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Researcher

J.M. (Janne) Papma PhD

Assistant Professor

  • Department
  • Neurology
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About

Introduction

Dementia is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that has great impact into the daily lives of people with dementia and their caregivers.

My research focuses on improving dementia diagnostics and postdiagnostic care by attending to specific needs and characteristics of individuals. I improve person centered care, by accounting for to the fact that every person is different. I focus for example on improving the care for young onset dementia patients, culture sensitive care, and early recognition and person centered interventions for neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease.

Field(s) of expertise

  • dementia
  • neurodegeneration
  • neurology
  • neuropsychology
  • neuroscience
  • person centered care
  • culture sensitive care
  • young onset dementia diagnosis
  • postdiagnostic support.

Education and career

  • 2017-present Assistant professor and PI of scientific projects:
    • Intercultural dementia diagnostics and care (ZonMw Memorabel)
    • The diagnostic challenge of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease (ZonMw Memorabel)
    • Thuis in Probleemgedrag: een knelpuntentanalyse naar zorg voor onbegrepen gedrag in de thuissituatie (ZonMw & V&VN)
  • PRECODE Prevalence of young onset dementia (Gieskes Strijbesfonds, Alzheimer Nederland)
  • 2012-2017 Postdoc (0.2 FTE)
  • 2011-2017 Coordinator of Alzheimercenter Erasmus MC (0.8 FTE)
  • 2009-2012 PhD project 'Functional neuroimaging in dementia'

Publications

H-Index February 2021: 16 

Teaching activities

Supervision of Master students, PhD students.

Other positions

  • Board member Alzheimer Center Erasmus MC
  • Scientific Board Kenniscentrum dementie op jonge leeftijd
  • Alzheimer's Association ISTAART Professional Interest Area Neuropsychiatric Symptoms - Programs Chair
  • Nederlands Geheugenpoli Netwerk - commissie onderzoek, congrescommissie
  • Member of Network Culturele dementiezorg Rotterdamrele dementiezorg Rotterdam

Scholarships, grants, and awards

  • Young Outstanding Researcher award (Alzheimer Nederland)
  • Global Young Leader in dementia (World Dementia council)

My Groups

Alzheimer center

Alzheimer Center Erasmus MC is a diagnostic center for dementia located at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam. We combine patient care with scientific research and education in order to contribute to dementia care.

Related

Departments and research centers

specialism

Neurology

Research groups/labs

Alzheimer center

Research Projects

BEATIT

BEAT-IT study

The BEhavioral symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease, Towards early Identification and Treatment (BEAT-IT) study focuses on the assessment and management of neuropsychiatric symptoms in early Alzheimer’s disease. This four-year ZonMw project is a collaboration between the Alzheimer Centers of the Erasmus MC and the Amsterdam UMC. Our research group consists of clinicians and researchers with a background in neurology, neuropsychology, and psychiatry.

FTD RISC

Frontotemporal Dementia Risk Cohort (FTD-RisC)

Frontotemporal Dementia Risk Cohort (FTD-RisC) The FTD-RisC team is composed of prof. dr. John van Swieten, a neurologist and internationally recognized expert in FTD, three PhD students and a post-doctoral researcher.

BEYOND

Imaging biomarkers for early diagnosis (BEYOND)

We will develop and clinically evaluate a platform that enables using quantitative neuroimaging in daily clinical practice to improve the diagnosis of dementia.
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Intercultural dementia diagnostics and care (TULIPA)

The TULIPA-study team is composed of Dr. Janne Papma, Sanne Franzen, Yuled Kalkisim, Dr. Esther van den Berg and a team of trained interpreters.
PRECODE

PRECODE

The PRECODE study focusses on the prevalence, recognition and care for patients with young onset dementia.
AC Imaging database

The Alzheimer Center Erasmus MC neuroimaging database

We are building a database of neuroimaging data from all patients visiting the Alzheimer Center, to facilitate biomarker research within and outside Erasmus MC.