About
Introduction
Nicolette W. de Jong is Associate Professor and Staff Member at the department of Internal medicine, section Allergology & Clinical Immunology, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She has a background in Clinical Chemistry, with specialization in Immunology and is PI & Board member Academic Center of Excellence (ACE) Allergic diseases and Rare diseases, Erasmus MC. She earned a PhD degree in 2004 with a thesis on Occupational – and Food Allergy. The past 20 years she initiated and coordinated many clinical trials, mainly focused on the diagnosis and treatment of food Allergy. She initiated (PI) a multi-center project on cashew allergy in children with 3 PhD’s, granted 1M€ by NWO–TTW. IN 2019, she received a second grant of 1M€ from NWO-TTW for a project on Cow's Milk tolerance induction in Co-operation with WUR. Since 2021, she is PI on an NWO-TKI-PPS project (Granted 1.6M€) focused on the sensitizing capacities of novel nutritional proteins, together with WUR and UIPS with 3 PhD's.
Field(s) of expertise
Education and career
Bachelor’s degree
University/College of Higher Education: HBO Bachelors (BSc) degree, Clinical Chemistry, van’t Hoff College Rotterdam, HBO Bachelor of Education (BEd) Biology Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Date (dd/mm/yy): 10/10/1980; 01/10/2003
Studies: Post-BSc Immunological techniques, Clinical Chemistry, van’t Hoff College Rotterdam (1992), UTQ University Teaching Qualification (2011) SUTQ Senior University Teaching Qualification.(2013)
Doctorate/PhD (‘promotie’)
University/College of Higher Education: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Date: 17/11/2004
Supervisor (‘Promotor’): Prof dr H. Pols
Title of thesis: “Occupational and food allergy: focus on allergen extracts” ISBN 90-77595-73-2
Medical specialty: Allergology
Publications
Aantal internationale artikelen >80 en H factor = 26.
Teaching activities
Nicolette is a graduated Biology teacher and highly interested in (digital) education and development of new educational programs in Medicine. (E-learning) She is coordinator and lecturer in BSc in “Immunology and infection” and in MSc in clinical reasoning at the Erasmus MC.
She is coach for medical students in BSc at Erasmus MC and felicitates and coordinates internships for MSc students from several other Universities in the Netherlands.
Other positions
Board membership European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI). Member of the AAAAI: American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (ID 107136), the NAN: Dutch Society of Anaphylaxis, INDANA: International Network of Dieticians and Nutritionist in Allergy and member of the iMERR: The Institute of Medical Education Research. Since 2022 she is member of the Editorial Board of Nutrients and Editorial Board Member of Frontiers in Allergy (specialty section Food Allergy)
