidemiology 

Position Project manager 


Location Jeroen Bosch Hospital 

City 

‘s Hertogenbosch 



MAIN PAPER 

van Eck JW, van Hemel NM, Grobbee DE, Buskens E, Moons KG. 

FOLLOWPACE study: a prospective study on the cost-effectiveness 

of routine follow-up visits in patients with a pacemaker. 

Europace.2006 Jan;8(1):60-4. PubMed PMID: 16627411. 


2008 

Name 

Fatima El Fakiri 


PhD team Berg, Hoes, Bruijnzeels 

Speciality Epidemiology of ageing 

Position Senior researcher 

Department Epidemiology, Health Promotion & Care 

Innovation 

Location Public Health Service of Amsterdam 

City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

El Fakiri F, Bruijnzeels MA, Uitewaal PJ, Frenken RA, Berg M, Hoes 

AW. Intensified preventive care to reduce cardiovascular risk in 

healthcare centres located in deprived neighbourhoods: a randomized 

controlled trial. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2008 


2008 

Name 

Petra Gorter 



Speciality Dermatology 

Position Dermatologist 

Department Dermatology 

Location Bernhoven Hospital 

City 

Uden 


Quote 

“Keep calm and be mindful“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Gorter PM, Olijhoek JK, van der Graaf Y, Algra A, Rabelink TJ, 

Visseren FL; SMART Study Group. Prevalence of the metabolic 

syndrome in patients with coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular 

disease, peripheral arterial disease or abdominal aortic aneurysm. 

Atherosclerosis. 2004 Apr;173(2):363-9. PubMed PMID: 15064114. 


2008 

Name 

Gerco Haars 


PhD team Grobbee, Peeters, van Noord 

Speciality Pharmaceutical research and management 

Position Director Analytics and Outcomes 

Department 

Location Teva Pharmaceuticals 

City 

Haarlem 



MAIN PAPER 

Haars G, van Noord PA, van Gils CH, Grobbee DE, Peeters PH. 

Measurements of breast density: no ratio for a ratio. Cancer Epidemiol 

Biomarkers Prev. 2005 Nov;14(11 Pt 1):2634-40. PubMed PMID: 

16284389. 

2008 

Name 

Gideon Hajer 


PhD team Van der Wall, van der Graaf, Visseren 




Location Deventer Hospital 

City 

Deventer 



MAIN PAPER 

Hajer GR, van Haeften TW, Visseren FL. Adipose tissue dysfunction 

in obesity, diabetes, and vascular diseases. Eur Heart J. 2008 

Dec;29(24):2959-71. PubMed PMID: 18775919. 


2008 

Name 

Patricia Halkes 


PhD team Algra, Kappelle 





City 

Alkmaar 


Quote 

“Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always” 

MAIN PAPER 

The ESPRIT Study Group. Aspirin plus dipyridamole versus aspirin 

alone after cerebral ischaemia of arterial origin (ESPRIT): a randomised 

controlled trial. Lancet 2006;367:1665-1673. Writing 

committee: Halkes PHA, van Gijn J, Kappelle LJ, Koudstaal LJ, Algra 

A. PubMed PMID: 16714187. 

2008 

Name 

José Hofhuis 


PhD team Bakker, Schrijvers, Spronk, van Stel 


Position Research coordinator- Nurse- Researcher Intensive 

Care 

Department Intensive Care Department 


City 

Apeldoorn 



MAIN PAPER 

Hofhuis JG, Spronk PE, van Stel HF, Schrijvers GJ, Rommes JH, 

Bakker J. The impact of critical illness on perceived health-related 

quality of life during ICU treatment, hospital stay, and after 

hospital discharge: a long-term follow-up study. Chest. 2008 



2008 

Name 

Paul Janssen 


PhD team Rutten, Stolk, Gorter 



Department General Practice & Elderly Care Medicine 

Location VU University Medical Center Amsterdam & 

Huisartsenpraktijk Baambrugge 

City 

Amsterdam & Baambrugge 


Quote 

“Better spend your money on experiences, rather 

than on possessions” 

MAIN PAPER 

Janssen PG, Gorter KJ, Stolk RP, Rutten GE. Randomised controlled 

trial of intensive multifactorial treatment for cardiovascular risk in 

patients with screen-detected type 2 diabetes: 1-year data from the 

ADDITION Netherlands study. Br J Gen Pract. 2009 Jan;59(558):43-8. 


2008 

Name 

Brita de Jong 


PhD team Verheij, van der Ent, Uiterwaal 

Speciality Social Pediatrics and Pediatric Medicine 

Position Social Medicine Pediatrician (jeugdarts) 

Department Social Pediatric Medicine 

Location Medical Centre Leeuwarden 

City 

Leeuwarden 



MAIN PAPER 

de Jong BM, van der Ent CK, van der Zalm MM, van Putte-Katier N, 

Verheij TJ, Kimpen JL, Uiterwaal CS; WHISTLER study group.. 

Respiratory symptoms in young infancy: child, parent and physician 

related determinants of drug prescription in primary care. Pharmacoepidemiol 

Drug Saf. 2009 Jul;18(7):610-8. PubMed PMID: 

19399917. 


2008 

Name 

Elise van Kempen 

PhD defense January 22nd, 2008 

PhD team Brunekreef, Lebret, Stansfeld, van Kamp 

Speciality Public Health Epidemiology 


Department Centre for Sustainability, Environment and Health 



City 

Bilthoven 



MAIN PAPER 

van Kempen E, Babisch W. The quantitative relationship between 

road traffic noise and hypertension: a meta-analysis. J Hypertens. 

2012 Jun;30(6):1075-86. PubMed PMID: 22473017. 

2008 

Name 

Mirjam Knol 


PhD team Grobbee, Egberts, Geerlings 

Speciality Epidemiology of Vaccine Preventable Diseases 


Department Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands 

(CIb) 



City 

Bilthoven 


Quote 

“Go for it!“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Knol MJ, van der Tweel I, Grobbee DE, Numans ME, Geerlings MI. 

Estimating interaction on an additive scale between continuous 

determinants in a logistic regression model. Int J Epidemiol. 2007 



2008 

Name 

Erik Koffijberg 


PhD team Rinkel, van Hout, Buskens 

Speciality Health Economiy 


Department Health Technology & Services Research 

Location University of Twente 

City 

Enschede 


Quote 

“Those who say it cannot be done shouldn’t 

interrupt the people doing it“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Koffijberg H, Buskens E, Algra A, Wermer MJ, Rinkel GJ. Growth rates 

of intracranial aneurysms: exploring constancy. J Neurosurg. 2008 


2008 

Name 

Laura Koopman 


PhD team Grobbee, Rovers 

Speciality Epidemiology of Health Care Quality 

Position Advisor Healh Care Quality 

Department 

Location National Health Care Institute / Zorginstituut 

Nederland 

City 

Diemen 



MAIN PAPER 

Koopman L, van der Heijden GJ, Grobbee DE, Rovers MM. Comparison 

of methods of handling missing data in individual patient 

data meta-analyses: an empirical example on antibiotics in children 

with acute otitis media. Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Mar 1;167(5):540-5. 



2008 

Name 

Weinand Laan 


PhD team Grobbee, Kahn, Burger 

Speciality Data Scientist 

Position Team Lead Data Quality Management 

Department 

Location Textkernel 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“It might look like I’m doing nothing, but at the 

cellular level I’m really quite busy.” 

MAIN PAPER 

Laan W, Grobbee DE, Selten JP, Heijnen CJ, Kahn RS, Burger H. 

Adjuvant aspirin therapy reduces symptoms of schizophrenia 

spectrum disorders: results from a randomized, double-blind, 

placebo-controlled trial. J Clin Psychiatry. 2010 May;71(5):520-7. 


2008 

Name 

Corinne Lebrun 


PhD team Lamberts, Grobbee, van der Schouw 

Speciality Rheumatology 

Position Rheumatologist 

Department Rheumatology 

Location Saxenburgh groep, Röpcke-Zweers Ziekenhuis 

City 

Hardenberg 


Quote 

“Mijn patiënten behandel ik zoals ik zelf 

behandeld zou willen worden. De wederzijdse 

voldoening die daaruit voortvloeit is o 

verweldigend!” 

MAIN PAPER 

Lebrun CE, van der Schouw YT, de Jong FH, Pols HA, Grobbee DE, 

Lamberts SW. Relations between body composition, functional and 

hormonal parameters and quality of life in healthy postmenopausal 

women. Maturitas. 2006 Aug 20;55(1):82-92. PubMed PMID: 

16497451. 


2008 

Name 

Anne May 


PhD team Grobbee, Passchier, Ros 



Department Julius Center of Health Sciences and Primary Care 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Nicht ärgern, nur wundern!” 

MAIN PAPER 

May AM, Korstjens I, van Weert E, van den Borne B, Hoekstra- 

Weebers JE, van der Schans CP, et al. Long-term effects on cancer 

survivors’ quality of life of physical training versus physical training 

combined with cognitive-behavioral therapy: results from a 

randomized trial. Support Care Cancer. 2009 Jun;17(6):653-63. 


2008 

Name 

Esther Molenaar 


PhD team Grobbee, Numans, van Ameijden 


Position Lecturer (BSc Health and Life Sciences) 

Department Environment and Health 


City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Molenaar EA, Massaro JM, Jacques PF, Pou KM, Ellison RC, Hoffmann 

U, et al. Association of lifestyle factors with abdominal subcutaneous 

and visceral adiposity: the Framingham Heart Study. 

Diabetes Care. 2009 Mar;32(3):505-10. PubMed PMID: 19074991. 


2008 

Name 

Martijn Pruissen 






Location Diakonessenhuis Utrecht 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Reply of Willie Sutton as to why he kept robbing 

banks: “Because that’s where the money is!” 

- Sutton’s law: applicable to medical and scientific 

hypothesis generation 

MAIN PAPER 

Pruissen DMO, Slooter AJC, Rosendaal FR, van der Graaf Y, Algra A. 

Coagulation factor XIII gene variation, oral contraceptives, and risk 

of ischemic stroke. Blood 2008;111:1282-6. PubMed PMID: 

18006701. 

2008 

Name 

Annemarieke Rutten 


PhD team Prokop, Bots 




Location Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“The heart of life is good” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bleker SM, Beenen LF, Di Nisio M, van Es N, Büller HR, Kraaijpoel N, 

Rutten A. Incidental pulmonary embolism in cancer patients: 

Interobserver agreement on the diagnosis and extent with a focus 

on distal clots. Thromb Res. 2016 Nov;147:46-51. PubMed PMID: 

27669127. 


2008 

Name 

Salome Scholtens 


PhD team Brunekreef, Seidell, Wijga 


Position Programme manager Research Data Services & 

community manager at the Genomics 

Coordination Center 

Department Faculty of Medical Sciences 


City 

Groningen 



MAIN PAPER 

Vonk JM, Scholtens S, Postma DS, Moffatt MF, Jarvis D, Ramasamy A, 

et al. Adult onset asthma and interaction between genes and active 

tobacco smoking: The GABRIEL consortium. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 

2;12(3):e0172716. PubMed PMID: 28253294; 

2008 

Name 

Eva Suarthana 


PhD team Heederik, Grobbee, Meijer 


Position Professeur chercheur adjoint 

Department Centre de recherche, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de 

Montréal ; Département de médecine sociale et 

préventive, École de santé publique, 

Location University of Montreal 

City 

Montreal 


Quote 

“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never 

have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If 

you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same 

place.” 

MAIN PAPER 

Suarthana E, Moons KG, Heederik D, Meijer E. A simple diagnostic 

model for ruling out pneumoconiosis among construction workers. 

Occup Environ Med. 2007 Sep;64(9):595-601. PubMed PMID: 

17409183; 


2008 

Name 

Yanto Tjang 


PhD team Grobbee, Körfer, Van der Heijden 

Speciality Cardio Thoracic Surgery 

Position Cardio Thoracic Surgeon 

Department Cardio Thoracic Surgery 

Location Premier Jatinegara Hospital 

City 

Jakarta 

Country Indonesia 


MAIN PAPER 

Tjang YS, van der Heijden GJ, Tenderich G, Körfer R, Grobbee DE. 

Long-term results of heart transplantation for end-stage valvular 

heart disease. J Card Surg. 2009 Sep Oct;24(5):580-4. PubMed PMID: 

19740302. 

2008 

Name 

Diane Toll 


PhD team Moons, Hoes, Oudega 

Speciality 



Department 

Location 

City 

Country 

Quote 

MAIN PAPER 

Toll DB, Janssen KJ, Vergouwe Y, Moons KG. Validation, updating 

and impact of clinical prediction rules: a review. J Clin Epidemiol. 



2008 

Name 

Sabine Uijl 


PhD team van Huffelen, Moons, Leijten 

Speciality Epidemiology & Education 

Position Education manager & Epidemiologist 

Department Julius Academy, Julius Center for Health Sciences 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will 

take you everywhere. (Albert Einstein)” 

MAIN PAPER 

Uijl SG, Leijten FS, Arends JB, Parra J, van Huffelen AC, Moons KG. 

Prognosis after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery: the value of combining 

predictors. Epilepsia. 2008 Aug;49(8):1317-23. PubMed PMID: 

18557776. 

2008 

Name 

Alike van der Velden 


PhD team Grobbee, Numans 

Speciality Epidemiology of Infectious Disease in Primary Care 

Position Assistant Professor & Network EU coordinator 




City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Look well, therefore, to this day!“ 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Velden AW, Kuyvenhoven MM, Verheij TJ. Improving 

antibiotic prescribing quality by an intervention embedded in the 

primary care practice accreditation: the ARTI4 randomized trial. 

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 Jan;71(1):257-63. PubMed PMID: 

26490015. 


2008 

Name 

Floor Vernooij 


PhD team Heintz, van der Graaf, Witteveen 




Location Spaarne Gasthuis 

City 

Haarlem and Hoofddorp 



MAIN PAPER 

Vernooij F, Heintz AP, Coebergh JW, Massuger LF, Witteveen PO, van 

der Graaf Y. Specialized and high-volume care leads to better 

outcomes of ovarian cancer treatment in the Netherlands. Gynecol 

Oncol. 2009 Mar;112(3):455-61. PubMed PMID: 19136148. 

2008 

Name 

Hadi Zafarmand 





Department Public Health and Gynecology 

Location Academic Medical Center - University 

of Amsterdam 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“A day without randomisation is a day without 

progress. “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Tajik P, Monfrance M, van ‘t Hooft J, et al. A multivariable model to 

guide the decision for pessary placement to prevent preterm birth 

in women with a multiple pregnancy: a secondary analysis of the 

ProTWIN trial. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jul;48(1):48-55. 




Class of 2009

2009 

Name 

Leon Bax 


PhD team Moons 

Speciality Model-based drug development activities 

Position Director of Consulting Services 

Department 

Location Quantitative Solutions, A Certara Company 

City 

Princeton 

Country United States of America 

Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bax L, Moons KG. Beyond publication bias. J Clin Epidemiol. 2011 


2009 

Name 

Rijkel van Bruggen 

PhD defense March 3rd, 2009 

PhD team Rutten, Stolk, Gorter 



Department 

Location General Practice van Bruggen 

City 

Apeldoorn 


Quote 

“Want er moet niets nieuws voorgesteld worden 

zonder een geldige reden, tenzij het vanzelfsprekend 

is, of door ervaring bekend of door de 

autoriteit van de Heilige Schrift bewezen”. - 

Ockham 

MAIN PAPER 

van Bruggen R, Gorter KJ, Stolk RP, Verhoeven RP, Rutten GE. 

Implementation of locally adapted guidelines on type 2 diabetes. 

Fam Pract. 2008 Dec;25(6):430-7. PubMed PMID: 18718886. 


2009 

Name 

Pieta Bruggink-Andre de la Porte 

PhD defense January 16th,, 2009 

PhD team Hoes, van Veldhuisen 


Position Deceased, September 29th, 2016 


Location Deventer Hospital 

City 

Deventer 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bruggink-André de la Porte PW, Lok DJ, van Wijngaarden J, Cornel 

JH, Pruijsers-Lamers D, van Veldhuisen DJ, Hoes AW. Heart failure 

programmes in countries with a primary care-based health care 

system. Are additional trials necessary? Design of the DEAL-HF 

study. Eur J Heart Fail. 2005 Aug;7(5):910-20. PubMed PMID: 

16087143. 

2009 

Name 

Mariëlle Emmelot-Vonk 


PhD team Van der Schouw, Grobbee 


Position Geriatrician, chair of the department 

Department Geriatric Medicine 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Emmelot-Vonk MH, Verhaar HJ, Nakhai Pour HR, Aleman A, Lock TM, 

Bosch JL, et al. Effect of testosterone supplementation on functional 

mobility, cognition, and other parameters in older men: a 

randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2008 Jan 2;299(1):39-52. 



2009 

Name 

Marieke Ermers 

PhD defense June 2th,, 2009 

PhD team Kimpen, Bont, Rovers 


Position Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist 

Department Psyciatry 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Ermers MJ, Rovers MM, van Woensel JB, Kimpen JL, Bont LJ; RSV 

Corticosteroid Study Group.. The effect of high dose inhaled corticosteroids 

on wheeze in infants after respiratory syncytial virus 

infection: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial. BMJ. 

2009 Mar 31;338:b897. PubMed PMID: 19336497. 

2009 

Name 

Rolf Groenwold 


PhD team Hoes, Hak 






City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Schrijven doe je alleen als je een probleem hebt” 

MAIN PAPER 

Groenwold RH, Klungel OH, Grobbee DE, Hoes AW. Selection 

of confounding variables should not be based on observed 

associations with exposure. Eur J Epidemiol 2011;26:589-93 


2009 

Name 

Wenche Klerkx 

PhD defense November 26th,, 2009 

PhD team Heintz, Mali, Peeters, Veldhuis 


Position Resident in Gynaecology and Obstetrics 



City 

Nijmegen 



MAIN PAPER 

Klerkx WM, Veldhuis WB, Spijkerboer AM, van den Bosch MA, Mali 

WP, Heintz AP, et al. The value of 3.0Tesla diffusion-weighted MRI for 

pelvic nodal staging in patients with early stage cervical cancer. Eur 

J Cancer. 2012 Dec;48(18):3414-21. PubMed PMID: 22835781. 

2009 

Name 

Mayke Koek 


PhD team Bruijnzeel – Koomen, Buskens 



Department Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb) & Centre 

for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Surveillance 

(EPI) 



City 

Bilthoven 


Quote “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Koek MB, Buskens E, van Weelden H, Steegmans PH, Bruijnzeel-Koomen 

CA,Sigurdsson V. Home versus outpatient ultraviolet B 

phototherapy for mild to severe psoriasis: pragmatic multicentre 

randomised controlled non-inferiority trial (PLUTO study). BMJ. 

2009 May 7;338:b1542. PubMed PMID: 19423623. 


2009 

Name 

Lidwien Lemmens 

PhD defense January 13th,, 2009 

PhD team Moons, Kerkkamp 

Speciality Epidemiology of Quality of Care 


Department Centre for Quality of Care 



City 

Bilthoven 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Lemmens LC, Kerkkamp HE, van Klei WA, Klazinga NS, Rutten CL, 

van Linge RH, Moons KG. Implementation of outpatient preoperative 

evaluation clinics: facilitating and limiting factors. Br J Anaesth. 

2008 May;100(5):645-51. PubMed PMID: 18378547. 

2009 

Name 

Ingrid Looijmans - van den Akker 

PhD defense June 25th,, 2009 

PhD team Van Delden, Verheij, Hak 



Department 

Location Julius Health Care Centers (Leidsche Rijn Julius 

Gezondheidscentra) 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Multitasking is a way of living” 

MAIN PAPER 

Looijmans-Van den Akker I, Verheij TJ, Buskens E, Nichol KL, 

Rutten GE, Hak E. Clinical effectiveness of first and repeat influenza 

vaccination in adult and elderly diabetic patients. Diabetes Care. 

2006 Aug;29(8):1771-6. PubMed PMID: 16873778. 


2009 

Name 

Matthijs Meijs 

PhD defense October 8th,, 2009 

PhD team Doevendans, Prokop, Bots, Cramer 




Location Thorax Center Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente 

City 

Enschede 



MAIN PAPER 

Meijs MF, Vergouwe Y, Cramer MJ, Vonken EJ, Velthuis BK, Verton DJ, 

et al. SMART study group. A prediction model for left ventricular 

mass in patients at high cardiovascular risk. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev 

Rehabil. 2010 Dec;17(6):621-7. PubMed PMID: 20814310. 

2009 

Name 

PhD defense 

PhD team 

Speciality 

Position 

Department 

Location 

City 

Country 

Quote 

Roderick Metz 

May 20th,,2009 

van der Werken, van der Heijden, Verleisdonk 

Vascular Surgery 

Vascular Surgeon 

Vascular Surgery 

Spaarne Gasthuis 

Haarlem 

The Netherlands 

“Wantrouw de chirurg met losse veters” 

MAIN PAPER 

Metz R, Verleisdonk EJ, van der Heijden GJ, Clevers GJ, Hammacher 

ER, Verhofstad MH, et al. Acute Achilles tendon rupture: minimally 

invasive surgery versus nonoperative treatment with immediate full 

weightbearing--a randomized controlled trial. Am J Sports Med. 

2008 Sep;36(9):1688-94. PubMed PMID: 18645042. 


2009 

Name 

Lars Penne 

PhD defense August 25th,, 2009 

PhD team Bots, Ter Wee, Blankestijn, Grooteman 

Speciality Nephrology 

Position Internist-Nephrologist 



City 

Alkmaar 



MAIN PAPER 

Grooteman MP, van den Dorpel MA, Bots ML, Penne EL, van der 

Weerd NC, Mazairac AH, et al. CONTRAST Investigators.. Effect of 

online hemodiafiltration on all-cause mortality and cardiovascular 

outcomes. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 Jun;23(6):1087-96. PubMed 

PMID: 22539829 

2009 

Name 

Nicky Peters 

PhD defense April 2nd, 2009 

PhD team Mali, Peeters, Bakker 


Position Radiologist, thorax and abdomen 


Location Zuyderland Medisch Centrum 

City 

Heerlen 



MAIN PAPER 

Peters NH, Borel Rinkes IH, Zuithoff NP, Mali WP, Moons KG, Peeters 

PH. Meta-analysis of MR imaging in the diagnosis of breast lesions. 

Radiology. 2008 Jan;246(1):116-24. PubMed PMID: 18024435 


2009 

Name 

Jakub Regieli 


PhD team Grobbee, Doevendans 




Location Hartkliniek Flevoland 

City 

Lelystad 



MAIN PAPER 

Regieli JJ, Doevendans PA, Grobbee DE, Zwinderman AH, van der 

Graaf Y, Kastelein JJ, Jukema JW. ABCA1 impacts athero-thrombotic 

risk and 10-year survival in a contemporary secondary prevention 

setting. Atherosclerosis. 2011 Oct;218(2):457-63. PubMed PMID: 

21840005. 

2009 

Name 

Jopje Ruskamp 


PhD team Sanders, Brunekreef, Hoekstra, Rovers 



Department 

Location University Medical Center Utrecht, Childrens 

Hospital 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Ruskamp JM, Hoekstra MO, Postma DS, Kerkhof M, Bottema RW, 

Koppelman GH,et al. Exploring the role of polymorphisms in ficolin 

genes in respiratory tract infections in children. Clin Exp Immunol. 

