prof. dr. A.M. (Anne M.) May Full Professor
- Department of Epidemiology
- Julius Center Research Program Cancer
Contact
amay@umcutrecht.nl
Research Programs
Biography
Anne May obtained her Master’s degree in Sciences of Human Movement (with distinction) at the Free University in Amsterdam in 2001. She obtained her Master of Science degree in Epidemiology at the Netherlands Institute of Health Sciences, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam in August 2006.
From June 2001 to December 2002 she worked as a (Sport-)Nutrition Scientist at Numico Research BV in Wageningen.
Anne May is involved in research regarding lifestyle, body composition, diet and cancer since 2003. From 2003-2007 she conducted her PhD research on the effects of physical exercise and cognitive-behavioural therapy in cancer patients at the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Julius Center. After completing her PhD, she continued working at the Julius Center. She is currently head of the department of epidemiology and works as Professor of Clinical Epidemiology of Cancer Survivorship. Her research focuses on optimal survivorship care for patients living with cancer with an emphasis on lifestyle interventions – from translational and clinical research to patient care. She is especially interested in effects of exercise in cancer patients, in the mediators of the effect and also in methodological aspects related to exercise-oncology research. For the latter she received a VENI grant from ZonMw (i.e., personal grant for outstanding researchers) entitled 'Novel research design and methodology for evaluating effects of physical exercise in patients with cancer’.
She is the PI of several ongoing (inter)national multi-center exercise-oncology RCTs (PREFERABLE (H2020-funded), PACT, PERFECT, UMBRELLA-FIT and PAM). Moreover, she is the UMCU PI of the SCOPE project (‘Lean body mass and treatment toxicity in patients with colon cancer’). She is also part of the research team of several cancer patient cohorts: PLCRC (colorectal cancer), UMBRELLA (breast cancer) and UNICIT (patients receiving immunotherapy) and is responsible for patient-reported outcomes and assessment of muscle mass. Last, she is involved in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study and was the scientific coordinator of an EC-funded research project investigating the relationship between physical activity, nutrition, alcohol, smoking, eating out of home and obesity (EPIC-PANACEA).
Side Activities
- Vice-chair of the Scientific Committee of KiKa (“Stichting Kinderkanker vrij”, http://www.kika.nl/onderzoeken-kika/voor-onderzoekers/)
- The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw): KPHAG (Kennisprogramma Huisartsgeneeskunde) programm committee
- Attendee of the 2018 International Multidisciplinary Roundtable on Exercise and Cancer Prevention and Control convened by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
- Member committee "Physical activity guidelines" of the Health Council of the Netherlands
Fellowship and Awards
- Coordinator of the H2020 funded international PREFERABLE Project (Exercise for Fatigue Eradication in Advanced Breast cancer to improve quality of life) - https://www.h2020preferable.eu/
- ZonMw VENI grant “Novel research design and methodology for evaluating effects of physical exercise in patients with cancer” (2014)
- Selected for the female leadership programme “Steyn Parve” (UMC Utrecht)
Research Output (160)
Couwenberg Alice M, Burbach Johannes P M, May Anne, Berbee Maaike, Intven Martijn P W, Verkooijen Helena M 1 apr 2020, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 120 , p. 33-39 7 p.
Verheijden Rik J, May Anne M, Blank Christian U, Aarts Maureen J B, van den Berkmortel Franchette W P J, van den Eertwegh Alfonsus J M, de Groot Jan Willem B, Boers-Sonderen Marye J, van der Hoeven Jacobus J M, Hospers Geke A, Piersma Djura, van Rijn Rozemarijn S, Ten Tije Albert, van der Veldt Astrid Am, Vreugdenhil Gerard, van Zeijl Michiel C T, Wouters Michel W J M, Haanen John B A G, Kapiteijn Ellen, Suijkerbuijk Karijn Pm 27 jan 2020, In: Clinical Cancer Research. 26 , p. 2268-2274 7 p.
May A M jan 2020, In: Annals of Oncology. 31 , p. 9-10 2 p.
Campbell Kristin L, Winters-Stone Kerri M, Wiskemann Joachim, May Anne M, Schwartz Anna L, Courneya Kerry S, Zucker David S, Matthews Charles E, Ligibel Jennifer A, Gerber Lynn H, Morris G Stephen, Patel Alpa V, Hue Trisha F, Perna Frank M, Schmitz Kathryn H nov 2019, In: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 51 , p. 2375-2390 16 p.
Derksen J. W. G., Koopman M., Huinink D. ten Bokkel, Sommeijer D. W., Dorresteijn B., Jourdan M., May A. M. okt 2019, In: Annals of Oncology. 30 , p. 735-735
Bernard P, Savard J, Steindorf K, Sweegers M G, Courneya K S, Newton R U, Aaronson N K, Jacobsen P B, May A M, Galvao D A, Chinapaw M J, Stuiver M M, Griffith K A, Mesters I, Knoop H, Goedendorp M M, Bohus M, Thorsen L, Schmidt M E, Ulrich C M, Sonke G S, van Harten W, Winters-Stone K M, Velthuis M J, Taaffe D R, van Mechelen W, Kersten M J, Nollet F, Wenzel J, Wiskemann J, Verdonck-de Leeuw I M, Brug J, Buffart L M 1 sep 2019, In: Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 124
Gal Roxanne, Monninkhof Evelyn M, van Gils Carla H, Groenwold Rolf H H, van den Bongard Desirée H J G, Peeters Petra H M, Verkooijen Helena M, May Anne M sep 2019, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 113 , p. 137-146 10 p.
Derksen Jeroen W G, May Anne M, Koopman Miriam 11 jul 2019, In: Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. 16 , p. 589 1 p.
Witlox Lenja, Schagen Sanne B, de Ruiter Michiel B, Geerlings Mirjam I, Peeters Petra H M, Koevoets Emmie W, van der Wall Elsken, Stuiver Martijn, Sonke Gabe, Velthuis Miranda J, Palen Job A M van der, Jobsen Jan J, May Anne M, Monninkhof E M 1 jun 2019, In: BMJ Open. 9
Kurk Sophie, Peeters Petra, Stellato Rebecca, Dorresteijn B, de Jong Pim, Jourdan Marion, Creemers Geert-Jan, Erdkamp Frans, de Jongh Felix, Kint Peter, Simkens Lieke, Tanis Bea, Tjin-A-Ton Manuel, Van Der Velden Ankie, Punt Cornelis, Koopman Miriam, May Anne 15 mei 2019, In: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. 10 , p. 803-813 11 p.