M.I. (Mirjam) Geerlings
M.I. (Mirjam) Geerlings
- Julius Center, dept. Epidemiology & Health Economics
Research Programs
Biography
Biography
I received my MSc degree in Neuropsychology and PhD degree in Epidemiology from the VU medical center Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From 2000 until 2002, I worked as a post-doc at the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics of the Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam where I studied steroid hormones as risk factors for dementia using data from the Rotterdam Study. From 2002 until 2022, I worked at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (University Medical Center Utrecht), first as Assistant Professor, and since 2006 as Associate Professor where I initiated, conducted, and supervised research within the department of Epidemiology. I also developed, coordinated and taught epidemiology courses within the Biomedical Sciences (BSc), Medicine (BSc and MSc), and MSc Epidemiology curriculum. I supervised around 40 MSc and BSc students during their research and completing their MSc or BSc thesis. Additionally, I mentored a substantial number of research assistants, PhD candidates, and postdoctoral fellows. I am a PI of the research programs Circulatory Health (research theme Cerebrovascular disease) and Brain within the UMC Utrecht.
Since May 2022, I am head of the section Research and member of the management team of the department of General Practice at Amsterdam UMC. Since January 2023, I am affiliated with the Julius Center (UMC Utrecht) as a guest researcher.
Within the UMC Utrecht, I lead the SMART-MR study, a sub-study of the UCC-SMART study. The SMART-MR study (SMART-MR study) is an ongoing prospective cohort study among 1309 non-demented, independently living middle-aged to older adults with manifest arterial disease, aimed to investigate determinants and consequences of brain changes on MRI, including depression and cognitive decline. Individuals were assessed at up to three visits: at baseline, 4 years, and 12 years follow-up. I am also PI of the Medea 7T study, a cohort study in the UMC Utrecht, aimed to investigate determinants and consequences of microstructural brain abnormalities on 7 tesla brain MRI. With the UCC-SMART study and SMART-MR study I participate in national and international consortia, including the Netherlands Consortium for Dementia Cohorts (NCDC), the Psychosocial factors and cancer incidence (PSY-CA) consortium, and the CHARGE consortium. Starting in 2023, I also participate in the BIRD-NL consortium.
Internationally, I have longstanding collaborations with the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, USA (dr. Lenore Launer) where I published using data from the Honolulu Asia Aging Study and the AGES-Reykjavik Study.
Research line
Epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease and brain health.
Publications
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Side Activities
Committees
Chair or vice-chair
2019 Chair of the Talma Eykman Master’s Thesis Awards committee (University Medical Center Utrecht).
2014–2017 Chair of the Veni ZonMw programme committee (Innovational Research Incentives Scheme) of The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
2013 Vice-chair of the Veni ZonMw programme committee (Innovational Research Incentives Scheme) of The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
Member
2023 Member of the Vidi ZonMw programme committee (Innovational Research Incentives Scheme) of The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
2021-2022 Member of the ZonMw Off Road committee.
2021-2022 Substitute methodological member of the Institutional Review Board (Independent Ethics Committee) of the University Medical Center Utrecht.
2018 Member of the Talma Eykman Master’s Thesis Awards committee (University Medical Center Utrecht).
2017-2021 Member of the Alzheimer Nederland fellowship grant programme committee.
2016-2022 Member of the examiner board of the curriculum Medicine (Examencommissie Geneeskunde) (University Medical Center Utrecht).
2014 Member of the Earth and Life Sciences Open Programme committee (ALW-Open programma) of The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
2011 Member of the Veni ZonMw programme committee (Innovational Research Incentives Scheme) of The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
2011-2017 Substitute methodological member of the Institutional Review Board (Independent Ethics Committee) of the University Medical Center Utrecht.
2007-2011 Methodological member of the Institutional Review Board (Independent Ethics Committee) of the University Medical Center Utrecht.
Society memberships
2016-present Member of the sounding board of the Dutch Network of Women Professors (klankbordgroep UHD Landelijk Netwerk Vrouwelijke Hoogleraren)
2012-present Dutch Network of Women Professors (Landelijk Netwerk Vrouwelijke Hoogleraren)
2009-present International Society to Advance Alzheimer Research and Treatment (ISTAART)
2007-present International Society for Vascular, Cognitive and Behavioural Disorders (VasCog)
Research Output (247)
de Erausquin Gabriel A et al. 2022, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions. 8 , p. e12348
Twait Emma L., Blom Kim, Koek Huiberdina L., Zwartbol Maarten H.T., Ghaznawi Rashid, Hendrikse Jeroen, Gerritsen Lotte, Geerlings Mirjam I., 2022, In: Human Brain Mapping. 44 , p. 1964-1984 21 p.
Gerritsen Lotte, Twait Emma L, Jonsson Palmi V, Gudnason Vilmundur, Launer Lenore J, Geerlings Mirjam I 21 Dec 2021, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 85 , p. 1677-1687 11 p.
Scarth Morgan, Vonk Jet M J, Gerritsen Lotte, GGeerlings Mirjam I, , Visseren FL 20 Dec 2021, In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 299 , p. 559-567 9 p.
Angevaare Milou J, Vonk Jet M J, Bertola Laiss, Zahodne Laura, Wei-Ming Watson Caitlin, Boehme Amelia, Schupf Nicole, Mayeux Richard, Geerlings Mirjam I, Manly Jennifer J 1 Dec 2021, In: Neurology. 98 , p. E15-E26
van Hespen Kees M, Zwanenburg Jaco J M, Dankbaar Jan W, Geerlings Mirjam I, Hendrikse Jeroen, Kuijf Hugo J Dec 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11
van Tuijl Lonneke A., Voogd Adri C., de Graeff Alexander, Hoogendoorn Adriaan W., Ranchor Adelita V., Pan Kuan Yu, Basten Maartje, Lamers Femke, Geerlings Mirjam I., Abell Jessica G., Awadalla Philip, Bakker Marije F., Beekman Aartjan T.F., Bjerkeset Ottar, Boyd Andy, Cui Yunsong, Galenkamp Henrike, Garssen Bert, Hellingman Sean, Huisman Martijn, Huss Anke, Keats Melanie R., Kok Almar A.L., Luik Annemarie I., Noisel Nolwenn, Onland-Moret N. Charlotte, Payette Yves, Penninx Brenda W.J.H., Portengen Lützen, Rissanen Ina, Roest Annelieke M., Rosmalen Judith G.M., Ruiter Rikje, Schoevers Robert A., Soave David M., Spaan Mandy, Steptoe Andrew, Stronks Karien, Sund Erik R., Sweeney Ellen, Teyhan Alison, Vaartjes Ilonca, van der Willik Kimberly D., van Leeuwen Flora E., van Petersen Rutger, Verschuren W. M.Monique, Visseren Frank, Vermeulen Roel, Dekker Joost 2 Sep 2021, In: Brain and Behavior. 11 , p. 1-13
Rissanen Ina, Geerlings Mirjam I, Juvela Seppo, Miettunen Jouko, Paananen Markus, Tetri Sami 24 Aug 2021, In: International Journal of Stroke. 17 , p. 681-688 8 p.
Scarth Morgan, Rissanen Ina, Scholten Rob J P M, Geerlings Mirjam I 13 Aug 2021, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 83 , p. 1089-1111 23 p.
Pelgrim Teuntje A D, Beran Magdalena, Twait Emma L, Geerlings Mirjam I, Vonk Jet M J 13 Aug 2021, In: Ageing Research Reviews. 71