2009 Mar;155(3):433-40. PubMed PMID: 19220833 


2009 

Name 

Tjarda Scheltens 


PhD team Hoes, Grobbee, Bots 



Department 

Location Health Care Center Goverwelle 

City 

Gouda 



MAIN PAPER 

Scheltens T, de Beus MF, Hoes AW, Rutten FH, Numans ME, Mosterd 

A, Kors JA, Grobbee DE, Bots ML. The potential yield of ECG 

screening of hypertensive patients: the Utrecht Health Project. 

J Hypertens. 2010 Jul;28(7):1527-33. PubMed PMID: 20574251. 

2009 

Name 

Hugo Smeets 


PhD team Hoes, de Wit 

Speciality Project management 

Position Project manager 

Department 

Location Artsen Zonder Grenzen (Doctors without Borders, 

Médecins sans Frontières) 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Smeets HM, Hoes AW, de Wit NJ. Effectiveness and costs of implementation 

strategies to reduce acid suppressive drug prescriptions: 

a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res. 2007 Nov 5;7:177. 



2009 

Name 

Bernadette Sol-de Rijk 

PhD defense March 19th,, 2009 

PhD team Van der Graaf, van der Wall, Visseren 


Position PostdDoctoral Researcher and Lecturer 

Department Amsterdam School of Health Professions 

Location University of Applied Sciences & University of 

Amsterdam Academic Medical Center 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Sol BG, van der Graaf Y, van der Bijl JJ, Goessens BM, Visseren FL. 

The role of self-efficacy in vascular risk factor management: 

a randomized controlled trial. Patient Educ Couns. 2008 


2009 

Name 

Ghislaine van Thiel 


PhD team van Delden 

Speciality Medical Ethics 

Position Associate Professor of Ethics 

Department Medical Humanities, Julius Center for Health 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Professor Einstein begs you to treat your publications 

for the time being as if he were already dead.” 

- Written on Einstein’s behalf by his secretary, Helen 

Dukas, March 1931, after he was besieged by one 

manuscript too many. Einstein Archive 46-487. 

MAIN PAPER 

van Andel J, Leijten F, van Delden H, van Thiel G. What makes a good 

home-based nocturnal seizure detector? A value sensitive design. 

PLoS One. 2015 Apr 13;10(4):e0121446. PubMed PMID: 25875320. 


2009 

Name 

Ilonca Vaartjes 


PhD team Bots, Grobbee 

Speciality Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology 

Position Clinical Epidemiologist 




City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Vaartjes I, O’Flaherty M, Capewell S, Kappelle J, Bots M. Remarkable 

decline in ischemic stroke mortality is not matched by changes in 

incidence. Stroke. 2013 Mar;44(3):591-7. PubMed PMID: 23212165. 

2009 

Name 

Carianne Verheugt 


PhD team Grobbee, Mulder, Uiterwaal 





City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss 

events. Small minds discuss people.“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Verheugt CL, Uiterwaal CS, van der Velde ET, Meijboom FJ, Pieper 

PG, Vliegen HW, et al. Gender and outcome in adult congenital 

heart disease. Circulation. 2008 Jul 1;118(1):26-32. PubMed PMID: 

18559697. 


2009 

Name 

Sigrid Vervoort 


PhD team Hoepelman, Borleffs, Grypdonck 

Speciality Supporting and coaching oncology nurse 

specialist & Lecturing in Qualitative research 

methodology 

Position Head of department of Clinical Nurse Specialists & 

Postdoctoral Researcherresearcher and lecturer 

Department Cancer Center 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Be yourself no matter what they say” 

MAIN PAPER 

Vervoort SC, Borleffs JC, Hoepelman AI, Grypdonck MH. Adherence 

in antiretroviral therapy: a review of qualitative studies. AIDS. 2007 

Jan 30;21(3):271-81. PubMed PMID: 17255734. 

2009 

Name 

Anneloes Vlek 

PhD defense May 26th,, 2009 


Speciality Medical Microbiology 

Position Medical Microbiologist 

Department Medical Microbiology and Immunology 

Location Diakonessenhuis Utrecht 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Vlek AL, Cooper BS, Kypraios T, Cox A, Edgeworth JD, Auguet OT. 

Clustering of antimicrobial resistance outbreaks across bacterial 

species in the intensive care unit. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Jul;57(1):65- 

76. PubMed PMID: 23549524. 


2009 

Name 

Sander Vos 

PhD defense April 23rd, 2009 

PhD team Doevendans, Prokop, Bots 




Location Bernhoven Hospital 

City 

Uden 


Quote “Het is zoals het is “ 

MAIN PAPER 

de Vos AM, Prokop M, Roos CJ, Meijs MF, van der Schouw YT, 

Rutten A, et al. Peri-coronary epicardial adipose tissue is related 

to cardiovascular risk factors and coronary artery calcification in 

post-menopausal women. Eur Heart J. 2008 Mar;29(6):777-83. 


2009 

Name 

Annemarie Wassink 


PhD team Visseren, van der Graaf 

Speciality 



Department 

Location 

City 

Country 

Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Wassink AM, van der Graaf Y, Olijhoek JK, Visseren FL; SMART Study 

Group. Metabolic syndrome and the risk of new vascular events 

and all-cause mortality in patients with coronary artery disease, 

cerebrovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease or abdominal 

aortic aneurysm. Eur Heart J. 2008 Jan;29(2):213-23. 


2009 

Name 

Bas van Zaane 


PhD team Moons, Kalkman, Buhre, Nierich 


Position Medical Director of Pediatric Anaesthesiology 

Department Pediatric Anaesthesiology 

Location University Medical Center Utrecht, Children 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Zaane B, van Klei WA, Buhre WF, Bauer P, Boerma EC, Hoeft A, et 

al. European Surgical Outcomes Study (EuSOS) group for the Trials 

groups of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the 

European Society of Anaesthesiology. Nonelective surgery at night 

and in-hospital mortality: Prospective observational data from the 

European Surgical Outcomes Study. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2015 


2009 

Name 

Marieke van den Zalm 

PhD defense December 3rd, 2009 

PhD team van der Ent, Verheij, Uiterwaal, Wilbrink 



Department Desmond Tutu TB Centre , Paediatrics and Child 

Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 

Location Stellenbosch University 

City 

Cape Town 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Zalm MM, Uiterwaal CS, Wilbrink B, Koopman M, Verheij TJ, 

van der Ent CK. The influence of neonatal lung function on rhinovirus-associated 

wheeze. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Jan 

15;183(2):262-7. PubMed PMID: 20802166. 


Class of 2010

2010 

Name 

Heidi Ammerlaan 


PhD team Bonten, Kluytmans 

Speciality Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease 

Position Internist-Infectious Disease 



City 

Eindhoven 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Ammerlaan HS, Kluytmans JA, Berkhout H, Buiting A, de Brauwer EI, 

van den Broek PJ, et al. MRSA Eradication Study Group.. Eradication 

of carriage with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: 

effectiveness of a national guideline. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2011 


2010 

Name 

Mariëlle van Avendonk 


PhD team Rutten, Gorter, van den Donk 

Speciality Policy officer with special interest in mental health 

and palliative care in general practice. 

Position Senior scientific staff member and policy officer 

Department 

Location Dutch College of General Practitioners (Nederlands 

Huisartsen Genootschap) 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“People are a lot more than their disease“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Vos RC, van Avendonk MJ, Jansen H, Goudswaard AN, van den 

Donk M, Gorter K, et al. Insulin monotherapy compared with the 

addition of oral glucose-lowering agents to insulin for people with 

type 2 diabetes already on insulin therapy and inadequate 

glycaemic control. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Sep 

18;9:CD006992. PubMed PMID: 27640062. 


2010 

Name 

Florianne Bauer 


PhD team Van der Schouw, Wijmenga, Onland-Moret 


Position Pharmacovigilance assessor 

Department Pharmacovigilance 

Location Medicines Evaluation Board 

City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Bauer F, Elbers CC, Adan RA, Loos RJ, Onland-Moret NC, Grobbee 

DE, et al. Obesity genes identified in genome-wide association 

studies are associated with adiposity measures and potentially with 

nutrient-specific food preference. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 


2010 

Name 

Margriet de Beus 


PhD team Grobbee, Doevendans, Bots, Mosterd 



Department 

Location Huisartsenpraktijk de Beus 

City 

Oisterwijk 


Quote 

“Ambitie, nou gewoon alles“ - Loesje 

MAIN PAPER 

Berdowski J, de Beus MF, Blom M, Bardai A, Bots ML, Doevendans 

PA, et al. Exercise-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the 

general population: incidence and prognosis. Eur Heart J. 2013 



2010 

Name 

Barbara Borkent-Raven 


PhD team van Hout, Bonsel, van der Poel 

Speciality Data-scientist mental healthcare 

Position 

Department 

Location Dutch Healthcare Authority 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Borkent-Raven BA, Janssen MP, van der Poel CL, Schaasberg WP, 

Bonsel GJ, van Hout BA. The PROTON study: profiles of blood 

product transfusion recipients in the Netherlands. Vox Sang. 2010 

Jul 1;99(1):54-64. PubMed PMID: 20202179. 

2010 

Name 

Lidewij Broekhuizen 


PhD team Moons, Hoes, Verheij, Sachs 


Position General Practitioner & Assistant Professor 



Location General practice de Bongerd & University Medical 


City 

Borculo & Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Broekhuizen BD, Sachs AP, Verheij TJ, Janssen KJ, Asma G, Lammers 

JW, et al. Accuracy of symptoms, signs, and C-reactive protein for 

early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Br J Gen Pract. 2012 

Sep;62(602):e632-8. PubMed PMID: 22947584. 


2010 

Name 

Madeleine Bruins Slot 


PhD team Hoes, Glatz, Rutten, van der Heijden 


Position General Practitioner and medical advisor HCDO 

Department 

Location Huisartsenpraktijk Rosing en Bruins Slot & HCDO 

(Deventer GP Cooperative) and 

City 

Deventer and Markelo 


Quote 

“Less is more” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bruins Slot MH, Rutten FH, van der Heijden GJ, Doevendans PA, 

Mast EG, Bredero AC, et al. Diagnostic value of a heart-type fatty 

acid-binding protein (H-FABP) bedside test in suspected acute 

coronary syndrome in primary care. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 

30;168(2):1485-9. PubMed PMID: 23332896. 

2010 

Name 

Frits Cleveringa 


PhD team Rutten, Gorter, van den Donk 


Position General Practitioner & Teacher at the vocational 

training in general practice 

Department Gezondheidshuis & General Practice, Julius Center 

for Health Sciences and Primary Care 

Location Gezondheidshuis Stadshagen & University Medical 


City 

Zwolle & Utrecht 


Quote 

“No improvement without feedback on 

performance“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Cleveringa FG, Gorter KJ, van den Donk M, Rutten GE. Combined 

task delegation, computerized decision support, and feedback 

improve cardiovascular risk for type 2 diabetic patients: a cluster 

randomized trial in primary care. Diabetes Care. 2008 



2010 

Name 

Clara Elbers 


PhD team Wijmenga, van der Schouw, Onland-Moret 

Speciality Lifes Sciences, biotechnology and medical 

tehcnology 

Position Manager Training and Quality 

Department 

Location Catalyze – Carying Ideas Forward 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Winnen is belangrijker dan meedoen“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Saxena R, Elbers CC, Guo Y, et al. Large-scale gene-centric meta-analysis 

across 39 studies identifies type 2 diabetes loci. Am J Hum 

Genet. 2012 Mar 9;90(3):410-25. PubMed PMID: 22325160. 

2010 

Name 

Stijn van Esser 


PhD team Van Hillegersberg, Peeters, van den Bosch 


Position Surgeon Gasteroenterology 



Amsterdam 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Esser S, Peters NH, van den Bosch MA, Mali WP, Peeters PH, 

Borel Rinkes IH, et al. Surgical outcome of patients with corebiopsy-proven 

nonpalpable breast carcinoma: a large cohort 

follow-up study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2009 Aug;16(8):2252-8. 



2010 

Name 

Gerrie-Cor de Gast 


PhD team Van der Schouw, Grobbee, Samsioe 

Speciality Nutrional Epidemiology 

Position Staff member 

Department Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health 

Services 



City 

Bilthoven 


Quote 

“Live life to the max!“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Gast GC, Grobbee DE, Pop VJ, Keyzer JJ, Wijnands-van Gent CJ, 

Samsioe GN, Nilsson PM, van der Schouw YT. Menopausal 

complaints are associated with cardiovascular risk factors. Hypertension. 


2010 

Name 

Lotte Gerritsen 


PhD team Van der Graaf, Penninx, Geerlings, Comijs 

Speciality Neurosciences 


Department Clinical Psychology & Medical Epidemiology & 

Biostatistics 

Location Utrecht University & Karolinska Institute 

City 

Utrecht & Stockholm 

Country The Netherlands & Sweden 

Quote 

“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not 

to dare is to lose oneself.” 

MAIN PAPER 

Gerritsen L, Tendolkar I, Franke B, Vasquez AA, Kooijman S, Buitelaar 

J,et al. BDNF Val66Met genotype modulates the effect of childhood 

adversity on subgenual anterior cingulate cortex volume in healthy 

subjects. Mol Psychiatry. 2012 Jun;17(6):597-603. PubMed 

PMID:21577214. 


2010 

Name 

Rieke van der Graaf 


PhD team van Delden 


Position Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics 




City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

van Delden JJ, van der Graaf R. Revised CIOMS International Ethical 

Guidelines for Health-Related Research Involving Humans. JAMA. 

2017 Jan 10;317(2):135-136. PubMed PMID: 27923072. 

2010 

Name 

Paut Greebe 


PhD team Algra 

Speciality Nursing Subarachnoid Hemorrhages 

Position Nurse Specialist 

Department Neurology and Neurosurgery 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Never defer a dream until you are too old to 

enjoy it“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Greebe P, Rinkel GJ. Life expectancy after perimesencephalic 

subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stroke. 2007 Apr;38(4):1222-4. PubMed 

PMID: 17332451 


2010 

Name 

Inge Haeck 

PhD defense December 2nd, 2010 

PhD team Bruijnzeel-Koomen, Knol 

Speciality Dermatology 

Position Dermatologist 

Department Dermatology & Allergy 

Location Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis 

City 

Delft 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Haeck IM, Knol MJ, Ten Berge O, van Velsen SG, de Bruin-Weller MS, 

Bruijnzeel-Koomen CA. Enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium 

versus cyclosporin A as long-term treatment in adult patients with 

severe atopic dermatitis: a randomized controlled trial. J Am Acad 

Dermatol. 2011 Jun;64(6):1074-84. PubMed PMID: 21458107. 

2010 

Name 

Eline van Hattum 


PhD team Moll, Algra, Tangelder 

Speciality Vascular Surgery 

Position Fellow Vascular Surgery 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“KISS: Keep It Stupidly Simple.” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Hattum ES, Algra A, Lawson JA, Eikelboom BC, Moll FL, 

Tangelder MJD. Bleeding increases the risk of ischemic events in 

patients with peripheral arterial disease. Circulation 2009;120:1569- 

76. PubMed PMID: 19805650. 


2010 

Name 

Peter Jacobs 

PhD defense February 2nd, 2010 

PhD team Van der Graaf, Mali 


Position Intervention Radiologist 

Department Radiology & Nuclear Medicine 


City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“Oh….maar dat lukt jou wel” - Y. van der Graaf 

MAIN PAPER 

Gondrie MJ, Mali WP, Jacobs PC, Oen AL, van der Graaf Y; PROVIDI 

Study Group. Cardiovascular disease: prediction with ancillary 

aortic findings on chest CT scans in routine practice. Radiology. 


2010 

Name 

Mart Janssen 


PhD team van Hout, Bonsel, van der Poel 

Speciality Blood Transfusion Safety 

Position Principal Investigator 

Department Transfusion Technology Assessment 

Location University Medical Center Utrecht & Sanquin 

City 

Utrecht & Amsterdam 


Quote 

“It’s the known risks we focus on, the unknown we 

should worry about.” 

MAIN PAPER 

Mapako T, Oei W, van Hulst M, Kretzschmar ME, Janssen MP. 

Modelling the risk of transfusion transmission from travelling 

donors. BMC Infect Dis. 2016 Apr 1;16:143. PubMed PMID: 

27038919. 


2010 

Name 

Anne Knol 


PhD team Lebret, Brunekreef, van der Sluijs 

Speciality Envrionmental Health 

Position Campaign leader on transport and air pollution 

campaigns 

Department 

Location Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Knol AB, Petersen AC, van der Sluijs JP, Lebret E. Dealing with 

uncertainties in environmental burden of disease assessment. 

Environ Health. 2009 Apr 28;8:21. PubMed PMID: 19400963. 

2010 

Name 

Arnoud Knoops 


PhD team Van der Graaf, Mali, Geerlings 





City 



Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Knoops AJ, van der Graaf Y, Appelman AP, Mali WP, Geerlings MI. 

Total cerebral blood flow and hippocampal volume in patients with 

arterial disease. The SMART-MR study. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 

2009 Oct;29(10):1727-33. PubMed PMID: 19675562. 


2010 

Name 

Sabrina Sluiter- Ramwadhdoebe 


PhD team Castelein, Buskens, Sakkers, Beek, Uiterwaal 

Speciality Health Care Management 

Position Senior Advisor Health Care Policy 

Department 

Location Dutch Society for Surgery (Nederlandse Vereniging 

voor Heelkunde) 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Data zijn geen kennis” 

MAIN PAPER 

Ramwadhdoebe S, Buskens E, Sakkers RJ, Stahl JE. A tutorial on 

discrete-event simulation for health policy design and decision 

making: optimizing pediatric ultrasound screening for hip dysplasia 

as an illustration. Health Policy. 2009 Dec;93(2-3):143-50. PubMed 

PMID: 19674809. 

2010 

Name 

Marieke de Regt 


PhD team Bonten, Willems 

Speciality Internal Medicine – Infectious Diseases 

Position Internist-Infectious Diseases 

Department Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

de Regt MJ, van Schaik W, van Luit-Asbroek M, Dekker HA, van 

Duijkeren E, Koning CJ, et al. Hospital and community ampicillinresistant 

Enterococcus faecium are evolutionarily closely linked but 

have diversified through niche adaptation. PLoS One. 

2012;7(2):e30319. PubMed PMID: 22363425. 


2010 

Name 

Ellen Roeloffzen 


PhD team Batterman, van Vulpen, Monninkhof 

Speciality Radiotherapy 

Position Specialist in radiation therapy in oncology 

Department Radiotherapy 

Location Isala Hospital 

City 

Zwolle 


Quote 

“Genieten van het leven doe je ook vandaag: 

morgen is vaak de drukste dag van de week - Theo 

Kaandorp“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Roeloffzen EM, van Vulpen M, Battermann JJ, van Roermund JG, 

Saibishkumar EP, Monninkhof EM. Pretreatment nomogram to 

predict the risk of acute urinary retention after I-125 prostate 

brachytherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Nov 1;81(3):737- 

44. PubMed PMID: 20888131. 

2010 

Name 

Maarten Schmitt 


PhD team Helders, van der Graaf, van Meeteren, de Wijer 

Speciality Physiotherapy 


Department Research Centre Innovations in Care 

Location Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences 

City 

Country 

Quote 

Rotterdam 


“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Schmitt MA, de Wijer A, van Genderen FR, van der Graaf Y, Helders 

PJ, van Meeteren NL. The Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire 

cross-cultural adaptation into Dutch and evaluation of its 

psychometric properties in a population with subacute and chronic 

whiplash associated disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Nov 

1;34(23):2551-61. PubMed PMID: 19927105. 


2010 

Name 

Nadia Sutedja 


PhD team Van den Berg, Wokke, Fischer, Veldink 

Speciality Clinical Neurophysiology 

Position Neurologist & Clinical Neurophysiologist 

Department Clinical Neurophysiology 

Location Maastricht University Medical Center 

City 

Maastricht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Sutedja NA, Veldink JH, Fischer K, Kromhout H, Heederik D, Huisman 

MH, et al. Exposure to chemicals and metals and risk of amyotrophic 

lateral sclerosis: a systematic review. Amyotroph Lateral 

Scler. 2009 Oct-Dec;10(5-6):302-9. PubMed PMID:19922117. 

2010 

Name 

Erwin van der Veen 


PhD team Sanders, Schilder, Rovers 


Position Ear, Nose, and Throat Physician 

Department Otorhinolaryngology & Otolaryngology Head and 

Neck Surgery 

Location University Medical Center Utrecht & Central 

Military Hospital 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bruijnzeel H, van den Aardweg MT, Grolman W, Stegeman I, van der 

Veen EL. A systematic review on the surgical outcome of preauricular 

sinus excision techniques. Laryngoscope. 2016 



2010 

Name 

Miranda Velthuis 


PhD team Peeters, van der Wall, May, Monninkhof 



Department 


(IKNL) 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote “Don’t love your dream, but live your dream “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Velthuis MJ, Agasi-Idenburg SC, Aufdemkampe G, Wittink HM. 

The effect of physical exercise on cancer-related fatigue during 

cancer treatment: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. 

Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2010 Apr;22(3):208-21. PubMed PMID: 

20110159. 

2010 

Name 

Marjan Wassenberg 


PhD team Bonten, Kluytmans 

Speciality Internal Medicine – Infectious diseases 

Position Internist-Infectious diseases 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Er zitten 24 uur in een dag, en dan heb je de nacht 

nog.” 

MAIN PAPER 

Wassenberg MW, Kluytmans JA, Box AT, Bosboom RW, Buiting AG, 

van Elzakker EP, et al. Rapid screening of methicillin-resistant 

Staphylococcus aureus using PCR and chromogenic agar: a prospective 

study to evaluate costs and effects. Clin Microbiol Infect. 

2010 Dec;16(12):1754-61. PubMed PMID: 20219077. 


2010 

Name 

Marjolein de Weerd 


PhD team Bots, Buskens, Greving 






City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“….” 

MAIN PAPER 

de Weerd M, Greving JP, Hedblad B, Lorenz MW, Mathiesen EB, 

O’Leary DH,et al. Prediction of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis 

in the general population: identification of high-risk groups. Stroke. 

2014 Aug;45(8):2366-71. PubMed PMID: 24994719 

2010 

Name 

Michelle Westerhuis 


PhD team Visser, Moons, Kwee 




Location Maxima Medical Center 

City 

Veldhoven 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Westerhuis ME, Visser GH, Moons KG, Zuithoff N, Mol BW, Kwee A. 

Cardiotocography plus ST analysis of fetal electrocardiogram 

compared with cardiotocography only for intrapartum monitoring: 

a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Feb;117(2 Pt 

1):406-7. PubMed PMID: 21252763. 


2010 

Name 

Annemieke van Winden 


PhD team Beijnen, Peeters, van Gils, Vermeulen 



Department Psychosocial research and Epidemiology 

Location Netherlands Cancer Institute 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“Epidemiologie bestudeert grote aantallen, maar 

wat uiteindelijk echt telt is de waarde ervan voor 

het individu“ 

MAIN PAPER 

van Winden AW, Gast MC, Beijnen JH, Rutgers EJ, Grobbee DE, 

Peeters PH, van Gils CH. Validation of previously identified serum 

biomarkers for breast cancer with SELDI-TOF MS: a case control 

study. BMC Med Genomics. 2009 Jan 19;2:4. PubMed PMID: 

19152674 

2010 

Name 

Ineke van der Wulp 


PhD team Schrijvers, van Stel 

Speciality Health Care and ICT 

Position Software consultant 

Department 

Location Chipsoft 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Wulp I, Sturms LM, Schrijvers AJ, van Stel HF. An observational 

study of patients triaged in category 5 of the Emergency 

Severity Index. Eur J Emerg Med. 2010 Aug;17(4):208-13. PubMed 

PMID:19820400. 


Class of 2011

2011 

Name 

Nirmala Bhoo Pathy 


PhD team Peeters, van der Graaf, Bulgiba, van Gils, Verkooijen 



Department Faculty of Medicine 

Location University of Malaya 

City 

Kuala Lumpur 

Country Malaysia 

Quote “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Bhoo Pathy N, Yip CH, Hartman M, Uiterwaal CS, Devi BC, Peeters 

PH, et al. Breast cancer research in Asia: adopt or adapt Western 

knowledge? Eur J Cancer. 2013 Feb;49(3):703-9. PubMed PMID: 

23040889. 

2011 

Name 

Jilles Bijker 


PhD team Kalkman, Moons 





City 

Ede 



MAIN PAPER 

Bijker JB, Persoon S, Peelen LM, Moons KG, Kalkman CJ, Kappelle LJ, 

van Klei WA. Intraoperative hypotension and perioperative 

ischemic stroke after general surgery: a nested case-control study. 

Anesthesiology. 2012 Mar;116(3):658-64. PubMed PMID: 22277949. 


2011 

Name 

Geartsje Boonstra 


PhD team Kahn, Grobbee, Burger, van Haren 



Department Functional Assertive Community Treatment 

Location Altrecht GGZ 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“When you let go, both your hands are free” 

MAIN PAPER 

Boonstra G, Burger H, Grobbee DE, Kahn RS. Antipsychotic 

prophylaxis is needed after remission from a first psychotic episode 

in schizophrenia patients: results from an aborted randomised trial. 

Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2011 Jun;15(2):128-34. PubMed PMID: 

22121861. 

2011 

Name 

Özlem Bozkurt 


PhD team De Boer, Grobbee, Klungel 


Position Environmental Health Expert 

Department 

Location Vlaams Agentschap Zorg en Gezondheid 

City 

Brussels 



MAIN PAPER 

Bozkurt O, de Boer A, Grobbee DE, de Leeuw PW, Kroon AA, 

Schiffers P, Klungel OH. Variation in Renin-Angiotensin system and 

salt-sensitivity genes and the risk of diabetes mellitus associated 

with the use of thiazide diuretics. Am J Hypertens. 2009 



2011 

Name 

Mandy Conijn 


PhD team Luijten, Mali, Geerlings, Hendrikse 


Position Fellow Neuro /Head and Neck radiology 


Location Medical Center Haaglanden, Bronovo & Leiden 


City 

The Hague & Leiden 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Conijn MM, Kloppenborg RP, Algra A, Mali WP, Kappelle LJ, Vincken 

KL, et al. SMART Study Group. Cerebral small vessel disease and risk 

of death, ischemic stroke, and cardiac complications in patients 

with atherosclerotic disease: the Second Manifestations of ARTerial 

disease-Magnetic Resonance (SMART-MR) study. Stroke. 2011 


2011 

Name 

Marieke Dijkema 


PhD team Brunekreef, Gehring, van Strien 


Position Senior Advisor Environmental Health 

Department 


City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Dijkema MB, Gehring U, van Strien RT, van der Zee SC, Fischer P, 

Hoek G, Brunekreef B. A comparison of different approaches to 

estimate small-scale spatial variation in outdoor NO₂ concentrations. 

Environ Health Perspect. 2011 May;119(5):670-5. PubMed 

PMID: 21193385; 


2011 

Name 

Frans Fluttert 


PhD team Grypdonck, Nijman, van Meijel 


Position Associate Professor / Senior Researcher 

Department Centre for Research and Education in Forensic 

Psychiatry 

Location Oslo University Hospital & Molde University 

College & University of Southern Denmark 

City 

Oslo 

Country Norway 

Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Fluttert F, Van Meijel B, Webster C, Nijman H, Bartels A, Grypdonck 

M. Risk management by early recognition of warning signs in 

patients in forensic psychiatric care. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2008 


2011 

Name 

Geert-Jan Geersing 


PhD team Moons, Hoes, Oudega, Janssen 


Position General Practitioner & Associate Professor 



Location General Practice Buitenhof & University Medical 


City 

Amsterdam & Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Geersing GJ, Zuithoff NP, Kearon C, Anderson DR, Ten Cate-Hoek AJ, 

Elf JL, et al. Exclusion of deep vein thrombosis using the Wells rule 

in clinically important subgroups: individual patient data meta-analysis. 

BMJ. 2014 Mar 10;348:g1340. PubMed PMID: 24615063; 


2011 

Name 

Carolien Geerts 



Speciality Teaching midwife students in physiology and 

methodology 


Department Academy for Midwifery 


City 

Amsterdam 


Quote “…The best is yet to come… “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Zhao Y, Zhang J, Hukkelhoven C, Offerhaus P, Zwart J, Jonge Ad, 

Geerts C. Modest Rise in Caesarean Section from 2000-2010: The 

Dutch Experience. PLoS One. 2016 May 18;11(5):e0155565. PubMed 

PMID: 27192534 

2011 

Name 

Martijn Gondrie 


PhD team Van der Graaf, Mali 


Position Resident in Radiology 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Gondrie MJ, Mali WP, Jacobs PC, Oen AL, van der Graaf Y; PROVIDI 

Study Group.Cardiovascular disease: prediction with ancillary aortic 

findings on chest CT scans in routine practice. Radiology. 2010 



2011 

Name 

Haitske Graveland 


PhD team Heederik, Wagenaar 

Speciality Veterinary Medicine 

Position Reseach Project Manager 

Department Faculty of Veterinary Sciences 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Graveland H, Wagenaar JA, Bergs K, Heesterbeek H, Heederik D. 

Persistence of livestock associated MRSA CC398 in humans is 

dependent on intensity of animal contact. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 

9;6(2):e16830. PubMed PMID: 21347386. 

2011 

Name 

Wim Groen 


PhD team Helders, Biesma, Fischer, van der Net 

Speciality Cancer Epidemiology 


Department Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology 


City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Groen W, van der Net J, Lacatusu AM, Serban M, Helders PJ, Fischer 

K. Functional limitations in Romanian children with haemophilia: 

further testing of psychometric properties of the Paediatric 

Haemophilia Activities List. Haemophilia. 2013 May;19(3):e116-25. 



2011 

Name 

Joris de Groot 


PhD team Moons, Bossuyt, Janssen, Reitsma 


Position Clinical Trial Manager 

Department Image Guided Therapy Systems 

Location Philips Healthcare 

City 

Best 


Quote 

“Medical science is making such remarkable 

progress that soon none of us will be well.” 

- Aldous Huxley 

MAIN PAPER 

de Groot JA, Naaktgeboren CA, Reitsma JB, Moons KG. Methodologic 

approaches to evaluating new highly sensitive diagnostic 

tests: avoiding overdiagnosis. CMAJ. 2016 Jul 4. pii: cmaj.150999. 


2011 

Name 

Charles Helsper 


PhD team de Wit, Bonten, van Essen 

Speciality Epidemiology of Cancer in General Practice 

Position Senior researcher, Lecturer 




City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Research and Innovation can be key tools for 

optimal patient care, but only in the hands of 

capable mechanics“ – Own quote 

MAIN PAPER 

Helsper CW, Borkent-Raven BA, de Wit NJ, van Essen GA, Bonten MJ, 

Hoepelman AI, et al. Cost-effectiveness of targeted screening 

for hepatitis C in The Netherlands. Epidemiol Infect. 2012 



2011 

Name 

Anneke Hendrix 


PhD team Doevendans, Bots, de Wilde, Mosterd 


Position Resident in Cardiology 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Werf C, Hendrix A, Birnie E, Bots ML, Vink A, Bardai A, et al. 

Improving usual care after sudden death in the young with focus 

on inherited cardiac diseases (the CAREFUL study): a community-based 

intervention study. Europace. 2016 Apr;18(4):592-601. 


2011 

Name 

Karel Hinnen 


PhD team Batterman, van Vulpen, Monninkhof 

Speciality Radiation therapy (oncology) 

Position Specialist in radiation therapy in oncology 

Department Radiation Oncology 


Amsterdam 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“Success consists of going from failure to failure 

without loss of enthusiasm - Winston Churchill” 

MAIN PAPER 

Hinnen KA, Schaapveld M, van Vulpen M, Battermann JJ, van der 

Poel H, van Oort IM, et al. Prostate brachytherapy and second 

primary cancer risk: a competitive risk analysis. J Clin Oncol. 2011 

Dec 1;29(34):4510-5. PubMed PMID: 22025166. 


2011 

Name 

Jita Hoogerduijn 


PhD team Schuurmans, Grobbee 

Speciality Nursing Sciences into Care for the Chronically ill 

Position Associate professor 

Department Research Group Care for the Chronically Ill, Faculty 

of Health Care 

Location University of Applied Sciences Utrecht 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Hoogerduijn JG, Buurman BM, Korevaar JC, Grobbee DE, de Rooij 

SE, Schuurmans MJ. The prediction of functional decline in older 

hospitalised patients. Age Ageing. 2012 May;41(3):381-7. PubMed 

PMID: 22378613. 

2011 

Name 

Michiel Houben 


PhD team Kimpen, Visser, Bont, Rovers 



Department General Pediatrics 

Location Childrens Hospital, University Medical Center 

Utrecht 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Houben ML, Coenjaerts FE, Rossen JW, Belderbos ME, Hofland RW, 

Kimpen JL, et al. Disease severity and viral load are correlated in 

infants with primary respiratory syncytial virus infection in the 

community. J Med Virol. 2010 Jul;82(7):1266-71. PubMed PMID: 

20513094. 


2011 

Name 

Simone de Jong 


PhD team Ophoff, Box, Kas 

Speciality Genetics in Psychiatry 


Department Institute of Psychiatry 

Location Kings College London 

City 

London 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

de Jong S, Boks MP, Fuller TF, Strengman E, Janson E, de Kovel CG, et 

al. A gene co-expression network in whole blood of schizophrenia 

patients is independent of antipsychotic-use and enriched for 

brain-expressed genes. PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e39498. PubMed PMID: 

22761806. 

2011 

Name 

Irene Jongerden 


PhD team Bonten, Kesecioglu 



Department EMGO & Social Medicine 


City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“Face challenges instead of problems.“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Jongerden IP, Slooter AJ, Peelen LM, Wessels H, Ram CM, Kesecioglu 

J, Schneider MM, van Dijk D. Effect of intensive care environment on 

family and patient satisfaction: a before-after study. Intensive Care 

Med. 2013 Sep;39(9):1626-34. PubMed PMID: 23740277. 


2011 

Name 

Mariska de Jongh 


PhD team Leenen, Schrijvers, Verhofstad 

Speciality Clinical Epidemiology of Acute Care 


Department Acute Care 

Location Acute Care Brabant & Elisabeth-TweeSteden 

Hospital 

City 

Tilburg 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Veen EJ, Janssen-Heijnen ML, Bosma E, de Jongh MA, Roukema JA. 

The accuracy of complications documented in a prospective 

complication registry. J Surg Res. 2012 Mar;173(1):54-9. PubMed 

PMID: 20934713. 

2011 

Name 

Jan Jukema 


PhD team Grypdonck, Verkerk 

Speciality Nursing and Gerontology 

Position Professor of Nursing 

Department Research Centre for Health Care, Social Work & 

Technology 

Location Saxion University of Applied Sciences 

City 

Deventer and Enschede 



MAIN PAPER 

Jukema JS, Harps-Timmerman A, Stoopendaal A, Smits CH. A care 

improvement program acting as a powerful learning environment 

to support nursing students learning facilitation competencies. 

Nurse Educ Pract. 2015 Nov;15(6):457-62. PubMed PMID: 26004744. 


2011 

Name 

Marije Koopman 


PhD team Van der Ent, Arets, Uiterwaal 

Speciality 



Department 

Location 

City 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Koopman M, Arets HG, Uiterwaal CS, van der Ent CK. Comparing 6 

and 10 sec exhalation time in exhaled nitric oxide measurements in 

children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2009 Apr;44(4):340-4. PubMed PMID: 

19291761. 

2011 

Name 

Albert Mazairac 


PhD team Bots, Nubé, Blankestijn 


Position Fellow in Radiology 


Location St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein 

City 

Nieuwegein 


Quote 

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks 

once, but I fear the man who has practiced one 

kick 10,000 times - Bruce Lee” 

MAIN PAPER 

Mazairac AH, de Wit GA, Grooteman MP, Penne EL, van der Weerd 

NC, den Hoedt CH, et al. CONTRAST Investigators.. Effect of hemodiafiltration 

on quality of life over time. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 



2011 

Name 

Dennis Nieuwkamp 


PhD team Rinkel, Algra 





City 



Quote 

“When we strive to become better than we are, 

everything around us becomes better too” 

- Paulo Coelho 

MAIN PAPER 

Nieuwkamp DJ, Murk JL, van Oosten BW, Cremers CH, Killestein J, 

Viveen MC, et al. PML in Dutch MS Patients Consortium.. PML in a 

patient without severe lymphocytopenia receiving dimethyl 

fumarate. N Engl J Med. 2015 Apr 9;372(15):1474-6. PubMed PMID: 

25853764. 

2011 

Name 

Marie-Elise Nijdam 


PhD team Bots, Grobbee, Franx, Janssen 

Speciality Youth Health Care Physician 


Department 

Location Public Health Care Centre Utrecht (GGD) 

City 

Amersfoort 


Quote 

“Children are not a distraction from more 

important work. They are the most important 

work”. - C.S. Lewis 

MAIN PAPER 

Nijdam ME, Janssen KJ, Moons KG, Grobbee DE, van der Post JA, 

Bots ML, Franx A. Prediction model for hypertension in pregnancy 

in nulliparous women using information obtained at the first 

antenatal visit. J Hypertens. 2010 Jan;28(1):119-26.PubMed PMID: 

19907344. 


2011 

Name 

Sadegh Samadi 


PhD team Heederik, Wouters 


Position Fellow 




City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Samadi S, Wouters IM, Heederik DJ. A review of bio-aerosol 

exposures and associated health effects in veterinary practice. Ann 

Agric Environ Med. 2013;20(2):206-21. PubMed PMID: 23772565. 

2011 

Name 

Ivonne Sluis 


PhD team Van der Schouw, Beulens 






City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Sluijs I, Forouhi NG, Beulens JW, van der Schouw YT, Agnoli C, 

Arriola L, et al. InterAct Consortium. The amount and type of 

dairy product intake and incident type 2 diabetes: results from the 

EPIC-InterAct Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Aug;96(2):382-90. PubMed 

PMID: 22760573. 


2011 

Name 

Bauke Stegenga 


PhD team Grobbee, King, Geerlings 

Speciality Oncology 

Position Associate Director 

Department Head Quarters Medical Oncology 

Location Bristol-Myers Squibb 

City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Stegenga BT, King M, Grobbee DE, Torres-González F, Švab I, 

Maaroos HI, et al. Differential impact of risk factors for women and 

men on the risk of major depressive disorder. Ann Epidemiol. 2012 


2011 

Name 

Marja Stuifbergen 


PhD team van Delden, Dykstra 

Speciality Research administration and communication for 

the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study. 


Department HUNT Research Centre 

Location Norwegian University for Science and Technology 

City 

Levanger / Trondheim 



MAIN PAPER 

Stuifbergen MC, Van Delden JJ. Filial obligations to elderly parents: 

a duty to care? Med Health Care Philos. 2011 Feb;14(1):63-71. 



2011 

Name 

Tim Timmers 


PhD team Leenen, Moons, Verhofstad 


Position Resident in Surgery 



City 

Amersfoort 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Timmers TK, van der Ven DJ, de Vries LS, van Olden GD. Functional 

outcome after tibial plateau fracture osteosynthesis: a mean 

follow-up of 6 years. Knee. 2014 Dec;21(6):1210-5. PubMed PMID: 

25311514. 

2011 

Name 

Jaap Trappenburg 


PhD team Schrijvers, Lameris, Verheij, Monninkhof 

Speciality Epidemiology of Chronic Disease and 

Self-management 


Department Nursing Science, Julius Center for Healt Sciences 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Science is organized knowledge, wisdom is 

organized life “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Trappenburg JC, Monninkhof EM, Bourbeau J, Troosters T, Schrijvers 

AJ, Verheij TJ, Lammers JW. Effect of an action plan with ongoing 

support by a case manager on exacerbation-related outcome in 

patients with COPD: a multicentre randomised controlled trial. 

Thorax. 2011 Nov;66(11):977-84. PubMed PMID: 21785156. 


2011 

Name 

Ingrid den Uijl 

PhD defense March 22nd, 2011 

PhD team Grobbee, Biesma, Fischer 

Speciality Lecturer Animal Health Surveillance 


Department Epidemiology and Public Health 

Location University of Surrey 

City 

Guildford 


Quote 

“When you think small nothing happens, when 

you think big small things happen, when you 

dream…the sky is the limit“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Scherpenzeel CG, den Uijl IE, van Schaik G, Olde Riekerink RG, 

Keurentjes JM, Lam TJ. Evaluation of the use of dry cow antibiotics 

in low somatic cell count cows. J Dairy Sci. 2014;97(6):3606-14. 


2011 

Name 

Stephanie van de Ven 


PhD team Mali, Luijten, Wiethoff, Elias 


Position Senior Research Scientist 

Department Canary Center 

Location Stanford for Cancer Early Detection 

City 

Stanford, CA 


Quote 

“A candle loses nothing by lighting another 

candle” 

MAIN PAPER 

van de Ven S, Wiethoff A, Nielsen T, Brendel B, van der Voort M, 

Nachabe R,et al. A novel fluorescent imaging agent for diffuse 

optical tomography of the breast: first clinical experience in 

patients. Mol Imaging Biol. 2010 Jun;12(3):343-8. PubMed PMID: 

19798535; 


2011 

Name 

Arjan van Zuilen 


PhD team Verhaar, Wetzels, Bots, Blankestijn 



Department Nephrology and Hypertension 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

van Zuilen AD, Bots ML, Dulger A, van der Tweel I, van Buren M, Ten 

Dam MA, et al. Multifactorial intervention with nurse practitioners 

does not change cardiovascular outcomes in patients with chronic 

kidney disease. Kidney Int. 2012 Sep;82(6):710-7. PubMed PMID: 

22739979. 

2011 

Name 

Moniek Zuurbier 





Department 

Location Public Health Services Gelderland Midden 

City 

Arnhem 

Country the Netherlands 

Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Loenhout JA, le Grand A, Duijm F, Greven F, Vink NM, Hoek G, 

Zuurbier M. The effect of high indoor temperatures on selfperceived 

health of elderly persons. Environ Res. 2016 

Apr;146:27-34. PubMed PMID: 26710340. 


2011 

Name 

Dorien Zwart 


PhD team Verheij, Kalkman, van rensen 






City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Verbakel NJ, Langelaan M, Verheij TJ, Wagner C, Zwart DL. Effects of 

patient safety culture interventions on incident reporting in general 

practice: a cluster randomised trial. Br J Gen Pract. 2015 

May;65(634):e319-29. PubMed PMID: 25918337. 


Class of 2012

2012 

Name 

Mark Aarts 

PhD defense February 3rd, 2012 

PhD team Grolman, van der Heijden, Rovers 

Speciality Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine 

Position Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon 

Department Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine 


City 



Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Aarts MC, van der Heijden GJ, Rovers MM, Grolman W. Remarkable 

differences between three evidence-based guidelines on management 

of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. 

Laryngoscope. 2013 Jan;123(1):283-91. PubMed PMID: 22990949. 

2012 

Name 

Annet van Abeelen 


PhD team Bossuyt, Grobbee, Uiterwaal, Roseboom 


Position Senior policy advisor managed entry agreements 

for pharmaceuticals 

Department Directorate of Pharmaceutical Affairs and Medical 

Technology 

Location Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports 

City 

The Hague 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Abeelen AF, Elias SG, Bossuyt PM, Grobbee DE, van der Schouw 

YT, Roseboom TJ, Uiterwaal CS. Cardiovascular consequences of 

famine in the young. Eur Heart J. 2012 Feb;33(4):538-45. PubMed 

PMID: 21868476. 


2012 

Name 

Frederieke van der Baan 


PhD team Grobbee, Egberts, Klungel, Knol 






City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Enjoy the little things in life because one day 

you`ll look back and realize they were the big 

things“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, Breast Cancer Association 

Consortium, and Consortium of Modifiers of BRCA1 and BRCA2., 

Hollestelle A, van der Baan FH, et al. No clinical utility of KRAS 

variant rs61764370 for ovarian or breast cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 

2016 May;141(2):386-401. PubMed PMID:25940428. 

2012 

Name 

Jeroen Becker 


PhD team Visser, Moons, Kwee, Amer-Wahlin 





City 

Nieuwegein 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Becker JH, van Rijswijk J, Versteijnen B, Evers AC, van den Akker ES, 

van Beek E, et al. Is intrapartum fever associated with ST-waveform 

changes of the fetal electrocardiogram? A retrospective cohort 

study. BJOG. 2012 Oct;119(11):1410-6. PubMed PMID: 22827811. 


2012 

Name 

Marga Bekkers 


PhD team Brunekreef, Wijga 



Department Coördinatiecentrum Expertise Arbeidsomstandigheden 

& Gezondheid 

Location Ministry of Defense 

City 

Doorn 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bekkers MB, Aalberse RC, Gehring U, Kerkhof M, Koppelman GH, de 

Jongste JC,et al. Hen’s egg, not cow’s milk, sensitization in infancy is 

associated with asthma: 10-year follow-up of the PIAMA birth 

cohort. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Dec;132(6):1427-8. PubMed 

PMID: 24131824. 

2012 

Name 

Remy Bemelmans 


PhD team Visseren, van der Graaf, Spiering, Wassink 



Department Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology 


City 

Ede 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bemelmans RH, Coll B, Faber DR, Westerink J, Blommaert PP, 

Spiering W,Visseren FL. Vascular and metabolic effects of 12 days 

intensive walking to Santiago de Compostela. Atherosclerosis. 2010 



2012 

Name 

Sjoukje van der Bij 


PhD team Moons, de Mol, Koffijberg, Vermeulen 



Department Research and Development 

Location Functiewaardering Gezondheidszorg (FWG) 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Als je het niet kan oplossen, is het geen probleem” 

MAIN PAPER 

Van der Bij S, Vermeulen RC, Portengen L, Moons KG, Koffijberg H. 

Expected number of asbestos-related lung cancers in the Netherlands 

in the next two decades: a comparison of methods. Occup 

Environ Med. 2016 May;73(5):342-9. PubMed PMID: 26858099. 

2012 

Name 

Hanna Boogaard 

PhD defense October 24th, 2012, 



Position Consulting Senior Scientist 

Department 

Location Health Effects Institute 

City 

Boston 



MAIN PAPER 

Boogaard H, Fischer PH, Janssen NA, Kos GP, Weijers EP, Cassee FR, 

et al. Respiratory effects of a reduction in outdoor air pollution 

concentrations. Epidemiology. 2013 Sep;24(5):753-61. PubMed 

PMID: 23873073. 


2012 

Name 

Chantal Boonacker 


PhD team Hoes, Schilder, Rovers 






City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Boonacker CW, Hoes AW, van Liere-Visser K, Schilder AG, Rovers 

MM. A comparison of subgroup analyses in grant applications and 

publications. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Jul 15;174(2):219-25. PubMed 

PMID: 21597099. 

2012 

Name 

Walter Bouwmeester 

PhD defense July 2nd, 2012 

PhD team Moons, Twisk, Vergouwe 


Position Senior Research Consultant 

Department 

Location Pharmerit International 

City 

Rotterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bouwmeester W, Moons KG, Kappen TH, van Klei WA, Twisk JW, 

Eijkemans MJ, Vergouwe Y. Internal validation of risk models in 

clustered data: a comparison of bootstrap schemes. Am J Epidemiol. 

2013 Jun 1;177(11):1209-17. PubMed PMID: 23660796. 


2012 

Name 

Judith Brand 


PhD team Van der Schouw 

Speciality Epidemiology of Breast Cancer and 

Cardio metabolic Disorders 


Department MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit 

Location Bristol University 

City 

Bristol 


Quote 

“As our world continues to generate unimaginable 

amounts of data, more data lead to more correlations, 

and more correlations can lead to more 

discoveries.” - Hans Rosling 

MAIN PAPER 

Brand JS, van der Schouw YT, Onland-Moret NC, Sharp SJ, Ong KK, 

Khaw KT, et al. InterAct Consortium. Age at menopause, reproductive 

life span, and type 2 diabetes risk: results from the EPIC-InterAct 

study. Diabetes Care. 2013 Apr;36(4):1012-9. PubMed PMID: 23230098. 

2012 

Name 

Sanne Dorhout Mees 


PhD team Rinkel, Algra, van den Bergh 



Department Neurology and Neurosurgery 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Dorhout Mees SM, Algra A, Vandertop WP, van Kooten F, Kuijsten 

HAJM, Boiten J, et al, on behalf of the MASH-2 Study Group. 

Magnesium for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (MASH-2): 

a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2012;380:44-9. 



2012 

Name 

Dietje Fransen van de Putte 


PhD team Biesma, Mauser-Bunschoten, Fischer 

Speciality Clinical Genetics 

Position Clinical Geneticist 

Department Medical Genetics 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“It takes both rain and sunshine to create a 

rainbow” 

MAIN PAPER 

Fransen van de Putte DE, Fischer K, Makris M, Tait RC, Chowdary P, 

Collins PW, et al. Unfavourable cardiovascular disease risk profiles in 

a cohort of Dutch and British haemophilia patients. Thromb 

Haemost. 2013 Jan;109(1):16-23. PubMed PMID: 23138324. 

2012 

Name 

Anne Grool 





Department Diagnostic Radiology 


City 

Apeldoorn 


Quote 

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and 

not every that counts can be counted” 

MAIN PAPER 

Grool AM, Gerritsen L, Zuithoff NP, Mali WP, van der Graaf Y, Geerlings 

MI. Lacunar infarcts in deep white matter are associated with 

higher and more fluctuating depressive symptoms during three 

years follow-up. Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Jan 15;73(2):169-76. PubMed 

PMID: 23079234. 


2012 

Name 

Anne van der Gugten 


PhD team Van der Ent, Uiterwaal 


Position Resident in Pediatric Medicine 


Location Unversity Medical Center Utrecht 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Gugten AC, Uiterwaal CS, Verheij TJ, van der Ent CK. 

E-health and consultation rates for respiratory illnesses in infants: a 

randomised clinical trial in primary care. Br J Gen Pract. 2015 

Feb;65(631):e61-8. PubMed PMID: 25624309. 

2012 

Name 

Susan Hahné 


PhD team Coutinho, Boot 


Position Head of Department of Early Warning and Surveillance 




City 

Bilthoven 


Quote 

“Selective hepatitis B virus vaccination has 

reduced hepatitis B virus transmission in the 

Netherlands“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Hahné SJ, Veldhuijzen IK, Wiessing L, Lim TA, Salminen M, Laar Mv. 

Infection with hepatitis B and C virus in Europe: a systematic review 

of prevalence and cost-effectiveness of screening. BMC Infect Dis. 

2013 Apr 18;13:181. PubMed PMID: 23597411; 


2012 

Name 

Claire den Hoedt 


PhD team Verhaar, Bots, van den Dorpel, Grooteman 

Speciality Internal Medicine, Nephrology 

Position Resident in Internal Medicine 



City 

Rotterdam 


Quote 

“Dialysis patients should be given ‘bitterballen’ 

instead of phosphorbinders” 

MAIN PAPER 

den Hoedt CH, Bots ML, Grooteman MP, van der Weerd NC, Penne 

EL, Mazairac AH, et al. CONTRAST Investigators.. Clinical predictors 

of decline in nutritional parameters over time in ESRD. Clin J Am Soc 

Nephrol. 2014 Feb;9(2):318-25. PubMed PMID: 24458074. 

2012 

Name 

Wim van der Hoek 


PhD team Coutinho, Schneeberger 


Position Head of Department for Respiratory Infections 

Department Epidemiology & Surveillance of Infectious Diseases 



City 

Bilthoven 


Quote 

“People intuitively overestimate the risk of rare 

events and underestimate the risk of common 

events“ 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Hoek W, Versteeg B, Meekelenkamp JC, Renders NH, Leenders 

AC, Weers-Pothoff I, et al. Follow-up of 686 patients with acute 

Q fever and detection of chronic infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jun 

15;52(12):1431-6. PubMed PMID: 21628483 


2012 

Name 

Sonja de Jong 


PhD team Van den Berg, Veldink, Fischer 




Location St Jansdal Hospital 

City 

Harderwijk 


Quote 

“Bij twijfel, doen./when in doubt, do it.” 

MAIN PAPER 

de Jong SW, Huisman MH, Sutedja NA, van der Kooi AJ, de Visser M, 

Schelhaas HJ, et al. Smoking, alcohol consumption, and the risk of 

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a population-based study. Am J 

Epidemiol. 2012 Aug 1;176(3):233-9. PubMed PMID: 22791740. 

2012 

Name 

Marijke Kars 


PhD team van Delden, Grypdonck 


Position Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics 




City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Kars MC, Grypdonck MH, Beishuizen A, Meijer-van den Bergh EM, 

van Delden JJ.Factors influencing parental readiness to let their 

child with cancer die. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Jul 1;54(7):1000-8. 



2012 

Name 

Hans Kelder 


PhD team Hoes, Grobbee, Cramer 





City 

Nieuwegein 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Kelder JC, Cramer MJ, van Wijngaarden J, van Tooren R, Mosterd A, 

Moons KG,et al. The diagnostic value of physical examination and 

additional testing in primary care patients with suspected heart 

failure. Circulation. 2011 Dec 20;124(25):2865-73. PubMed PMID: 

22104551. 

2012 

Name 

Mariëtte Lokate 


PhD team Peeters, van Gils 

Speciality Infection Control Practitioner & Researcher 

Position Infection Control Practitioner & Researcher 

Department Medical Microbiology & Infection Prevention 


City 

Groningen 


Quote 

“Negative results can also be good results“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Lokate M, Peeters PH, Peelen LM, Haars G, Veldhuis WB, van Gils CH. 

Mammographic density and breast cancer risk: the role of the fat 

surrounding the fibroglandular tissue. Breast Cancer Res. 2011 Oct 

26;13(5):R103. PubMed PMID: 22030015 


2012 

Name 

Janneke de Man-van Ginkel 

PhD defense August 30th, 2012 

PhD team Schuurmans, Grobbee, Lindeman, Hafsteindottir 

Speciality Epidemiology of Rehabilitation and Recovery after 

Stroke 


Department Nursing Science, Julius Center for Health Sciences 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“By conducting good research, I can provide 

proper care for many more patients than by 

delivering care myself “ 

MAIN PAPER 

de Man-van Ginkel JM, Hafsteinsdóttir TB, Lindeman E, Ettema RG, 

Grobbee DE, Schuurmans MJ. In-hospital risk prediction for post-stroke 

depression: development and validation of the Post-stroke Depression 

Prediction Scale. Stroke. 2013 Sep;44(9):2441-5. PubMed PMID: 23868275. 

2012 

Name 

Marianne Melsen 


PhD team Bonten, Rovers 

Speciality Medical Oncology 

Position Medical oncologist 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful 

destinations” 

MAIN PAPER 

Melsen WG, Rovers MM, Groenwold RH, Bergmans DC, Camus C, 

Bauer TT, et al. Attributable mortality of ventilator-associated 

pneumonia: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from 

randomised prevention studies. Lancet Infect Dis. 2013 



2012 

Name 

Yan Miao 


PhD team de Zeeuw, Grobbee, Lambers, Heerspink 

Speciality Project management 

Position Clinical Research and Development Lead (clinical 

trial physician) 

Department Clinical Research and Development 

Location Glaxo Smith Kline 

City 

Zeist 


Quote 

“Everyone has his own specific opportunity in life” 

MAIN PAPER 

Miao Y, Ottenbros SA, Laverman GD, Brenner BM, Cooper ME, 

Parving HH, et al. Effect of a reduction in uric acid on renal 

outcomes during losartan treatment: a post hoc analysis of the 

reduction of endpoints in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus 

with the Angiotensin II Antagonist Losartan Trial. Hypertension. 

2011 Jul;58(1):2-7. PubMed PMID: 21632472. 

2012 

Name 

Chong Guan Ng 


PhD team de Wit, Boks 


Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry 

Department Psychological Medicine 

Location University of Malaya 

City 

Kuala Lumpur 


Quote 

“Just live in and enjoy the present moment“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Ng CG, Boks MP, Roes KC, Zainal NZ, Sulaiman AH, Tan SB, de Wit NJ. 

Rapid response to methylphenidate as an add-on therapy to 

mirtazapine in the treatment of major depressive disorder in 

terminally ill cancer patients: a four-week, randomized, doubleblinded, 

placebo-controlled study. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 



2012 

Name 

Sunanto Ng 


PhD team Grobbee, Ottervanger, Soerianata 


Position Clinical and Interventional Cardiologist 


Location Faculty of Medicine, Location of Pelita Harapan 

City 

Banten 


Quote 

“Virtue is more valuable than Location degree“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Ng S, Ottervanger JP, van ‘t Hof AW, de Boer MJ, Reiffers S, Dambrink 

JH, et al. Impact of ischemic time on post-infarction left ventricular 

function in ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary 

percutaneous coronary intervention. Int J Cardiol. 2013 May 

25;165(3):523-7. PubMed PMID: 22000421. 

2012 

Name 

Irene Oudejans- Mooijaart 


PhD team Hoes, Mosterd 


Position Geriatrician 


Location Medisch Spectrum Twente 

City 

Enschede 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Oudejans I, Mosterd A, Bloemen JA, Valk MJ, van Velzen E, Wielders 

JP, et al. Clinical evaluation of geriatric outpatients with suspected 

heart failure: value of symptoms, signs, and additional tests. Eur J 

Heart Fail. 2011 May;13(5):518-27. PubMed PMID:21422000. 


2012 

Name 

Sanne Peters 

PhD defense October 2nd, 2012 

PhD team Bots, Grobbee, den Ruijter 


Position Research Fellow 

Department The George Institute for Global Health 

Location University of Oxford 

City 

Oxford 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Peters SA, den Ruijter HM, Grobbee DE, Bots ML. Results from a 

carotid intima-media thickness trial as a decision tool for launching 

a large-scale morbidity and mortality trial. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 

2013 Jan 1;6(1):20-5. PubMed PMID: 23204038. 

2012 

Name 

Sharmini Selvarajah 

PhD defense November 22nd, 2012 

PhD team Bots, van der Graaf 



Department 

Location Sharmini Selvarajah Consulting 

City 

Petaling Jaya 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Selvarajah S, Kaur G, Haniff J, Cheong KC, Hiong TG, van der Graaf Y, 

Bots ML. Comparison of the Framingham Risk Score, SCORE and 

WHO/ISH cardiovascular risk prediction models in an Asian population. 

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Sep;176(1):211-8. PubMed PMID: 25070380. 


2012 

Name 

Gudrún Stefánsdottir 


PhD team Grobbee, Leufkens, Knol, de Bruin 

Speciality Strategic guidance and support for routine and ad 

hoc signal detection and management related 

activities. 

Position Senior Manager Signal Management 

Department Safety Science, Global Pharmacovigilance 

Location Astellas Pharma 

City 

Leiden 



MAIN PAPER 

A Business Intelligence Solution to Pharmacovigilance Signal 

Tracking and Management: One Mid-Size Pharma’s Experience. 

Pharm Med (2015) 29:197–201 

2012 

Name 

Roderick Venekamp 


PhD team Bonten, Verheij, Sachs, Rovers 






City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Venekamp RP, Thompson MJ, Rovers MM. Systemic corticosteroid 

therapy for acute sinusitis. JAMA. 2015 Mar 24-31;313(12):1258-9. 



2012 

Name 

Sandra Verhagen 


PhD team Visseren, van der Graaf, Vink, Wassink 


Position Resident in Psychiatry 

Department Mentrum 

Location Mentrum: institute for severe psychiatric disease 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“Where observation is concerned, chance only 

favors the prepared mind “ - Louis Pasteur 

MAIN PAPER 

Verhagen SN, Buijsrogge MP, Vink A, van Herwerden LA, van der 

Graaf Y, Visseren FL. Secretion of adipocytokines by perivascular 

adipose tissue near stenotic and non-stenotic coronary artery 

segments in patients undergoing CABG. Atherosclerosis. 2014 


2012 

Name 

Joris Vernooij 


PhD team Visseren, van der Graaf, Spiering 

Speciality Internal Medicine- Vascular Medicine 


Department 

Location Chronic Fatigue Centre 

City 

Lelystad 


Quote 

“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light 

gets in. - Leonard Cohen 

MAIN PAPER 

Vernooij JW, Kaasjager HA, van der Graaf Y, Wierdsma J, Grandjean 

HM, Hovens MM, et al. SMARTStudy Group. Internet based vascular 

risk factor management for patients with clinically manifest 

vascular disease: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2012 Jun 

12;344:e3750. PubMed PMID: 22692651. 


2012 

Name 

Astrid Vollebregt 


PhD team Van der Vaart, Fischer 




Location Spaarne Gasthuis 

City 

Haarlem 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Vollebregt A, Fischer K, Gietelink D, van der Vaart CH. Primary 

surgical repair of anterior vaginal prolapse: a randomised trial 

comparing anatomical and functional outcome between anterior 

colporrhaphy and trocar-guided transobturator anterior mesh. 

BJOG. 2011 Nov;118(12):1518-27. PubMed PMID: 21864325. 

2012 

Name 

Grace Wangge 


PhD team de Boer, Hoes, Knol, Klungel 

Speciality Pharmaco-epidemiology 

Position Senior Consultant 

Department Epidemiology and Statistics, Department of 

Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine 

Location University of Indonesia & HEMISPHERE 

City 

Jakarta 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Wangge G, Schneeweiss S, Glynn RJ, Gagne JJ. Developing alerting 

thresholds for prospective drug safety monitoring. Pharmacoepidemiol 

Drug Saf. 2016 Jul;25(7):755-62. PubMed PMID: 26596260. 


2012 

Name 

Neelke van der Weerd 


PhD team Ter Wee, Bots, Grooteman, Blankestijn 



Department Nephrology 

Location Academic Medical Center - University of Amsterdam 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“Ik heb de pest aan mensen die een proefschrift 

schrijven alleen om de titel. Als je wat te vertellen 

hebt, kun je dat ook wel zonder proefschrift” - Het 

Bureau van J.J. Voskuil 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Weerd NC, Grooteman MP, Bots ML, van den Dorpel MA, 

den Hoedt CH, Mazairac AH, et al. CONTRAST Investigators. 

Hepcidin-25 is related to cardiovascular events in chronic 

haemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2013 


2012 

Name 

Jan Westerink 





Department Vascular Medicine 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Je gaat niet zo maar dood” 

MAIN PAPER 

Westerink J, Deanfield JE, Imholz BP, Spiering W, Basart DC, Coll B, 

Kastelein JJ, Visseren FL. High-dose statin monotherapy versus 

low-dose statin/ezetimibe combination on fasting and postprandial 

lipids and endothelial function in obese patients with the metabolic 

syndrome: The PANACEA study. Atherosclerosis. 2013 



2012 

Name 

Carla Zomer 


PhD team Grobbee, Mulder, Vaartjes 





City 

Nieuwegein 



MAIN PAPER 

Zomer AC, Ionescu-Ittu R, Vaartjes I, Pilote L, Mackie AS, Therrien J, 

et al. Sex differences in hospital mortality in adults with congenital 

heart disease: the impact of reproductive health. J Am Coll Cardiol. 

2013 Jul 2;62(1):58-67. PubMed PMID: 23644083. 

2012 

Name 

Peter Zuithoff 


PhD team Moons, Geerlings, Vergouwe 

Speciality Biostatistics & Research Support 



Primary Care 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“In theory, there is no difference between theory 

and practice. But, in practice, there is” - Attributed 

to Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut 

MAIN PAPER 

Bouwmeester W, Zuithoff NP, Mallett S, Geerlings MI, Vergouwe Y, 

Steyerberg EW, et al. Reporting and methods in clinical prediction 

research: a systematic review. PLoS Med. 2012;9(5):1-12 PubMed 

PMID: 22629234. 


Class of 2013

2013 

Name 

Maaike van den Aardweg 


PhD team Schilder, Rovers 


Position Resident in Ear, Nose, and Throat Medicine 

Department Otorhinolaryngology 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

van den Aardweg MT, Boonacker CW, Rovers MM, Hoes AW, Schilder 

AG. Effectiveness of adenoidectomy in children with recurrent 

upper respiratory tract infections: open randomised controlled trial. 

BMJ. 2011 Sep 6;343:d5154. PubMed PMID: 21896611 

2013 

Name 

Sefanja Achterberg 

PhD defense February 1st, 2013 


Speciality Neurology – intensive care 

Position Neurologist, resident in intensive care medicine 

Department Intensive Care 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Don’t dream your life, live your dream“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Achterberg S, Kappelle LJ, de Bakker PI, Traylor M, Algra A; SMART 

Study Group and the METASTROKE Consortium. No Additional 

Prognostic Value of Genetic Information in the Prediction of 

Vascular Events after Cerebral Ischemia of Arterial Origin: The 

PROMISe Study. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 23;10(4):e0119203. PubMed 

PMID: 25906364. 


2013 

Name 

Mireille Baart 


PhD team Moons, Vergouwe, de Kort 

Speciality Epidemiology in public health, nutrition 

and sports 

Position Scientist 

Department Clinical Chemistry and Haematology Laboratory 


City 

Ede 


Quote 

“Balanced training and optimal nutrition are the 

keys for optimal performance in sport and care.” 

MAIN PAPER 

Baart AM, de Kort WL, Atsma F, Moons KG, Vergouwe Y. Development 

and validation of a prediction model for low hemoglobin 

deferral in a large cohort of whole blood donors. Transfusion. 2012 


2013 

Name 

Rosemarie de la Cruz - Bernabe 


PhD team Van Delden, Raaijmakers, van Thiel 

Speciality Medical Research Ethics 

Position Scientia Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow 

Department Center for Medical Ethics at the Institute of Health 

and Society, Faculty of Medicine 

Location University of Oslo 

City 

Oslo 


Quote 

“The universal right to health can only be attained 

when justice is defined with compassion.” - Rose 

Bernabe 

MAIN PAPER 

Bernabe RD, van Thiel GJ, Breekveldt NS, van Delden JJ. Drug 

regulators and ethics: which GCP issues are also ethical issues? 

Drug Discov Today. 2016 Feb;21(2):217-24. PubMed PMID: 

26610417. 


2013 

Name 

Nienke Bleijenberg 


PhD team Schuurmans, de Wit, van Dam 

Speciality Nursing Sciences of the elderly in primary care 


Department Nursing Sciences, Julius Center for Health Sciences 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“The only way to do great work is to love what you 

do” - Steve Jobs 

MAIN PAPER 

Bleijenberg N, Drubbel I, Schuurmans MJ, Dam HT, Zuithoff NP, 

Numans ME, de Wit NJ. Effectiveness of a Proactive Primary Care 

Program on Preserving Daily Functioning of Older People: A Cluster 

Randomized Controlled Trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Sep;64(9):1779- 

88. PubMed PMID: 27459236. 

2013 

Name 

Ruud Boessen 


PhD team Grobbee, Roes, Knol, Groenwold 


Position Senior policy advisor 

Department Ministry of Finance 

Location 

City 

Rotterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Boessen R, Heerspink HJ, De Zeeuw D, Grobbee DE, Groenwold RH, 

Roes KC. Improving clinical trial efficiency by biomarker-guided 

patient selection. Trials. 2014 Apr 2;15:103. PubMed PMID: 

24690215; 


2013 

Name 

Nanne Bos 


PhD team Schrijvers, Sturms, van Stel 



Department 

Location Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, 

Utrecht (NIVEL) 

City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Bos N, Seccombe IJ, Sturms LM, Stellato R, Schrijvers AJ, van Stel HF. 

A comparison of the quality of care in accident and emergency 

departments in England and the Netherlands as experienced by 

patients. Health Expect. 2016 Jun;19(3):773-84. 

2013 

Name 

Elemi Breetvelt 

PhD defense June 3rd, 2013 

PhD team Kahn, Grobbee, Boks, Aukes 

Speciality Pediatric Psychiatry 

Position Child psychiatrist and epidemiologist 

Department The Dalglish Family 22q Clinic 

Location Toronto General Hospital 

City 

Toronto 


Quote “ Bad luck and misfortune tend to cluster “ 

“Assumption is the mother of all f..k-ups “ - Siege 2 

MAIN PAPER 

man JA, Breetvelt EJ, Duijff SN, et al.International Consortium on 

Brain and Behavior in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.. Cognitive 

decline preceding the onset of psychosis in patients with 22q11.2 

deletion syndrome. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Apr;72(4):377-85. 



2013 

Name 

Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen 


PhD team Bonten, Quach 



Department Infectious disease, Julius Center for Health 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Prevention is better than cure” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bruijning-Verhagen P, Mangen MJ, Felderhof M, Hartwig NG, van 

Houten M, Winkel L, et al. Targeted rotavirus vaccination of high-risk 

infants; a low cost and highly cost-effective alternative to universal 

vaccination. BMC Med. 2013 Apr 26;11:112. PubMed PMID: 

23622110. 

2013 

Name 

Gerdien Dalmeijer 


PhD team Van der Schouw, Beulens 



Department Public Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences 



City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Wang X, Dalmeijer GW, den Ruijter HM, Anderson TJ, Britton AR, 

Dekker J,et al. Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors and carotid 

intima-media thickness: The USE-IMT study. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 

21;12(3):e0173393. PubMed PMID: 28323823. 


2013 

Name 

Thomas Debray 


PhD team Moons, Steyerberg, Koffijberg, Vergouwe 






City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Debray TP, Damen JA, Snell KI, Ensor J, Hooft L, Reitsma JB, Riley RD, 

Moons KG. A guide to systematic review and meta-analysis of 

prediction model performance. BMJ. 2017 Jan 5;356:i6460. PubMed 

PMID: 28057641. 

2013 

Name 

Lennie Derde 


PhD team Bonten 

Speciality Intensive Care, Infectious Diseases 

Position Consultant in intensive care, consultant in 

infectious diseases & Postdoctoral Researcher 

Department Intensive Care Center, Division Vital Functions & 

Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Derde LP, Cooper BS, Goossens H, Malhotra-Kumar S, Willems RJ, 

Gniadkowski M, et al. MOSAR WP3 Study Team. Interventions to 

reduce colonisation and transmission of antimicrobial-resistant 

bacteria in intensive care units: an interrupted time series study and 

cluster randomized trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Jan;14(1):31-9. 



2013 

Name 

Suzanne van Dieren 


PhD team Van der Schouw, Beulens, Peelen 


Position Senior Clinical Epidemiologist 



Amsterdam 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“All models are wrong, but some are useful” 

- G.E.P. Box 

MAIN PAPER 

Vennix S, van Dieren S, Opmeer BC, Lange JF, Bemelman WA. Cost 

analysis of laparoscopic lavage compared with sigmoid resection 

for perforated diverticulitis in the Ladies trial. Br J Surg. 2017 


2013 

Name 

Madeleine Dolleman 


PhD team Broekmans, van der Schouw, Mol, van Disseldorp 

Speciality Obstetrics and Gynaecology 

Position Resident in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it 

must be lived forwards” 

MAIN PAPER 

Dólleman M, Verschuren WM, Eijkemans MJ, Dollé ME, Jansen EH, 

Broekmans FJ, van der Schouw YT. Reproductive and lifestyle 

determinants of anti-Müllerian hormone in a large population-based 

study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 May;98(5):2106-15. 



2013 

Name 

Jannick Dorresteijn 




Position Fellow 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“The average patient does not exist“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Dorresteijn JA, Kaasenbrood L, Cook NR, van Kruijsdijk RC, van der 

Graaf Y, Visseren FL, Ridker PM. How to translate clinical trial results 

into gain in healthy life expectancy for individual patients. BMJ. 

2016 Mar 30;352:i1548. PubMed PMID: 27029390. 

2013 

Name 

Corine den Engelsen 


PhD team Rutten, Gorter 



Department 

Location Huisartsenzorg IJsselstein, locatie ‘t Steyn 

City 

IJselstein 


Quote 

“We shall not cease from exploration And the end 

of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we 

started And know the place for the first time. - T.S. 

Eliot, Four Quartets, 1943 

MAIN PAPER 

den Engelsen C, Gorter KJ, Salomé PL, Rutten GE. Development of 

metabolic syndrome components in adults with a healthy obese 

phenotype: a 3-year follow-up. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 



2013 

Name 

Annemieke Evelein 


PhD team Grobbee, Visseren, Uiterwaal 





City 

Apeldoorn 



MAIN PAPER 

Evelein AM, Visseren FL, van der Ent CK, Grobbee DE, Uiterwaal CS. 

Allergies are associated with arterial changes in young children. Eur 

J Prev Cardiol. 2015 Nov;22(11):1480-7. PubMed PMID: 25301873. 

2013 

Name 

Margriet van der Heiden – van der Loo 


PhD team Peeters, Rutgers 

Speciality Epidemiology of the Late effects after childhood 

cancer 

Position Head Dutch Childhood Oncology Group LATER 

Department Dutch Childhood Oncology Group - Early Clinical 

Trial Consortium 

Location Dutch Childhood Oncology Group - Early Clinical 

Trial Consortium 

City 

The Hague 


Quote 

“Samen bevlogen verder“ 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Heiden-van der Loo M, Schaapveld M, Ho VK, Siesling S, 

Rutgers EJ, Peeters PH. Outcomes of a population-based series of 

early breast cancer patients with micrometastases and isolated 

tumour cells in axillary lymph nodes. Ann Oncol. 2013 



2013 

Name 

Hadassa Jochemsen 


PhD team Scheltens, van der Graaf, Muller, Geerlings 


Position Resident in General Practice 

Department 

Location 

City 

Veenendaal 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Jochemsen HM, Muller M, Bots ML, Scheltens P, Vincken KL, Mali WP, 

et al.SMART Study Group. Arterial stiffness and progression of 

structural brain changes: The SMART-MR study. Neurology. 2015 

Feb 3;84(5):448-55. PubMed PMID: 25552578. 

2013 

Name 

Danny Kanhai 


PhD team Visseren, Kappelle, Uiterwaal 

Speciality Paediatric Medicine 

Position Resident in Paediatric Medicine 

Department Paediatric Medicine 


City 

Groningen 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Kanhai DA, Visseren FL, van der Graaf Y, Schoneveld AH, Catanzariti 

LM, Timmers L, et al. SMART Study Group. Microvesicle protein 

levels are associated with increased risk for future vascular events 

and mortality in patients with clinically manifest vascular disease. 

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 3;168(3):2358-63. PubMed PMID: 23484740. 


2013 

Name 

Melvin Lafeber 


PhD team Grobbee, Visseren, Spiering 


Position Resident in Internal Medicine (Vascular Medicine 

and Clinical Pharmacology) 

Department Vascular Medicine 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote “The perfect is the enemy of the good “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Lafeber M, Grobbee DE, Schrover IM, Thom S, Webster R, Rodgers A, 

et al. Comparison of a morning polypill, evening polypill and 

individual pills on LDL-cholesterol, ambulatory blood pressure and 

adherence in high-risk patients; a randomized crossover trial. Int J 

Cardiol. 2015 Feb 15;181:193-9. PubMed PMID: 25528311. 

2013 

Name 

Sanne Nijhof 


PhD team Kimpen, Bleijenberg, van der Putte, Uiterwaal 




Location Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“it is not the strongest of the species that survives, 

nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one 

that is most adaptable to change” 

MAIN PAPER 

Nijhof SL, Bleijenberg G, Uiterwaal CS, Kimpen JL, van de Putte EM. 

Effectiveness of internet-based cognitive behavioural treatment for 

adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (FITNET): a randomised 

controlled trial. Lancet. 2012 Apr 14;379(9824):1412-8. PubMed 

PMID: 22385683. 


2013 

Name 

Marjolein den Ouden 


PhD team Van der Schouw, Schuurmans 


Position Senior Researcher & Teacher 

Department Center of Nursing 

Location University of Applied Sciences Saxion 

City 

Deventer and Enschede 


Quote 

“You are never too old to set another goal or to 

dream a new dream” 

MAIN PAPER 

den Ouden ME, Schuurmans MJ, Mueller-Schotte S, Brand JS, van 

der Schouw YT. Domains contributing to disability in activities of 

daily living. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2013 Jan;14(1):18-24. PubMed 

PMID: 23043731. 

2013 

Name 

Michelle Putzeist 


PhD team Leufkens, Hoes, Mantel, Gispen-de Wied 


Position Pricing and Market Access Manager 

Department 

Location Novartis 

City 

Arnhem 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Putzeist M, Mantel-Teeuwisse AK, Wied CC, Hoes AW, Leufkens HG, 

de Vrueh RL. Drug development for exceptionally rare metabolic 

diseases: challenging but not impossible. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2013 

Nov 15;8:179. PubMed PMID: 24237580 


2013 

Name 

Ewoud Schuit 


PhD team Moons, Mol, Kwee, Groenwold 






City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“The core of mans’ spirit comes from new experiences. 

“ – Jon Krakauer (author Into the Wild) 

MAIN PAPER 

Schuit E, Stock S, Rode L, Rouse DJ, Lim AC, Norman JE, et al. Global 

Obstetrics Network (GONet) collaboration. Effectiveness of progestogens 

to improve perinatal outcome in twin pregnancies: an 

individual participant data meta-analysis. BJOG. 2015 Jan;122(1):27- 

37. PubMed PMID: 25145491. 

2013 

Name 

Carolien Sino 


PhD team Schuurmans, Egberts 


Position Director Nursing Institute 

Department University of Applied Sciences Utrecht 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote “No hocus pocus, but focus focus… “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Sino CG, Bouvy ML, Jansen PA, Schop IM, Egberts TC, Schuurmans 

MJ. Signs and symptoms indicative of potential adverse drug 

reactions in homecare patients. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2013 



2013 

Name 

Sabrina Siregar 


PhD team Van Herwerden, van der Graaf, Groenwold 

Speciality Cardio Thoracic Surgery 

Position Resident in Cardio Thoracic Surgery 

Department Cardio Thoracic Surgery 


City 

Leiden 


Quote 

“The world is my country and science is my 

religion “ - C. Huygens 

MAIN PAPER 

Siregar S, Groenwold RH, de Mol BA, Speekenbrink RG, Versteegh 

MI, Brandon Bravo Bruinsma GJ, et al. Evaluation of cardiac 

surgery mortality rates: 30-day mortality or longer follow-up? 

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2013 Nov;44(5):875-83. PubMed PMID: 

23471150. 

2013 

Name 

Erik Udo 


PhD team Moons, Doevendans, Zuithoff 




Location Maasstad and Ikazia hospital 

City 

Rotterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Udo EO, Zuithoff NP, van Hemel NM, de Cock CC, Hendriks T, 

Doevendans PA, et al. Incidence and predictors of short- and 

long-term complications in pacemaker therapy: the FOLLOWPACE 

study. Heart Rhythm. 2012 May;9(5):728-35. PubMed PMID: 

22182495. 


2013 

Name 

Monique Vlak 

PhD defense September 21st, 2013 

PhD team Rinkel, Algra 


Position Neurologist – Somnologist 


Location Medical Center Haaglanden 

City 

The Hague 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Vlak MHM, Algra A, Brandenburg R, Rinkel GJE. Prevalence of 

unruptured intracranial aneurysms, with emphasis on sex, age, 

comorbidity, country, and time period: a systematic review and 

meta-analysis. Lancet Neurol 2011;10:626-636. PubMed PMID: 

21641282. 

2013 

Name 

Marlies Voorhuis 

PhD defense Juni 28th, 2013 

PhD team Broekmans, van der Schouw 





City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Pick your battles big enough to matter, small 

enough to win (Jonathan Kozol)“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Voorhuis M, Broekmans FJ, Fauser BC, Onland-Moret NC, van der 

Schouw YT. Genes involved in initial follicle recruitment may be 

associated with age at menopause. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 

Mar;96(3):E473-9. PubMed PMID: 21193543. 


2013 

Name 

Dagmar Vos 





Department General and Trauma Surgery 


City 

Breda 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Vos DI, Verhofstad MH, Hanson B, van der Graaf Y, van der Werken C. 

Clinical outcome of implant removal after fracture healing. Design 

of a prospective multicentre clinical cohort study. BMC Musculoskelet 

Disord. 2012 Aug 15;13:147. PubMed PMID: 22894749. 

2013 

Name 

Saskia van Vugt 


PhD team Verheij, Broekhuizen 



Department 

Location General Practice Huisarts Groen 

City 

Doorn 


Quote 

“Van op de bank zitten word je niet minder moe” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Vugt SF, Broekhuizen BD, Lammens C, Zuithoff NP, de Jong PA, 

Coenen S, Ieven M, Butler CC, Goossens H, Little P, Verheij TJ; GRACE 

consortium. Use of serum C reactive protein and procalcitonin 

concentrations in addition to symptoms and signs to predict 

pneumonia in patients presenting to primary care with acute 

cough: diagnostic study. BMJ. 2013 Apr 30;346:f2450. doi:101136/ 

bmj.f2450. 


2013 

Name 

Meng Wang 


PhD team Brunekreef, Hoek, Beelen 


Position Postdoctoral Fellow 

Department Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences 

Location University of Washington 

City 

Seatle 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Wang M, Brunekreef B, Gehring U, Szpiro A, Hoek G, Beelen R. A 

New Technique for Evaluating Land-use Regression Models and 

Their Impact on Health Effect Estimates. Epidemiology. 2016 


2013 

Name 

Paulien Wermeling 


PhD team Rutten, Beulens, Gorter 

Speciality Epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease and aging 


Department Janssen Prevention Center, Janssen Vaccines and 

Prevention BV 

Location Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies from Jansen 

and Jansen 

City 

Leiden 


Quote 

“Always stay positive“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Wermeling PR, Gorter KJ, Stellato RK, de Wit GA, Beulens JW, Rutten 

GE. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of 3-monthly versus 

6-monthly monitoring of well-controlled type 2 diabetes patients: a 

pragmatic randomised controlled patient-preference equivalence 

trial in primary care (EFFIMODI study). Diabetes Obes Metab. 2014 



Class of 2014

2014 

Name 

Arthur Adams 


PhD team Mali, Elias 





City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Adams A, van Brussel AS, Vermeulen JF, Mali WP, van der Wall E, van 

Diest PJ, et al The potential of hypoxia markers as target for breast 

molecular imaging--a systematic review and meta-analysis of 

human marker expression. BMC Cancer. 2013 Nov 10;13:538. doi: 

10.1186/1471-2407-13-538. Review. PubMed PMID: 24206539; 

PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3903452. 

2014 

Name 

Mohammed Sanni Ali 


PhD team De Boer, Hoes, Klungel, Groenwold 

Speciality Device and Pharmacoepidemiology 

Position Senior Research Associate 

Department Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, 

Musculoskeletal Sciences, Center for 

Statistics in Medicine 

Location University of Oxford 

City 

Oxford 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Ali MS, Groenwold RH, Belitser SV, Souverein PC, Martín E, Gatto 

NM, et al. Methodological comparison of marginal structural model, 

time-varying Cox regression, and propensity score methods: the 

example of antidepressant use and the risk of hip fracture. 

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2016 Mar;25 Suppl 1:114-21. 



2014 

Name 

Loes Bertens 


PhD team Hoes, Moons, Rutten, Reitsma 





City 

Rotterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Bertens LC, Broekhuizen BD, Naaktgeboren CA, Rutten FH, Hoes AW, 

van Mourik Y, et al. Use of expert panels to define the reference 

standard in diagnostic research: a systematic review of published 

methods and reporting. PLoS Med. 2013 Oct;10(10):e1001531. 


2014 

Name 

Arnold Bitterman 


PhD team Grolman, van der Heijden 

Speciality Ear, Nose, and Throat medicine 

Position Consultant Pediatric ENT-surgeon 

Department Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 

Location Royal Hospital for Sick Children 

City 

Glasgow 



MAIN PAPER 

Bittermann AJ, van der Heijden GJ, Wegner I, Trabalzini F, Grolman 

W; European Academy of Otology and Neuro-Otology. Clinical 

practice guidelines on the management of patients with common 

otologic pathology toward European consensus: outline of 

approach. Otol Neurotol. 2013 Oct;34(8):1367-71. PubMed PMID: 

24005174. 


2014 

Name 

Marieke Braem 


PhD team Peeters, Onland-Moret, Schouten 

Speciality Manager Analysis and Advice 


Department Division Damage & Income 

Location Achmea (Health Care Insurrance company) 

City 

Apeldoorn 


Quote 

“An idea not coupled with action will never get any 

bigger than the brain cell it occupied. “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Braem MG, Onland-Moret NC, van den Brandt PA, Goldbohm RA, 

Peeters PH,Kruitwagen RF, Schouten LJ. Reproductive and 

hormonal factors in association with ovarian cancer in the Netherlands 

cohort study. Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Nov 15;172(10):1181-9. 

PubMed PMID: 20861144; 

2014 

Name 

Vincent Busch 


PhD team Schrijvers, van Yperen, de Leeuw 

Speciality Health Behavior 


Department Epdemiology, Health Promotion and Health Care 

Innovation 


City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“Yes, I’m a doctor. Just not the kind that cures 

people.“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Busch V, de Leeuw JR, de Harder A, Schrijvers AJ. Changing multiple 

adolescent health behaviors through school-based interventions: a 

review of the literature. J Sch Health. 2013 Jul;83(7):514-23. PubMed 

PMID: 23782095. 


2014 

Name 

Thijs van Dongen 


PhD team Schilder, van der Heijden, Venekamp 


Position Resident in General Practice & Postdoctoral 

Researcher 

Department SBOH & General Practice, Julius Center for Health 



City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

van Dongen TM, van der Heijden GJ, Venekamp RP, Rovers MM, 

Schilder AG. A trial of treatment for acute otorrhea in children with 

tympanostomy tubes. N Engl J Med. 2014 Feb 20;370(8):723-33. 


2014 

Name 

Irene Drubbel 


PhD team de Wit, Schuurmans, Numans 



Department 

Location General Practice 

City 

Houten 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Drubbel I, Bleijenberg N, Kranenburg G, Eijkemans RJ, Schuurmans 

MJ, de Wit NJ, Numans ME. Identifying frailty: do the Frailty Index 

and Groningen Frailty Indicator cover different clinical perspectives? 

a cross-sectional study. BMC Fam Pract. 2013 May 21;14:64. 



2014 

Name 

Jacobien Eising 


PhD team Van der Ent, Uiterwaal 





City 

Leiden 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Eising JB, van der Ent CK, Evelein AM, Uiterwaal CS. The association 

between lung function and arterial stiffness in young childhood. 

Eur Respir J. 2014 Aug;44(2):530-2. PubMed PMID: 24833767. 

2014 

Name 

Remko Enserink 


PhD team Smit, Bonten, van Pelt 


Position US Medical Affairs Manager 

Department 

Location Echosens North America 

City 

Waltham 


Quote 

“Google is not a synonym for research” 

MAIN PAPER 

Enserink R, Lugnér A, Suijkerbuijk A, Bruijning-Verhagen P, Smit HA, 

van Pelt W. Gastrointestinal and respiratory illness in children that 

do and do not attend child day care centers: a cost-of-illness study. 

PLoS One. 2014 Aug 20;9(8):e104940. PubMed PMID: 25141226. 


2014 

Name 

Roelof Ettema 


PhD team Schuurmans, Kalkman, Moons, Peelen 

Speciality Principal lecturer and Researcher 


Department Knowledge Centre Innovation in Healthcare 

Location University of Applied Sciences Utrecht 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Development and implementation of integrated 

care pathways in care and welfare for the elderly 

will serve us all “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Ettema RG, Hoogendoorn ME, Kalkman CJ, Schuurmans MJ. Development 

of a nursing intervention to prepare frail older patients for 

cardiac surgery (the PREDOCS programme), following phase one of 

the guidelines of the Medical Research Council. Eur J Cardiovasc 

Nurs. 2014 Dec;13(6):494-505. PubMed PMID: 24186065. 

2014 

Name 

Merel Huisman 


PhD team van Vulpen, van den Bosch, Verkooijen 





City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“I feel privileged that I was able to spend four full 

years devoted to research in all its aspects in a 

great academic environment, and I hope younger 

generations can continue to do so, as research is 

the cornerstone of personal and societal academic 

development” 

MAIN PAPER 

Huisman M, Lam MK, Bartels LW, Nijenhuis RJ, Moonen CT, Knuttel 

FM, et al. Feasibility of volumetric MRI-guided high intensity 

focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) for painful bone metastases. J Ther 

Ultrasound. 2014 Oct 10;2:16. PubMed PMID: 25309743. 


2014 

Name 

Pushpa Jairam 


PhD team Van der Graaf, Mali, Verkooijen, de Jong 





City 

Leiden 


Quote 

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and 

believe, it can achieve.” –Napoleon Hill 

MAIN PAPER 

Jairam PM, van der Graaf Y, Lammers JW, Mali WP, de Jong PA; 

PROVIDI Study group. Incidental findings on chest CT imaging are 

associated with increased COPD exacerbations and mortality. 

Thorax. 2015 Aug;70(8):725-31. PubMed PMID: 26024687. 

2014 

Name 

Hennie Janssen 


PhD team Van der Schouw, Verhaar, Emmelot-Vonk 

Speciality Sleep medicine 

Position Pulmonologist/Somnologist 

Department Center for Sleep Medicine Kempenhaeghe 

Location Center for Sleep Medicine Kempenhaeghe 

City 

Heeze 


Quote 

“Sleep is an important part of the day” 

MAIN PAPER 

Janssen HC, Emmelot-Vonk MH, Verhaar HJ, van der Schouw YT. 

Vitamin D and muscle function: is there a threshold in the relation? 

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2013 Aug;14(8):627.e13-8. PMID: 23810236. 


2014 

Name 

Raoul Kloppenburg 


PhD team Vermeulen, van der Graaf, Nederkoorn, Geerlings 


Position Neurologist in Neurovascular disease and Multiple 

Sclerosis 


Location Franciscus Hospital 

City 

Rotterdam 


Quote 

“Clinical neurology is to neuroscience what sex is 

to masturbation “- inspired by Richard Feynman 

MAIN PAPER 

Kloppenborg RP, Nederkoorn PJ, Grool AM, Vincken KL, Mali WP, 

Vermeulen M, et al. Cerebral small-vessel disease and progression 

of brain atrophy: the SMART-MR study. Neurology. 2012 Nov 

13;79(20):2029-36. PubMed PMID: 23115210. 

2014 

Name 

Liselotte Kok 

PhD defense July 1st, 2014 

PhD team de Wit, Moons, Muris, Elias 

Speciality Psychiatrie 

Position AIOS Psychiatrie 

Department Polikliniek Psychiatrie 

Location Tergooi ziekenhuis 

City 

Blaricum 


Quote 

“The intuitive mind is where our genius resides”. 

MAIN PAPER 

Kok L, Elias SG, Witteman BJ, Goedhard JG, Romberg-Camps MJ, 

Muris JW, et al. Application of the Rome III criteria is not likely to 

reduce the number of unnecessary referrals for colonoscopy in 

primary care. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 May;25(5):568-74. 



2014 

Name 

Minke Kooistra 


PhD team Van der Graaf, Biessels, Geerlings 

Speciality Staff member 

Position Staff member scientific affairs Alzheimer Nederland 

Department 

Location Alzheimer Nederland 

City 

Amersfoort 


Quote 

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; 

an optimist sees the opportunity in every 

difficulty” 

MAIN PAPER 

Kooistra M, Geerlings MI, van der Graaf Y, Mali WP, Vincken KL, 

Kappelle LJ, et al. SMART-MR Study Group.. Vascular brain lesions, 

brain atrophy, and cognitive decline. The Second Manifestations of 

ARTerial disease--Magnetic Resonance (SMART-MR) study. Neurobiol 

Aging. 2014 Jan;35(1):35-41. PubMed PMID: 23932882. 

2014 

Name 

Rob van Kruijsdijk 



Speciality Internal Medicine, nephrology 


Department Hypertension and Nephrology 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

van Kruijsdijk RC, Visseren FL, Ridker PM, Dorresteijn JA, Buring JE, 

van der Graaf Y, Cook NR. Individualised prediction of alternate-day 

aspirin treatment effects on the combined risk of cancer, cardiovascular 

disease and gastrointestinal bleeding in healthy women. 

Heart. 2015 Mar;101(5):369-76. PubMed PMID: 25475110 


2014 

Name 

Joep van der Leeuw 


PhD team Visseren, Van der Graaf 



Department 


City 

Ede 


Quote “Geloof jij dit? “ 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Leeuw J, Visseren FL, Woodward M, van der Graaf Y, 

Grobbee DE, Harrap S, Heller S, et al. Estimation of individual 

beneficial and adverse effects of intensive glucose control for 

patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia. 2016 Dec;59(12):2603- 

2612. PubMed PMID: 27586250. 

2014 

Name 

Rosa van Mansfeld 


PhD team Bonten, van der Ent, Willems 


Position Clinical Microbiologist 

Department Microbiology 


City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Mansfeld R, de Vrankrijker A, Brimicombe R, Heijerman H, 

Teding van Berkhout F, Spitoni C, et al. The Effect of Strict Segregation 

on Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis Patients. PLoS 

One. 2016 Jun 9;11(6):e0157189. PubMed PMID: 27280467. 


2014 

Name 

Ira Mostovaya 


PhD team Bots, Verhaar, Blankestijn, Grooteman 





Location Domus Medica 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Preventing disease is always better than trying to 

manage the disease. Especially when it comes to 

renal replacement therapy.” 

MAIN PAPER 

Mostovaya IM, Bots ML, van den Dorpel MA, Grooteman MP, Kamp 

O, Levesque R, et al. A randomized rial of hemodiafiltration and 

change in cardiovascular parameters. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 


2014 

Name 

Maaike van Mourik 


PhD team Bonten, Moons, Troelstra 


Position Resident in Medical Microbiology 

Department Medical Microbiology 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good” – 

paraphrased from Voltaire 

MAIN PAPER 

van Mourik MS, Troelstra A, van Solinge WW, Moons KG, Bonten MJ. 

Automated surveillance for healthcare-associated infections: 

opportunities for improvement. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Jul;57(1):85-93. 



2014 

Name 

Yvonne van Mourik 


PhD team Hoes, Moons, Rutten, Reitsma 



Department 

Location Varying practices and health care centers 

City 

Vicinity of utrecht 


Quote 

“Love what you do and do it well” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Mourik Y, Bertens LC, Cramer MJ, Lammers JW, Reitsma JB, 

Moons KG, et al. Unrecognized heart failure and chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease (COPD) in frail elderly detected through a 

near-home targeted screening strategy. J Am Board Fam Med. 2014 

Nov-Dec;27(6):811-21. PubMed PMID: 25381079. 

2014 

Name 

Louise van Oeffelen 


PhD team Bots, Stronks, Vaartjes, Agyemang 



Department Sexually Transmitted Diseases 

Location National Institute for public health and the 

environment (RIVM) & Public Health Service 

Rotterdam 

City 

Bilthoven & Rotterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

van Oeffelen AA, Vaartjes I, Stronks K, Bots ML, Agyemang C. 

Incidence of acute myocardial infarction in first and second 

generation minority groups: does the second generation converge 

towards the majority population? Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 

15;168(6):5422-9.PubMed PMID: 24035066. 


2014 

Name 

Tamara Platteel 


PhD team Bonten, Cohen-Stuart, Leverstein-van Hall 



Department 

Location Varying practices and health care centers 

City 

Vicinity of Utrecht 


Quote 

“παντα ρει και ουδεν μενει” 

MAIN PAPER 

Platteel TN, Cohen Stuart JW, de Neeling AJ, Voets GM, Scharringa J, 

van de Sande N, et al. ESBL national surveillance working group. 

Multi-centre evaluation of a phenotypic extended spectrum 

β-lactamase detection guideline in the routine setting. Clin Microbiol 

Infect. 2013 Jan;19(1):70-6. PubMed PMID: 22268620. 

2014 

Name 

Stephan Ripke 


PhD team Bakker, Kahn 


Position Group leader, Prinicipal Investigator 

Department Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie 

Location Charite 

City 

Berlin 



MAIN PAPER 

Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. 

Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic 

loci. Nature. 2014 Jul 24;511(7510):421-7. PubMed PMID: 25056061; 


2014 

Name 

Arnoud Floriaan Schmidt 


PhD team Hoes, Nielen, Klungel, Groenwold 



Department Institute of Cardiovascular Science, Faculty of 

Population Health 

Location University College London 

City 

London 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Schmidt AF, Klugkist I, Klungel OH, Nielen M, de Boer A, Hoes AW, 

Groenwold RH. Bayesian methods including nonrandomized study 

data increased the efficiency of postlaunch RCTs. J Clin Epidemiol. 


2014 

Name 

Wouter Schonewille 


PhD team Kappelle, Algra 





City 

Nieuwegein 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Schonewille WJ, Wijman CA, Michel P, Rueckert CM, Weimar C, 

Mattle HP, et al. BASICS study group. Treatment and outcomes of 

acute basilar artery occlusion in the Basilar Artery International 

Cooperation Study (BASICS): a prospective registry study. Lancet 

Neurol. 2009 Aug;8(8):724-30. PubMed PMID: 19577962. 


2014 

Name 

Henrike Schouten 


PhD team Moons, van Delden, Koek, Geersing 

Speciality Geatric Medicin 

Position Resident in Geriatric Medicine 


Location Tergooi Hospital 

City 

Blaricum 


Quote 

“Overdiagnostiek bij ouderen, baat het niet, dan 

schaadt het wel” 

MAIN PAPER 

Schouten HJ, Geersing GJ, Koek HL, Zuithoff NP, Janssen KJ, Douma 

RA, et al. Diagnostic accuracy of conventional or age adjusted 

D-dimer cut-off values in older patients with suspected venous 

thromboembolism: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2013 

May 3;346:f2492. PubMed PMID: 23645857. 

2014 

Name 

Jessica van Setten 


PhD team Bakker, Cuppen 

Speciality Cardiovascular genetics 




City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“If at first you don’t succeed, try two more times so 

that your failure is statistically significant“ 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Harst P, van Setten J, Verweij N, et al. 52 Genetic Loci 

Influencing Myocardial Mass. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Sep 

27;68(13):1435-48. PubMed PMID: 27659466. 


2014 

Name 

Lotje Steins Bisschop 


PhD team Peeters, van der Wall, May, Velthuis 





Amsterdam 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“The first symptom of the process of killing our 

dreams is the lack of time’ - Paulo Coelho 

MAIN PAPER 

Steins Bisschop CN, van Gils CH, Emaus MJ,et al. Weight change 

later in life and colon and rectal cancer risk in participants in 

the EPIC-PANACEA study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Jan;99(1):139-47. 


2014 

Name 

Ellen Struijk 


PhD team Peeters, May, Beulens 

Speciality Epidemiology of Nutrition and Lifestyle 


Department Faculty of Preventive Medicine and Public Health 

- Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology 

group 

Location Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 

City 

Madrid 

Country Spain 

Quote 

“No single food will make or break good health. 

But the kinds of food you choose day in and day 

out have a major impact“ -Walter Willett 

MAIN PAPER 

May AM, Struijk EA, Fransen HP, Onland-Moret NC, de Wit GA, Boer 

JM, et al. The impact of a healthy lifestyle on Disability-Adjusted Life 

Years: a prospective cohort study. BMC Med. 2015 Feb 27;13:39. 



2014 

Name 

Vesna Svircevic 

PhD defense July 3rd, 2014 

PhD team Kalkman, Moons, van Dijk, Nierich 



Department Anaethesiology 


City 

Eindhoven 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Svircevic V, Nierich AP, Moons KG, Diephuis JC, Ennema JJ, 

Brandon Bravo Bruinsma GJ, et al. Thoracic epidural anesthesia 

for cardiac surgery: a randomized trial. Anesthesiology. 2011 


2014 

Name 

Vinicius Tragante 


PhD team Doevendans, de Bakker, Asselbergs 

Speciality Bioinformatics 


Department Heart & Lungs 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“They did not know it was impossible, so they did 

it!“ – Mark twain 

MAIN PAPER 

Tragante V, Barnes MR, Ganesh SK, Lanktree MB, Guo W, 

Franceschini N,et al. Gene-centric meta-analysis in 87,736 

individuals of European ancestry identifies multiple bloodpressure-related 

loci. Am J Hum Genet. 2014 Mar 6;94(3):349-60. 



2014 

Name 

Erika van der Veen 







City 

Apeldoorn 


Quote 

“de aanhouder wint” 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Veen PH, Muller M, Vincken KL, Witkamp TD, Mali WP, van 

der Graaf Y, et al. SMART-MR Study Group. Longitudinal changes in 

brain volumes and cerebrovascular lesions on MRI in patients with 

manifest arterial disease: the SMART-MR study. J Neurol Sci. 2014 

Feb 15;337(1-2):112-8. PubMed PMID: 24314719. 

2014 

Name 

Magrit Vermeulen 

PhD defense July 3rd, 2014 

PhD team Damoiseaux, van der Graaf, Pieters, Kuyvenhoven 


Position Manager Development 


and Primary care 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Vermeulen MI, Kuyvenhoven MM, de Groot E, Zuithoff NP, Pieters 

HM, van der Graaf Y, Damoiseaux RA. Poor Performance Among 

Trainees in a Dutch Postgraduate GP Training Program. Fam Med. 



2014 

Name 

Eva Vink 


PhD team Verhaar, Bots, Blankestijn 



Department Internal Medicine and Department of ICU 

Location University Medical Center Utrecht and New Yorik 

University 

City 

Utrecht & New York 

Country The Netherlands & United States of America 

Quote 

“To successfully complete your PhD thesis/project, 

you need excellent secretary skills” 

MAIN PAPER 

Vink EE, de Boer A, Hoogduin HJ, Voskuil M, Leiner T, Bots ML, et al. 

Renal BOLD-MRI relates to kidney function and activity of the 

renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in hypertensive patients. J 

Hypertens. 2015 Mar;33(3):597-603; discussion 603-4.PubMed 

PMID: 25479032. 

2014 

Name 

Anneke de Vos 

PhD defense Okotober 28th, 2014 

PhD team Kretzschmar, Prins 


Position Currently unemployed 

Department 

Location 

City 

Diemen 


Quote 

“Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to 

change. Being is always becoming.“ - Buddha 

MAIN PAPER 

de Vos AS, Janssen MP, Zaaijer HL, Hogema BM. Cost-effectiveness 

of the screening of blood donations for hepatitis E virus in the 

Netherlands. Transfusion. 2017 Feb;57(2):258-266.PubMed PMID: 

28144956. 


2014 

Name 

Miriam Warnier 


PhD team De Boer, Hoes, de Bruin, Rutten 



Department 

Location Huisartsenpraktijk Moen & Warnier 

City 

Doorwerth 



MAIN PAPER 

Warnier MJ, Blom MT, Bardai A, Berdowksi J, Souverein PC, Hoes AW, 

et al. Increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest in obstructive pulmonary 

disease: a case-control study. PLoS One. 2013 Jun 

6;8(6):e65638. PubMed PMID: 23755262. 

2014 

Name 

Merel Wassenaar 


PhD team Egberts, Sander, Leijten, Uijl 



Department Epilepsy Research 

Location Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland (SEIN) 

City 

Heemstede 


Quote 

“No medicine cures what happiness cannot”- 

Gabriel Garcia MárqueD 

MAIN PAPER 

Wassenaar M, van Heijl I, Leijten FS, van der Linden P, Uijl SG, 

Egberts AC, et al.Treatment of epilepsy in daily clinical practice: 

have outcomes improved over the past 10 years? J Neurol. 2013 

nov;260(11):2736-43. PubMed PMID: 23893002. 


2014 

Name 

Lieke Wielders 

PhD defense July 1st, 2014 

PhD team Couthinho, Schneeberger, van der Hoek 



Department Centre for Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and 

Surveillance (EPI), Centre for Infectious Disease 

Control (CIb) 



City 

Bilthoven 


Quote 

“Remember to explore“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Wielders CC, van Loenhout JA, Morroy G, Rietveld A, Notermans 

DW, Wever PC,et al. Long-Term Serological Follow-Up of Acute 

Q-Fever Patients after a Large Epidemic. PLoS One. 2015 Jul 

10;10(7):e0131848. PubMed PMID: 26161658. 

2014 

Name 

Laura Wisse 


PhD team Biessels, van der Graaf, Geerlings 

Speciality Neuroscience 



Location University of Pennsylvania 

City 

Philadelphia 



MAIN PAPER 

Wisse LE, Adler DH, Ittyerah R, Pluta JB, Robinson JL, Schuck T, et al. 

Comparison of In Vivo and Ex Vivo MRI of the Human Hippocampal 

Formation in the Same Subjects. Cereb Cortex. 2016 Sep 24. 



2014 

Name 

Anton van de Woestijne 





Department Various centers for primary care 

Location Various General Practices 

City 



MAIN PAPER 

van de Woestijne AP, van der Graaf Y, Liem AH, Cramer MJ, Westerink 

J, Visseren FL; SMART Study Group. Low high-density lipoprotein 

cholesterol is not a risk factor for recurrent vascular events in 

patients with vascular disease on intensive lipid-lowering medication. 

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Nov 12;62(20):1834-41. PubMed PMID: 

23948286.

Class of 2015

2015 

Name 

Paul Berger 


PhD team Bots, Blankensteijn, Vaartjes 

Speciality Vascular Surgery 

Position Vascular Surgeon 



City 

Goes 


Quote 

“Vincent are we happy?” 

MAIN PAPER 

Berger P, Vaartjes I, Scholtens A, Moll FL, De Borst GJ, De Keizer B, 

Bots ML, Blankensteijn JD. Differential FDG-PET Uptake Patterns in 

Uninfected and Infected Central Prosthetic Vascular Grafts. Eur J 

Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2015 Sep;50(3):376-83. PubMed PMID: 

26164091. 

2015 

Name 

Timo Bolt 


PhD team Huisman, Vandenbroucke 

Speciality Medial History 


Department Public Health 


City 

Rotterdam 


Quote 

“Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? 

Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Bolt TC, Huisman FG. [David Sackett and 25 years of evidence-based 

medicine: person and the context]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 

2015;159:A9297. Dutch. PubMed PMID: 26306487. 


2015 

Name 

Leandra Boonman-de Winter 


PhD team Hoes, Rutten, Cramer 


Position Manager Team Science 

Department Amphia Academy 


City 

Breda 


Quote 

“Appraisal and implementing results of research is 

important to establish a better and efficient health 

care, and improving quality of life of patients” 

MAIN PAPER 

Boonman-de Winter LJ, Rutten FH, Cramer MJ, Landman MJ, Liem 

AH, Rutten GE, Hoes AW. High prevalence of previously unknown 

heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction in patients with type 2 

diabetes. Diabetologia. 2012 Aug;55(8):2154-62. PubMed PMID: 

22618812; 

2015 

Name 

Kim Boshuisen 


PhD team Braun, Uiterwaal 


Position Resident in Paediatric Neurology 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Boshuisen K, Arzimanoglou A, Cross JH, Uiterwaal CS, Polster T, van 

Nieuwenhuizen O, Braun KP; TimeToStop study group. Timing of 

antiepileptic drug withdrawal and long-term seizure outcome after 

paediatric epilepsy surgery (TimeToStop): a retrospective observational 

study. Lancet Neurol. 2012 Sep;11(9):784-91. PubMed PMID: 

22841352. 


2015 

Name 

Stan Buckens 


PhD team Van der Graaf, Mali, de Jong, Verkooijen 



Department Diagnostic Radiology 


City 

Apeldoorn 


Quote 

“Age quod agis” 

MAIN PAPER 

Buckens CF, de Jong PA, Mali WP, Verhaar HJ, van der Graaf Y, 

Verkooijen HM. Prevalent vertebral fractures on chest CT: higher 

risk for future hip fracture. J Bone Miner Res. 2014 Feb;29(2):392-8. 


2015 

Name 

Marjo Campmans-Kuijpers 


PhD team Rutten, 

Speciality Nutritional Epidemiology 


Department Gastroenterology and Hepatology 


City 

Groningen 


Quote 

“Je bent nooit te oud om te leren” 

MAIN PAPER 

Campmans-Kuijpers MJ, Baan CA, Lemmens LC, Rutten GE. Change 

in quality management in diabetes care groups and outpatient 

clinics after feedback and tailored support. Diabetes Care. 2015 



2015 

Name 

Laurens de Cocker 


PhD team Hendrikse, Luijten, Geerlings 


Position (Neuro) Radiologist 


Location AZ Maria Middelares 

City 

Ghent 


Quote 

“A moment enjoyed, is never wasted” 

MAIN PAPER 

De Cocker LJ, Kloppenborg RP, van der Graaf Y, Luijten PR, 

Hendrikse J, Geerlings MI; SMART Study Group.. Cerebellar Cortical 

Infarct Cavities: Correlation With Risk Factors and MRI Markers of 

Cerebrovascular Disease. Stroke. 2015 Nov;46(11):3154-60. PubMed 

PMID: 26382175. 

2015 

Name 

Annette Compter 


PhD team Kappelle, Algra, van der Worp 




Location Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van 

Leeuwenhoek Hospital & Medical Center 

Slotervaart 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“Let the dots come together” - Steve Jobs 

MAIN PAPER 

Compter A, van der Worp HB, Schonewille WJ, Vos JA, Boiten J, 

Nederkoorn PJ, et al. VAST investigators. Stenting versus medical 

treatment in patients with symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis: a 

randomised open-label phase 2 trial. Lancet Neurol. 2015 



2015 

Name 

Mirjam Dautzenberg 




Position Resident in Clinical Microbiology 

Department Clinical Microbiology 

Location Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Radboud University 

Medical Center 

City 

Nijmegen 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Dautzenberg MJ, Haverkate MR, Bonten MJ, Bootsma MC. Epidemic 

potential of Escherichia coli ST131 and Klebsiella pneumoniae 

ST258: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2016 

Mar 17;6(3):e009971. PubMed PMID: 26988349. 

2015 

Name 

Jan Dieleman 


PhD team Van Dijk, Kalkman, Moons 


Position Cardiac Anesthesiologist 

Department Anesthesiology 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Dieleman JM, Nierich AP, Rosseel PM, van der Maaten JM, Hofland J, 

Diephuis JC, et al. Dexamethasone for Cardiac Surgery (DECS) Study 

Group. Intraoperative high-dose dexamethasone for cardiac 

surgery: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2012 Nov 

7;308(17):1761-7. PubMed PMID: 23117776. 


2015 

Name 

Jacqueline van Dijk 


PhD team Kalkman, Schuurmans, van Wijck 


Position Nurse specialist with emphasis on pre- and 

postoperative pain 

Department Department of Anesthesiology 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Postoperative pain assessment based on numeric ratings is not the 

same for patients and professionals: a cross-sectional study. Van 

Dijk JF, van Wijck AJ, Kappen TH, Peelen LM, Kalkman CJ, 

Schuurman MJ. Int. J Nurs Stud. 2012 Jan;49(1):65-71. 

2015 

Name 

George Downward 


PhD team Brunekreef, Vermeulen 


Position Environmental Epidemiologist 




City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…”. 

MAIN PAPER 

Downward GS, Hu W, Rothman N, Reiss B, Wu G, Wei F, et al. 

Outdoor, indoor, and personal black carbon exposure from 

cookstoves burning solid fuels. Indoor Air. 2016 Oct;26(5):784-95. 



2015 

Name 

Marloes Eeftens 

PhD defense June 22nd, 2015 

PhD team Brunekreef, Hoek, Beelen 



Department Physical Hazards and Health 

Location Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute 

City 

Basel 

Country Switzerland 

Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Eeftens M, Beelen R, de Hoogh K, Bellander T, Cesaroni G, Cirach M, 

et al. Development of Land Use Regression models for PM(2.5), 

PM(2.5) absorbance, PM(10) and PM(coarse) in 20 European study 

areas; results of the ESCAPE project. Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Oct 

16;46(20):11195-205. PubMed PMID: 22963366. 

2015 

Name 

Marleen Emaus 


PhD team Peeters, van de Bosch, van Gils, Bakker 

Speciality Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in Cancer 

Patients 


Department Imaging Division 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Het komt goed“ - Johan Emaus 

MAIN PAPER 

Emaus MJ, Bakker MF, Peeters PH, Loo CE, Mann RM, de Jong MD, 

et al. MR Imaging as an Additional Screening Modality for the 

Detection of Breast Cancer in Women Aged 50-75 Years with 

Extremely Dense Breasts: The DENSE Trial Study Design. Radiology. 



2015 

Name 

Jacques Fellay 


PhD team de Bakker, Miedema 

Speciality Human Genomics of viral disease 


Department School of Life Sciences, Global Health Institute, 

Fellay lab 

Location Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne 

City 

Lausanne 

Country Switzerland 

Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

McLaren PJ, Coulonges C, Bartha I, Lenz TL, Deutsch AJ, Bashirova A, 

et al. Polymorphisms of large effect explain the majority of the host 

genetic contribution to variation of HIV-1 virus load. Proc Natl Acad 

Sci U S A. 2015 Nov 24;112(47):14658-63. PubMed PMID: 26553974. 

2015 

Name 

Laurent Francioli 


PhD team de Bakker 

Speciality Genetic Epidemiology 

Position Postdoctoral Fellow 

Department Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit & . 

Program in Medical and Population Genetics 

Location Massachusetts General Hospital & The Broad 

Institute of Harvard and MIT 

City 

Boston & Cambridge 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Francioli LC, Polak PP, Koren A, Menelaou A, Chun S, Renkens I; et al. 

Genome-wide patterns and properties of de novo mutations in 

humans. Nat Genet. 2015 Jul;47(7):822-6. PubMed PMID: 25985141. 


2015 

Name 

Willemijn van Gemert 


PhD team Peeters, Schuit, Monninkhof 

Speciality Nuclear Medicine 

Position Resident in Nuclear Medicine 

Department Nuclear Medicine 


City 

Nijmegen 


Quote 

“Life is best when you’re in your twenties (and 

thirties).” 

MAIN PAPER 

van Gemert WA, Schuit AJ, van der Palen J, May AM, Iestra JA, 

Wittink H, et al. Effect of weight loss, with or without exercise, on 

body composition and sex hormones in postmenopausal women: 

the SHAPE-2 trial. Breast Cancer Res. 2015 Sep 2;17:120. PubMed 

PMID: 26330303. 

2015 

Name 

Hans Jurgen Gerbershagen 


PhD team Kalkman, Peelen, van Wijck 


Position Anaesthesiologist with emphasis on pain 

treatment 

Department Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine 

Location Marienhospital Gelsenkirchen 

City 

Gelsenkirchen 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Gerbershagen HJ, Aduckathil S, van Wijck AJ, Peelen LM, Kalkman 

CJ, Meissner W. Pain intensity on the first day after surgery: a 

prospective cohort study comparing 179 surgical procedures. 

Anesthesiology. 2013 Apr;118(4):934-44. PubMed PMID: 23392233. 


2015 

Name 

Noor Giesbertz 


PhD team Van Delden, Bredenoord 

Speciality Clinical genetics 

Position Resident in Clinical Genetics 

Department Medical Genetics 


City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Giesbertz NA, Bredenoord AL, van Delden JJ. When Children 

Become Adults: Should Biobanks Re-Contact? PLoS Med. 2016 Feb 

16;13(2):e1001959. PubMed PMID: 26881426 

2015 

Name 

Wendela Greven 


PhD team Biesma, de Valk, Beulens 

Speciality Endocrinology 

Position Internist-Endocrinologist 



City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Greven WL, Beulens JW, Biesma DH, Faiz S, de Valk HW. Glycemic 

variability in inadequately controlled type 1 diabetes and type 2 

diabetes on intensive insulin therapy: a cross-sectional, observational 

study. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2010 Sep;12(9):695-9. PubMed 

PMID: 20687867. 


2015 

Name 

Manon Haverkate 


PhD team Bonten, Bootsma 

Speciality Infectious disease epidemiology 

Position Policy Advisor infectious diseases/antibiotic 

resistance 




City 

Bilthoven 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Haverkate MR, Platteel TN, Fluit AC, Cohen Stuart JW, Leversteinvan 

Hall MA, Thijsen SF, et al. Quantifying within-household transmission 

of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing bacteria. 

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2017 Jan;23(1):46.e1-46.e7. PubMed PMID: 

27596534. 

2015 

Name 

Francisco Hernandez 


PhD team Pieters, Raaijmakers, Mantel, van Thiel 


Position Market Access consultant and medical writer 

Department 

Location Pharmerit International 

City 

Rotterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Hernandez JF, van Thiel GJ, Mantel-Teeuwisse AK, Raaijmakers JA, 

Pieters T. Restoring trust in the pharmaceutical sector on the basis 

of the SSRI case. Drug Discov Today. 2014 May;19(5):523-7. PubMed 

PMID: 24295641. 


2015 

Name 

Susanne Huijts 



Speciality Pulmonology 

Position Resident in Pulmonology 

Department Respiratory Medicine 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bonten MJ, Huijts SM, Bolkenbaas M, Webber C, Patterson S, Gault S, 

et al. Polysaccharide conjugate vaccine against pneumococcal 

pneumonia in adults. N Engl J Med. 2015 Mar 19;372(12):1114-25. 


2015 

Name 

Nikmah Salamia Idris 




Position Medical Doctor 

Department Child Health Faculty of Medicine 

Location University of Indonesia & Cipto Mangunkusumo 

General Hospital and Budi Kemuliaan Health 

Institute 

City 

Jakarta 



MAIN PAPER 

Idris NS, Grobbee DE, Burgner D, Cheung MM, Kurniati N, Uiterwaal 

CS. Effects of Pediatric HIV infection on childhood vasculature. 

Eur Heart J. 2016 Dec 21;37(48):3610-3616. PubMed PMID: 

26746627. 


2015 

Name 

Teus Kappen 


PhD team Kalkman, Moons, Vergouwe, van Klei 




Location Unversity Medical Center Utrecht 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Een voorspelmodel is net als een model op de 

catwalk: overfit, trendafhankelijk en slechts een 

beperkte representatie van de werkelijkheid.” 

MAIN PAPER 

Kappen TH, Moons KG, van Wolfswinkel L, Kalkman CJ, Vergouwe Y, 

van Klei WA. Impact of risk assessments on prophylactic antiemetic 

prescription and the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting: 

a cluster-randomized trial. Anesthesiology. 2014 


2015 

Name 

Marise Kasteleyn 


PhD team Rutten, Schellevis, Vos, Rijken 



Department Public Health and Primary Care and Department of 

Pulmonology 


City 

Leiden 


Quote 

“Without data you are just another person with an 

opinion.“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Kasteleyn MJ, Vos RC, Rijken M, Schellevis FG, Rutten GE. Effectiveness 

of tailored support for people with Type 2 diabetes after a first 

acute coronary event: a multicentre randomized controlled trial 

(the Diacourse-ACE study). Diabet Med. 2016 Jan;33(1):125-33. 



2015 

Name 

Gbenga Kayode 


PhD team Grobbee, Klipstein-Grobusch, Ansah 



Department International Research Centre of Excellence (IRCE) 

Location Institute of Human Virology, 

City 

Abuja 

Country Nigeria 

Quote “The Lord is my shepherd.“ - Psalms 23.1 

MAIN PAPER 

Uthman OA, Kayode GA, Adekanmbi VT. Individual and contextual 

socioeconomic determinants of knowledge of the ABC approach of 

preventing the sexual transmission of HIV in Nigeria: a multilevel 

analysis. Sex Health. 2013 Dec;10(6):522-9. PubMed PMID: 

24157246. 

2015 

Name 

Ellen Kemler 


PhD team Bakcx, Hoes, van de Port 

Speciality Epidemiology of Injury Prevention and Child safety 


Department 

Location VeiligheidNL 

City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

Kemler E, van de Port I, Backx F, van Dijk CN. A systematic review on 

the treatment of acute ankle sprain: brace versus other functional 

treatment types. Sports Med. 2011 Mar 1;41(3):185-97. PubMed 

PMID: 21395362. 


2015 

Name 

Peter Klein Klouwenberg 


PhD team Bonten, Cremer 



Department Clinical Microbiology 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Klein Klouwenberg PM, van Mourik MS, Ong DS, Horn J, Schultz MJ, 

Cremer OL, et al. MARS Consortium.. Electronic implementation of a 

novel surveillance paradigm for ventilator-associated events. 

Feasibility and validation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Apr 

15;189(8):947-55. PubMed PMID: 24498886. 

2015 

Name 

Paula Koekkoek 


PhD team Rutten, Kappelle, Biessels 



Department 

Location Acting General Practitioner at varying locations 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Measuring is knowing (- meten is weten)” 

MAIN PAPER 

Koekkoek PS, Kappelle LJ, van den Berg E, Rutten GE, Biessels GJ. 

Cognitive function in patients with diabetes mellitus: guidance for 

daily care. Lancet Neurol. 2015 Mar;14(3):329-40. PubMed PMID: 

25728442. 


2015 

Name 

Carla Koopman 


PhD team Bots, Capewell, Vaartjes, van Dis 


Position Currently looking for a new adventure 

Department 

Location 

City 

Veenendaal 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Koopman C, Vaartjes I, van Dis I, Verschuren WM, Engelfriet P, 

Heintjes EM, et al. Explaining the Decline in Coronary Heart Disease 

Mortality in the Netherlands between 1997 and 2007. PLoS One. 

2016 Dec 1;11(12):e0166139. PubMed PMID: 27906998. 

2015 

Name 

Henk Kraijo 


PhD team Schrijvers, Brouwer, de Leeuw, van Exel 

Speciality Mental Health Care 

Position Board of Directors & Policy advisor 

Department 

Location Adviesbureau voor Zorgorganisaties (ACZ) 

City 

Twello 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Kraijo H, Brouwer W, de Leeuw R, Schrijvers G, van Exel J. The 

perseverance time of informal carers of dementia patients: validation 

of a new measure to initiate transition of care at home to 

nursing home care. J Alzheimers Dis. 2014;40(3):631-42. PubMed 

PMID: 24496076. 


2015 

Name 

Juliën Labrie 


PhD team van der Vaart, Lagro-Janssen, Fischer, Berghans 




Location Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital 

City 

Tilburg 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Labrie J, Berghmans BL, Fischer K, Milani AL, van der Wijk I, Smalbraak 

DJ, et al. Surgery versus physiotherapy for stress urinary 

incontinence. N Engl J Med. 2013 Sep 19;369(12):1124-33. PubMed 

PMID: 24047061. 

2015 

Name 

Maarten Leusink 


PhD team de Boer, Bakker, Maitland, Onland-Moret 


Position Data Scientist 

Department 

Location DSW Health Care Insurance 

City 

Schiedam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Leusink M, de Keyser CE, Onland-Moret NC, Hofman A, Visser LE, 

Stricker BH, et al. No association between CYP3A4*22 and statin 

effectiveness in reducing the risk for myocardial infarction. Pharmacogenomics. 

2014 Aug;15(11):1471-7. PubMed PMID: 25303298. 


2015 

Name 

Wies Maarse 


PhD team Kon, van Delden, van der Mink 

Speciality Plastic Surgery 

Position Plastic surgeon 

Department Plastic Surgery 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Maarse W, Boonacker CW, Lapid O, Swanenburg De Veye HF, Weiner 

Z, Kon M, van Delden JJ, Mink van der Molen AB. Professional 

opinion on oral cleft during pregnancy: a comparison between 

Israel and The Netherlands. Prenat Diagn. 2015 Jun;35(6):544-8.. 


2015 

Name 

Manon van der Meer 


PhD team Doevendans, van der Graaf, Appelman, Nathoe 


Position Resdent in Cardiology 

Department Jeroen Bosch Hospital 

Location 

City 



Quote 

“The gin and tonic has saved more Englishmen’s 

lives and minds than all the doctors in the Empire” 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Meer MG, van der Graaf Y, Schuit E, Peelen LM, Verschuren 

WM, Boer JM, et al. Added Value of Female-Specific Factors Beyond 

Traditional Predictors for Future Cardiovascular Disease. J Am Coll 

Cardiol. 2016 May 3;67(17):2084-6. PubMed PMID: 27126538. 


2015 

Name 

Denise Montagne 




Position Biostatistician 

Department 

Location Quest Pharmaceutical Services Contact Research 

organisation Netherlands (QPS Netherlands) 

City 

Groningen 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Montagne D, Hoek G, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Lanki T, Pennanen A, 

Portella M, et al. Agreement of land use regression models with 

personal exposure measurements of particulate matter and 

nitrogen oxides air pollution. Environ Sci Technol. 2013 Aug 

6;47(15):8523-31. PubMed PMID: 23786264. 

2015 

Name 

Christiana Naaktgeboren 


PhD team Moons, de Groot, Reitsma 






City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be 

certain is to be ridiculous.” - Chinese Proverb” 

MAIN PAPER 

Naaktgeboren CA, de Groot JA, Rutjes AW, Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, 

Moons KG. Anticipating missing reference standard data when 

planning diagnostic accuracy studies. BMJ. 2016 Feb 9;352:i402. 



2015 

Name 

Sophie Niemansburg 

PhD defense May 12th 2015 

PhD team Van Delden, Dhert, Bredenoord 

Speciality Doctor of Infectious Disease Control 


Department 

Location Public Health Service Rotterdam-Rijnmond en 

Dienst Gezondheid & Jeugd (Zuid Holland Zuid) 

City 

Rotterdam 


Quote 

“Leef, alsof de morgen niet bestaat” 

MAIN PAPER 

Niemansburg SL, van Delden JJ, Dhert WJ, Bredenoord AL. 

Regenerative medicine interventions for orthopedic disorders: 

ethical issues in the translation into patients. Regen Med. 2013 


2015 

Name 

Putri Novianti 


PhD team Roes, Eijkemans 



Department Epidemiology and Biostatistics & Department of 

Pathology 


City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Novianti PW, Snoek BC, Wilting SM, van de Wiel MA. Better 

diagnostic signatures from RNAseq data through use of auxiliary 

co-data. Bioinformatics. 2017 Jan 10. pii: btw837. PubMed PMID: 

28073760. 


2015 

Name 

David Ong 


PhD team Bonten, Cremer 



Department Medical Microbiology 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“To achieve accurate estimations in observational 

studies, it is important to consider all kinds of bias, 

including time-dependent bias, competing events, 

confounding at baseline, and confounding due to 

the evolution of disease severity prior to the onset 

of a time-varying variable of interest.” 

MAIN PAPER 

Ong DS, Spitoni C, Klein Klouwenberg PM, et al. Cytomegalovirus 

reactivation and mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress 

syndrome. Intensive Care Med. 2016 Mar;42(3):333-41. PubMed 

PMID: 26415682. 

2015 

Name 

Marlies Schrijvers 


PhD team Schuurmans, Fischer 

Speciality Nursing Sciences and Clinical Health Sciences 

Position Nursing Scientist and Staff member Clinical Health 

Sciences 

Department Education Center, Faculty of Medicine 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses… 

we must be learning all of our lives” - Florence 

nightingale 

MAIN PAPER 

Schrijvers LH, Beijlevelt-van der Zande M, Peters M, Lock J, Cnossen 

MH, Schuurmans MJ, et al. Adherence to prophylaxis and bleeding 

outcome in haemophilia: a multicentre study. Br J Haematol. 2016 



2015 

Name 

Judith Sittig 


PhD team Moons, Nieuwenhuis, van der Putte, Uiterwaal 

Speciality Pediatric Medicine & Mental Health Care 


Department Paediatrics 

Location Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical 

Center Utrecht & The Netherlands Mental Health 

Care ‘GGZ Centraal Rembrandthof 

City 

Utrecht & Hilversum 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Sittig JS, Uiterwaal CS, Moons KG, Russel IM, Nievelstein RA, 

Nieuwenhuis EE, van de Putte EM. Value of systematic detection 

of physical child abuse at emergency rooms: a cross-sectional 

diagnostic accuracy study. BMJ Open. 2016 Mar 22;6(3):e010788. 


2015 

Name 

Mirthe van der Valk 


PhD team Siersema, Oldenburg, Mengen 

Speciality Gastroenterology 

Position Gastroenterologist 

Department Gastroenterology 

Location Groote Schuur Hospital 

City 

Kaapstad 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Valk ME, Mangen MJ, Leenders M, Dijkstra G, van 

Bodegraven AA, Fidder HH, et al. COIN study group and the Dutch 

Initiative on Crohn and Colitis.. Healthcare costs of inflammatory 

bowel disease have shifted from hospitalisation and surgery 

towards anti-TNFα therapy: results from the COIN study. Gut. 2014 



2015 

Name 

Jorien Veldwijk 


PhD team Smit, de Wit, Lambooij 

Speciality Patient Preferences Reseach 

Position Senior research fellow 

Department Center for Research Ethics and Bioethics & Public 

Health 

Location Uppsala University & Erasmus Medical Center 

City 

Uppsala & Rotterdam 

Country Sweden & Netherlands 

Quote 

“Making decisions is never free from risk“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Veldwijk J, Essers BA, Lambooij MS, Dirksen CD, Smit HA, de Wit GA. 

Survival or Mortality: Does Risk Attribute Framing Influence Decision-Making 

Behavior in a Discrete Choice Experiment? Value Health. 

2016 Mar-Apr;19(2):202-9. PubMed PMID: 27021754. 

2015 

Name 

Natasha Verbakel 


PhD team Verheij, Wagner, Zwart, Langelaan 


Position Staff member quality and projectmanager 

Department 

Location Zorggroep DOH (Collaborative General 

Practitioner Group) 

City 

Eindhoven 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Verbakel NJ, Langelaan M, Verheij TJ, Wagner C, Zwart DL. Effects of 

patient safety culture interventions on incident reporting in general 

practice: a cluster randomised trial. Br J Gen Pract. 2015 

May;65(634):e319-29. PubMed PMID: 25918337. 


2015 

Name 

Ilona Verhagen 


PhD team de Wit, Ros, Steunenberg 

Speciality Cultural Anthropology 

Position Lecturer / Senior researcher 

Department Institute of Social Studies 

Location Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences 

City 

Rotterdam 


Quote “It always seems impossible until it’s done“ - 

N. Mandela 

MAIN PAPER 

Verhagen I, Ros WJ, Steunenberg B, de Wit NJ. Ethnicity does not 

account for differences in the health-related quality of life of 

Turkish, Moroccan, and Moluccan elderly in the Netherlands. Health 

Qual Life Outcomes. 2014 Oct 1;12:138. PubMed PMID: 25269442. 

2015 

Name 

Maaike Weijmans 







City 

Apeldoorn 



MAIN PAPER 

Weijmans M, van der Graaf Y, Reitsma JB, Visseren FL. Paternal or 

maternal history of cardiovascular disease and the risk of cardiovascular 

disease in offspring. A systematic review and meta-analysis. 

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Jan 20;179:409-16. PubMed PMID: 25464496. 


2015 

Name 

Henri van Werkhoven 


PhD team Bonten, Oosterheert 






City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“To find out what happens to a system when you 

interfere with it you have to interfere with it, not 

just passively observe it”- George E.P. Box, 1966 

MAIN PAPER 

Postma DF, van Werkhoven CH, van Elden LJ, Thijsen SF, Hoepelman 

AI, Kluytmans JA, et al. CAP-START Study Group.. Antibiotic treatment 

strategies for community-acquired pneumonia in adults. N 

Engl J Med. 2015 Apr 2;372(14):1312-23. PubMed PMID: 25830421. 

2015 

Name 

Aileen Yang 


PhD team Brunekreef, Cassee, Hoek, Janssen 



Department Civil Engineering and Energy Technology, 

Location Oslo and Akershus University College 

City 

Oslo 


Quote 

“Flow with whatever may happen and let your 

mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever 

you are doing.” 

MAIN PAPER 

Yang A, Janssen NA, Brunekreef B, Cassee FR, Hoek G, Gehring U. 

Children’s respiratory health and oxidative potential of PM2.5: 

the PIAMA birth cohort study. Occup Environ Med. 2016 



Class of 2016

2016 

Name 

Mary Amoakoh-Coleman 


PhD team Grobbee, Agyepong, Ansah, Klipstein-Grobusch 



Department Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research 

Location University of Ghana 

City 

Legon, Accra 

Country Ghana 

Quote 

“…You only know it is easy or difficult when you 

try…“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Amoakoh-Coleman M, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Agyepong IA, Kayode 

GA, Grobbee DE, Ansah EK. Provider adherence to first antenatal 

care guidelines and risk of pregnancy complications in public 

sector facilities: a Ghanaian cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 

2016 Nov 24;16(1):369. PubMed PMID: 27881104; 

2016 

Name 

Henok Ayele 


PhD team Bonten, van Mourik 

Speciality Epidemiology of Infectious Disease 

Position Postdoctoral fellow 

Department Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute 

Location Jewish General Hospital, McGill University City 

City 

Montreal Country 


Quote 

“It always seems impossible until it is done” 

MAIN PAPER 

Ayele HT, van Mourik MS, Bonten MJ. Effect of isoniazid preventive 

therapy on tuberculosis or death in persons with HIV: a retrospective 

cohort study. BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Aug 13;15:334. PubMed 

PMID: 26269094 


2016 

Name 

Cindy Bekker 


PhD team Heederick, Vermeulen, Fransman 


Position Research Scientist Risks of Nanomaterials 

Department Centre for Substances and Integrated Risk 

Assessment 



City 

Bilthoven 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bekker C, Voogd E, Fransman W, Vermeulen R. The Validity and 

Applicability of Using a Generic Exposure Assessment Model for 

Occupational Exposure to Nano-Objects and Their Aggregates and 

Agglomerates. Ann Occup Hyg. 2016 Nov;60(9):1039-1048. PubMed 

PMID: 27637557. 

2016 

Name 

Nina Berentzen 


PhD team Smit, Wijga 



Department Epidemiology 


City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our 

minds – habits and novelty.” – Jean de la Bruyere 

MAIN PAPER 

Berentzen NE, van Rossem L, Gehring U, Koppelman GH, Postma 

DS, de Jongste JC, et al. Overweight patterns throughout childhood 

and cardiometabolic markers in early adolescence. Int J Obes 

(Lond). 2016 Jan;40(1):58-64. PubMed PMID: 26395749. 


2016 

Name 

Saskia van den Berg 


PhD team Smit, Boer 



Department Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and health 

Services 



City 

Bilthoven 



MAIN PAPER 

van den Berg SW, Dollé ME, Imholz S, van der A DL, van ‘t Slot R, 

Wijmenga C, et al. Genetic variations in regulatory pathways of fatty 

acid and glucose metabolism are associated with obesity phenotypes: 

a population-based cohort study. Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 


2016 

Name 

Süleyman Bilecen 


PhD team Moons, Kalkman, de Groot, Nierich 



Department Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“I have many and none” 

MAIN PAPER 

Bilecen S, de Groot JA, Kalkman CJ, Spanjersberg AJ, Brandon 

Bravo Bruinsma GJ, Moons KG, Nierich AP. Effect of Fibrinogen 

Concentrate on Intraoperative Blood Loss Among Patients With 

Intraoperative Bleeding During High-Risk Cardiac Surgery: A 

Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2017 Feb 21;317(7):738- 

747PubMed PMID: 28241354 


2016 

Name 

Russel Brooke 


PhD team Kretzschmar, Teunis 



Department Epidemiology and Cancer Control 

Location St Jude Children’s Hospital 

City 

Memphis 


Quote 

“Never memorize something you can look up 

– Albert Einstein” 

MAIN PAPER 

rooke RJ, Kretzschmar ME, Hackert V, Hoebe CJ, Teunis PF, Waller LA. 

Spatial Prediction of Coxiella burnetii Outbreak Exposure via 

Notified Case Counts in a Dose-Response Model. Epidemiology. 

2017 Jan;28(1):127-135. PubMed PMID: 27768623. 

2016 

Name 

Joyce Browne 


PhD team Grobbee, 

Speciality Global Health Epidemiology 


Department Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Women are not dying because of diseases we 

cannot treat. They are dying because societies 

have yet to make the decision that their lives are 

worth saving. “ - Mahmoud Fathalla 

MAIN PAPER 

Browne JL, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Franx A, Grobbee DE. Prevention 

of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: a Novel Application of the 

Polypill Concept. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2016 Jun;18(6):59. PubMed 

PMID: 27209297; 


2016 

Name 

Sara Dekking 


PhD team van Delden, van der Graaf 


Position Policy Advisor 

Department Ethics department 

Location Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports 

City 

The Hague 


Quote 

“Life is a great big canvas and you should throw all 

the paint on it you can.“ – Danny Kaye 

MAIN PAPER 

Dekking SA, van der Graaf R, de Vries MC, Bierings MB, van Delden 

JJ, Kodish E, Lantos JD. Is a New Protocol for Acute Lymphoblastic 

Leukemia Research or Standard Therapy? Pediatrics. 2015 

Sep;136(3):566-70. PubMed PMID: 26283776; 

2016 

Name 

Ruben Duijnhoven 


PhD team de Boer, Hoes, de Bruin, Straus 



Department Clinical trials Consortium of the Dutch Society of 

Obstetrics and Gynaecology (NVOG Consortium), 

Gynaecology and Obstetrics 

Location Academic Medical Center – University of 

Amsterdam 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Duijnhoven RG, Straus SM, Raine JM, de Boer A, Hoes AW, De Bruin 

ML. Number of patients studied prior to approval of new medicines: 

a database analysis. PLoS Med. 2013;10(3):e1001407. PubMed PMID: 

23526887. 


2016 

Name 

Anouk Eikendal 


PhD team Leiner, Bots, den Ruijter, Höfer 




Location Red Cross Hospital 

City 

Beverwijk 



MAIN PAPER 

Eikendal AL, Groenewegen KA, Anderson TJ,et al.USE-IMT Project 

Group.. Common carotid intima-media thickness relates to cardiovascular 

events in adults aged

2016 

Name 

Heidi Fransen 


PhD team Peeters, May, Beulens 

Speciality Palliative care 


Department 


(IKNL) 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Leven toevoegen aan de dagen, waar vaak geen 

dagen meer kunnen worden toegevoegd aan het 

leven “ - Motto Roparun 

MAIN PAPER 

Fransen HP, Beulens JW, May AM, Struijk EA, Boer JM, de Wit GA, et 

al. Dietary patterns in relation to quality-adjusted life years in the 

EPIC-NL cohort. Prev Med. 2015 Aug;77:119-24. PubMed PMID: 

26007298. 

2016 

Name 

Bas Franssens 







City 

Apeldoorn 



MAIN PAPER 

Franssens BT, Hoogduin H, Leiner T, van der Graaf Y, Visseren FL. 

Relation between brown adipose tissue and measures of obesity 

and metabolic dysfunction in patients with cardiovascular disease. 

J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 Jan 27. PubMed PMID: 28130811. 


2016 

Name 

Anoukh van Giessen 


PhD team Moons, de Wit, Koffijberg 

Speciality Health Technology Assessment 


Department HTA, Julius Center for Health Science and Primary 

Care 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

A. van Giessen, J. Peters, B. Wilcher, et al. Systematic Review of 

Health Economic Impact Evaluations of Risk Prediction Models: 

Stop Developing, Start Evaluating. Value in Health, April 2017, 

In Press. 

2016 

Name 

Remco Grobben 


PhD team Doevendans, van Klei, Nathoe, Peelen 





City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

van Waes JA, Grobben RB, Nathoe HM, Kemperman H, de Borst GJ, 

Peelen LM, van Klei WA; Cardiac Health After Surgery (CHASE) 

Investigators.. One-Year Mortality, Causes of Death, and Cardiac 

Interventions in Patients with Postoperative Myocardial Injury. 

Anesth Analg. 2016 Jul;123(1):29-37. PubMed PMID: 27111647. 


2016 

Name 

Karlijn Groenewegen 


PhD team Bots, Peters, den Ruijter 



Department Clinical Geriatric Medicine 

Location Slotervaart Medical Center 

City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“If you don’t take a temperature, you can’t find a 

fever” - Samuel Shem – the house of god 

MAIN PAPER 

Groenewegen KA, den Ruijter HM, Pasterkamp G, Polak JF, Bots ML, 

Peters SA. Vascular age to determine cardiovascular disease risk: A 

systematic review of its concepts, definitions, and clinical applications. 

Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2016 Feb;23(3):264-74. PubMed PMID: 

25609227. 

2016 

Name 

Michelle Habets 


PhD team Van Delden, Bredenoord 



Department Criminal Law 

Location Erasmus University Rotterdam 

City 

Rotterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Habets MG, van Delden JJ, Niemansburg SL, Atkins HL, Bredenoord 

AL. One Size Fits All?: Ethical Considerations for Examining Efficacy 

in First-in-Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Studies. Mol Ther. 2016 



2016 

Name 

Rianne van den Ham 


PhD team Leufkens, Klungel, van Staa 

Speciality Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmaceutical Policy 

Position Research Associate & University Lecturer 

Department WHO Collaborating Centre for Pharmaceutical 

Policy and Regulation, Pharmacoepidemiology 

and Clinical Pharmacology 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Every patient is unique and should be treated as 

such “ 

MAIN PAPER 

van den Ham HA, Klungel OH, Singer DE, Leufkens HG, van Staa TP. 

Comparative Performance of ATRIA, CHADS2, and CHA2DS2-VASc 

Risk Scores Predicting Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: 

Results From a National Primary Care Database. J Am Coll Cardiol. 

2015 Oct 27;66(17):1851-9. PubMed PMID: 26493655. 

2016 

Name 

Wietse Ham 


PhD team Leenen, Schuurmans, Schoonhoven 

Speciality Emergency Care 

Position Nurse acute care and assistant professor 

Department Emergency Department & School of Nursing 

Location University Medical Center Utrecht & University of 

Applied Sciences Utrecht 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, 

it’s about learning to dance in the rain…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Ham W, Schoonhoven L, Schuurmans MJ, Leenen LP. Pressure ulcers 

from spinal immobilization in trauma patients: a systematic review. 

J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Apr;76(4):1131-41.PubMed PMID: 

24662882. 


2016 

Name 

Mojtaba Hashemi 


PhD team Moons, van den Berg, Fischer 


Position General Practitioner, assistant professor 




City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Hashemi SM, Fischer K, Moons KG, van den Berg HM; PedNet Study 

group. Validation of the prediction model for inhibitor development 

in PUPs with severe haemophilia A. Haemophilia. 2016 Feb 8. 


2016 

Name 

Marijn Hazelbag 


PhD team Hoes, Groenwold 




Primary Care 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“In God we trust. All others must bring data” 

MAIN PAPER 

Hazelbag CM, Peters SA, Blankestijn PJ, Bots ML, Canaud B, Davenport 

A, et al. The importance of considering competing treatment 

affecting prognosis in the evaluation of therapy in trials: the 

example of renal transplantation in hemodialysis trials. Nephrol Dial 

Transplant 2017 (in press) 


2016 

Name 

Karst Heida 

PhD defense December 23rd, 2016 

PhD team Franx, Bots, Oudijk 





City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Life is better in pyjamas” 

MAIN PAPER 

Heida KY, Bots ML, de Groot CJ, van Dunné FM, Hammoud NM, 

Hoek A, et al. Cardiovascular risk management after reproductive 

and pregnancy-related disorders: A Dutch multidisciplinary evidence-based 

guideline. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2016 Nov;23(17):1863-1879. 


2016 

Name 

Janneke Hendriksen 


PhD team Moons, Schutgens, Geersing 






City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Hendriksen JM, Geersing GJ, Lucassen WA, Erkens PM, Stoffers HE, 

van Weert HC,Büller HR, Hoes AW, Moons KG. Diagnostic prediction 

models for suspected pulmonary embolism: systematic review and 

independent external validation in primary care. BMJ. 2015 Sep 

8;351:h4438. PubMed PMID: 26349907. 


2016 

Name 

Pauline Hennus 


PhD team de Jong, Hoes, de Kort 

Speciality Urology 

Position Resident in Urology 

Department Urology 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Hennus PM, de Kort LM, Bosch JL, de Jong TP, van der Heijden GJ. A 

systematic review on the accuracy of diagnostic procedures for 

infravesical obstruction in boys. PLoS One. 2014 Feb 20;9(2):e85474. 


2016 

Name 

Alexander Horsch 


PhD team Mali, van der Graaf, Velthuis, Dankbaar 


Position Interventional and Diagnostic Radiologist 


Location North Bristol NHS Trust 

City 

Bristol 



MAIN PAPER 

Horsch AD, Dankbaar JW, Niesten JM, van Seeters T, van der Schaaf 

IC, van der Graaf Y, et al. Dutch Acute Stroke Study Investigators. 

Predictors of reperfusion in patients with acute ischemic stroke. 

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2015 Jun;36(6):1056-62. PubMed PMID: 

25907522. 


2016 

Name 

Gerben Hulsegge 


PhD team Verschuren, Smit 

Speciality Public and occupational health 


Department Public and Occupational Health 


City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“The best protection for public health is prevention, 

not cleanup“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Hulsegge G, Picavet HS, Blokstra A, Nooyens AC, Spijkerman AM, 

van der Schouw YT, et al. Today’s adult generations are less healthy 

than their predecessors: generation shifts in metabolic risk factors: 

the Doetinchem Cohort Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2014 


2016 

Name 

Aleksandra Jedynska 


PhD team Brunekreef, Hoek, Kooter 

Speciality Applied Environmental Chemistry 


Department 

Location Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific 

Research (TNO) 

City 

Rotterdam 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Jedynska A, Hoek G, Wang M, Eeftens M, Cyrys J, Keuken M, Ampe 

C, Beelen R, et al. Development of land use regression models for 

elemental, organic carbon, PAH, and hopanes/steranes in 10 

ESCAPE/TRANSPHORM European study areas. Environ Sci Technol. 

2014 Dec 16;48(24):14435-44. PubMed PMID:25317817. 


2016 

Name 

Nini Jonkman 


PhD team Schuurmans, Hoes, Trappenburg, Groenwold 

Speciality Clinical Epidemiology into stratified medicine 


Department Human Movement Sciences 


City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“‘If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go 

far, go together.” 

MAIN PAPER 

Jonkman NH, Westland H, Groenwold RH, Ågren S, Atienza F, Blue L, 

et al. Do Self-Management Interventions Work in Patients With 

Heart Failure? An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. Circulation. 

2016 Mar 22;133(12):1189-98. PubMed PMID: 26873943;i 

2016 

Name 

Lotte Kaasenbrood 


PhD team Visseren, van der Graaf, Dorresteijn 





City 

Nieuwegein 



MAIN PAPER 

Kaasenbrood L, Boekholdt SM, van der Graaf Y, Ray KK, Peters RJ, 

Kastelein JJ, et al. Distribution of Estimated 10-Year Risk of Recurrent 

Vascular Events and Residual Risk in a Secondary Prevention 

Population. Circulation. 2016 Nov 8;134(19):1419-1429. PubMed 

PMID: 27682883. 


2016 

Name 

Marlous Kortekaas 


PhD team de Wit, Hoes, Bartelink 






City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Zou je dat nou wel laten?” 

MAIN PAPER 

Kortekaas MF, Bartelink ME, Zuithoff NP, van der Heijden GJ, de Wit 

NJ, Hoes AW. Does integrated training in evidence-based medicine 

(EBM) in the general practice (GP) specialty training improve EBM 

behaviour in daily clinical practice? A cluster randomised controlled 

trial. BMJ Open. 2016 Sep 13;6(9):e010537. PubMed PMID: 

27625052. 

2016 

Name 

Kay Yin Leung 


PhD team Kretzschmar, Diekman 

Speciality Epidemiology of infectious disease 


Department Mathematics 

Location Stockholm University 

City 

Stockholm 

Country Sweden 

Quote 

“All models are wrong, but some models are 

useful.“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Leung KY, Kretzschmar M. Concurrency can drive an HIV epidemic 

by moving R0 across the epidemic threshold. AIDS. 2015 Jun 

1;29(9):1097-103. PubMed PMID: 25870987. 


2016 

Name 

Sander van der Laan 


PhD team De Bakker 

Speciality Cardiovascular genetics 


Department Experimental Cardiology, Divison Heart & Lungs 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“I don’t have dreams; I have goals.” 

MAIN PAPER 

van der Laan SW, Fall T, Soumaré A, Teumer A, Sedaghat S, 

Baumert J, et al. Cystatin C and Cardiovascular Disease: A Mendelian 

Randomization Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Aug 30;68(9):934-45. 


2016 

Name 

Margaretha Minnaard 


PhD team de Wit, Verheij, van de Pol, Broekhuijzen 



Department 

Location Various General Practices 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Life is short, [the] art long, opportunity fleeting, 

experiment dangerous, judgment difficult.” 

- Hippocrates 

MAIN PAPER 

Minnaard MC, de Groot JA, Hopstaken RM, Schierenberg A, de 

Wit NJ, Reitsma JB,et al. The added value of C-reactive protein 

measurement in diagnosing pneumonia in primary care: a 

meta-analysis of individual patient data. CMAJ. 2016 Sep 19. 



2016 

Name 

Annelies Nijdam 


PhD team van der Schouw, Fischer 



Department Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology 


City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“Il n’y a pas de vérité, mais seulement une perception. 

/ There is no truth. There is only perception.” 

- Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880 

MAIN PAPER 

Nijdam A, Foppen W, De Kleijn P, Mauser-Bunschoten EP, Roosendaal 

G, van Galen KP, et al. Discontinuing early prophylaxis in severe 

haemophilia leads to deterioration of joint status despite low 

bleeding rates. Thromb Haemost. 2016 May 2;115(5):931-8. PubMed 

PMID: 26791021. 

2016 

Name 

Stavros Nikolakopoulos 


PhD team Roes, Moons, van der Tweel 




Primary Care 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Uncertain knowledge + knowledge of the 

amount of uncertainty= useful knowledge” - 

C.R. Rao 

MAIN PAPER 

Nikolakopoulos S, Roes KC, van der Tweel I. Sequential designs with 

small samples: Evaluation and recommendations for normal 

responses. Stat Methods Med Res. 2016 Jun 24. PubMed PMID: 

27342574. 


2016 

Name 

Welling Oei 


PhD team Coutinho, Zaaijer, Kretzschmar, Janssen 


Position Assistant Professor of Epidemiology 




City 

Utrecht 


Quote “The better one does, the less it shows “ 

MAIN PAPER 

Oei W, Lieshout-Krikke RW, Kretzschmar ME, Zaaijer HL, Coutinho 

RA, Eersel M, et al. Estimating the risk of dengue transmission from 

Dutch blood donors travelling to Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean. 

Vox Sang. 2016 May;110(4):301-9. PubMed PMID: 26765798. 

2016 

Name 

Judith Poldervaart 


PhD team Hoes Doevendans, Reistma, Six 

Speciality General practice 





City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Keep calm and calculate the HEART score” 

MAIN PAPER 

Poldervaart JM, Langedijk M, Backus BE, Dekker IM, Six AJ, Doevendans 

PA, Hoes AW, Reitsma JB. Comparison of the GRACE, HEART 

and TIMI score to predict major adverse cardiac events in chest pain 

patients at the emergency department. Int J Cardiol. 2017 Jan 

15;227:656-661. PubMed PMID: 27810290. 


2016 

Name 

Douwe Postma 


PhD team Bonten, Hoepelman, Ossterheert, van Elden 

Speciality Infectious Disease Medicine 

Position Fellow Infectious Disease Medicine 



City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Postma DF, van Werkhoven CH, Oosterheert JJ, Bonten MJ. 

Predicting community-acquired pneumonia etiology. Chest. 2013 


2016 

Name 

Maurice Pouw 


PhD team Kalkman, Moons, Peelen 





City 

Amersfoort 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Pouw ME, Peelen LM, Lingsma HF, Pieter D, Steyerberg E, Kalkman 

CJ, Moons KG. Hospital standardized mortality ratio: consequences 

of adjusting hospital mortality with indirect standardization. PLoS 

One. 2013 Apr 9;8(4):e59160. PubMed PMID: 23593133. 


2016 

Name 

Sara Pulit 


PhD team Bakker 

Speciality Genetic Epidemiology 


Department Neurology Department, Brain Center Rudolf 

Magnus, & Big Data Institute 

Location University Medical Center Utrecht & University of 

Oxford 

City 

Utrecht & Oxford 

Country The Netherlands & United Kingdom 

Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Pulit SL, de With SA, de Bakker PI. Resetting the bar: Statistical 

significance in whole-genome sequencing-based association 

studies of global populations. Genet Epidemiol. 2017 Feb;41(2):145- 

151. PubMed PMID: 27990689. 

2016 

Name 

Evelien ter Riet 


PhD team Hoes, Rutten 

Speciality Elderly Care 

Position Resident in Elderly Care 

Department GERION 


City 

Amsterdam 



MAIN PAPER 

van Riet EE, Hoes AW, Limburg A, Landman MA, van der Hoeven H, 

Rutten FH. Prevalence of unrecognized heart failure in older 

persons with shortness of breath on exertion. Eur J Heart Fail. 2014 



2016 

Name 

Charlotte Rietbergen 


PhD team Hoijtink, Moons, Klugkist, Groenwold 


Position Postdoctoral Researcher & Systematic Reviewer 

Department Methodology and Statistics, Faculty of Social 

Sciences 

Location Utrecht University & Trimbos-institute 

City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Rietbergen C, Klugkist I, Janssen KJ, Moons KG, Hoijtink HJ. Incorporation 

of historical data in the analysis of randomized therapeutic 

trials. Contemp Clin Trials. 2011 Nov;32(6):848-55. PubMed PMID: 

21729767. 

2016 

Name 

Camiel de Roij van Zuidewijn 

PhD defense February 23rd, 2016 

PhD team Ter Wee, Bots, Grooteman, Nubé 





City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy 

making other plans.“ 

MAIN PAPER 

Chapdelaine I, Mostovaya IM, Blankestijn PJ, Bots ML, van den 

Dorpel MA,Lévesque R, et al. CONTRAST nvestigators.. Treatment 

policy rather than patient characteristics determines convection 

volume in online post-dilution hemodiafiltration. Blood Purif. 

2014;37(3):229-37. PubMed PMID: 24943743. 


2016 

Name 

Ary Savitri 








City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Savitri AI, Yadegari N, Bakker J, van Ewijk RJ, Grobbee DE, Painter RC, 

Uiterwaal CS, Roseboom TJ. Ramadan fasting and newborn’s birth 

weight in pregnant Muslim women in The Netherlands. Br J Nutr. 

2014 Nov 14;112(9):1503-9. PubMed PMID: 25231606. 

2016 

Name 

Tom van Seeters 


PhD team Kappelle, van der Graaf, Biessels, Velthuis 





City 

Apeldoorn 


Quote 

“Alea iacta est (de teerling is geworpen).“ 

MAIN PAPER 

van Seeters T, Biessels GJ, Kappelle LJ, van der Schaaf IC, Dankbaar 

JW,Horsch AD, et al. Dutch acute stroke study (DUST) investigators. 

The Prognostic Value of CT Angiography and CT Perfusion in Acute 

Ischemic Stroke. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2015;40(5-6):258-69. PubMed 

PMID: 26484857. 


2016 

Name 

Sanja Selakovic 

PhD defense Juli 5th, 2016 

PhD team Heesterbeek, de Ruiter 

Speciality Ecological and Molecular Epidemiology 


Department Faculty of Geosciences 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“…” 

MAIN PAPER 

Selakovic S, de Ruiter PC, Heesterbeek H. Infectious disease agents 

mediate interaction in food webs and ecosystems. Proc Biol Sci. 

2014 Jan 8;281(1777):20132709. PubMed PMID: 24403336. 

2016 

Name 

Maarten van Smeden 


PhD team Moons, Reitsma, de Groot 




Primary Care 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“In God we trust, all others bring data“ - William 

Edwards Deming (1900-1993) 

MAIN PAPER 

van Smeden M, de Groot JA, Moons KG, Collins GS, Altman DG, 

Eijkemans MJ, Reitsma JB. No rationale for 1 variable per 10 events 

criterion for binary logistic regression analysis. BMC Med Res 

Methodol. 2016 Nov 24;16(1):163. PubMed PMID: 27881078 


2016 

Name 

Ingrid Staal 


PhD team Schrijvers, Hermanns, van Stel 



Department 

Location Public Health Service (GGD) Zeeland 

City 

Goes 



MAIN PAPER 

Staal II, van Stel HF, Hermanns JM, Schrijvers AJ. Early detection of 

parenting and developmental problems in young children: 

Non-randomized comparison of visits to the well-baby clinic with or 

without a validated interview. Int J Nurs Stud. 2016 Oct;62:1-10. 

PubMed PMID: 

27423790. 

2016 

Name 

Dewi Stalpers 


PhD team Schuurmans, Kaljouw 


Position Advisor & researcher 

Department Dutch Hospital Association & Intensive Care Unit 

Location Dutch Hospital Association & St. Antonius Hospital 

City 

Utrecht & Nieuwegein 


Quote “For the sick it is important to have the best “ 

- Florence Nightingale, 1855 

MAIN PAPER 

Stalpers D, van der Linden D, Kaljouw MJ, Schuurmans MJ. Using 

Publicly Reported Nursing-Sensitive Screening Indicators to 

Measure Hospital Performance: The Netherlands Experience in 

2011. Nurs Res. 2016 Sep-Oct;65(5):362-70. PubMed PMID: 

27579504. 


2016 

Name 

Mart Stein 


PhD team Kretzschmar, van der Heijden, Buskens, van 

Steenbergen 






City 

Bilthoven 



MAIN PAPER 

Stein ML, van Steenbergen JE, Buskens V, van der Heijden PG, 

Koppeschaar CE,Bengtsson L, Thorson A, Kretzschmar ME. Enhancing 

Syndromic Surveillance With Online Respondent-Driven 

Detection. Am J Public Health. 2015 Aug;105(8):e90-7.PubMed 

PMID: 26066940; 

2016 

Name 

Irene Touwen 


PhD team Schuurmans, de Wit, Trappenburg 






City 

Utrecht 



MAIN PAPER 

Bos-Touwen ID, Trappenburg JC, van der Wulp I, Schuurmans MJ, de 

Wit NJ. Patient factors that influence clinicians’ decision making in 

self-management support: A clinical vignette study. PLoS One. 2017 

Feb 6;12(2):e0171251. PubMed PMID: 28166244. 


2016 

Name 

Irene van de Vorst 


PhD team Bots, Koek, Vaartjes 





City 

Amsterdam 


Quote 

“To care for those who once cared for us is one of 

the highest honors” - Walker 

MAIN PAPER 

van de Vorst IE, Vaartjes I, Geerlings MI, Bots ML, Koek HL. Prognosis 

of patients with dementia: results from a prospective nationwide 

registry linkage study in the Netherlands. BMJ Open. 2015 Oct 

28;5(10):e008897. PubMed PMID: 26510729. 

2016 

Name 

Xin Wang 


PhD team Bots, Vaartjes 



Department Pharmacoepimiology 

Location Shanghai HENGRUI Pharmaceuticals 

City 

Shanghai 

Country China 


MAIN PAPER 

Wang X, Bots ML, Yang F, Sun J, He S, Hoes AW, et al A comparison 

of the prevalence and clustering of major cardiovascular risk factors 

in the Netherlands and China. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2016 



2016 

Name 

Saskia Weldam 

PhD defense November 3rd, 2016 

PhD team Lammers, Schuurmans 

Speciality Nursing Sciences in chronic lung disease 


Department Division Heart & Lungs, Respiratory Department 


City 

Utrecht 


Quote 

“Instead of asking ‘what’s the matter’, you should 

ask a patient: ‘What matters to you?’” 

MAIN PAPER 

Weldam SW, Lammers JW, Heijmans MJ, Schuurmans MJ. Perceived 

quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a 

cross-sectional study in primary care on the role of illness perceptions. 

BMC Fam Pract. 2014 Aug 3;15:140. PubMed PMID: 25087008. 

2016 

Name 

Indah Widyahening 


PhD team Van der Graaf, van der Heijden 

Speciality Family Medicine 

Position Research Coordinator of the Community Medicine 

Department 

Department Community Medicine Department 

Location Faculty of Medicine, University Indonesia 

City 

Jakarta 


Quote 

“To achieve something you have never achieved 

before, you must become someone you have 

never been before” 

MAIN PAPER 

Widyahening IS, van der Graaf Y, Soewondo P, Glasziou P, van der 

Heijden GJ. Awareness, agreement, adoption and adherence to 

type 2 diabetes mellitus guidelines: a survey of Indonesian primary 

care physicians. BMC Fam Pract. 2014 Apr 23;15:72. PubMed PMID: 

24755412 



accountability 

The content of this book is 

the result of a number of 

ways in which information 

was collected. We took the 

approach of a systematic 

review. First, we defined the 

concept of a ‘Julius Center 

PhD student’. An individual 

was considered a ‘Julius 

Center PhD student’ when 

the PhD thesis resulted 

under supervision (i.e., 

promotor and/or co-promotor) 

of an individual who 

was professionally linked to 

the Julius Center for Health 

Sciences and Primary Care of 

the UMC Utrecht between 

1996 and 2016. Similar to a 

systematic review, we tried 

to identify all potential PhD 

students through Julius 

Center available databases 

and the Utrecht University 

website on PhD theses. Next, 

all the supervisors of the 

‘Julius Center’ PhD students 

were contacted through 

email with the request to 

obtain information (as listed 

in this book) from their 

former PhD students. When 

a supervisor indicated that 

the PhD student was not 

really a ‘Julius Center PhD 

student’ (i.e., had actually no 

involvement with the Julius 

Center during the thesis 

period and was merely listed 

because of the professional 

link of the supervisor with 

the Julius Center), he/she 

was removed from the 

listing. In one occasion, the 

PhD student indicated not 

being a Julius Center PhD 

student. In this manner, 51 

were excluded from the 

listing. 

When, after the contact 

between supervisor and PhD 

student, information was 

sent to us by the former PhD 

student, that information 

(i.e., text, quote, recent 

photo, main paper) was 

included. When however, 

there was no response 

irrespective of its cause and 

despite remainders, the 

internet sources were 

checked to look for the 

whereabouts of the former 

PhD student (e.g., through 

linked-in). When a positive 

identification could be 

made, information from the 

internet was used to 

complete the PhD student 

information (text only). The 

selection of the main paper 

for that individual was done 

by the person who extracted 

the information from 

internet.. When no contact 

coul be established in the 

time period February– April 

Michiel Bots 

2017, we restricted the 

information to the text and 

the main paper. Although an 

individual photo could be 

extracted from the internet 

in most instances, these 

were not used in the book 

because of legislation issues. 

The covers of the PhD theses 

of all Julius Center PhD 

students that were available 

to the Julius Center were 

photographed and used in 

the book. With respect to the 

photos used in the book, all 

were sent to us by the 

owners of the photos. 

The book will become 

available as a web-based 

book, accessible to all. 

Correspondence about the 

procedure and the book can 

be directed to m.l.bots@ 

umcutrecht.nl. His quote, 

since his PhD period has 

been “dat moet je ruim zien”. 


Colophon 

EDITION Julius Center 

PHOTOGRAPHY cover: Hannie Rieuwerts (http://www.aquarieuwerts.nl/) 

DESIGN Henriëtte van der Louw, Design & Producties 

EDITORIAL Koen, Michiel and Sophie Bots 

PRINTER REVON Drukkerij BV, Woerden 

UMC Utrecht, April 2017

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