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N. (Niels) van der Schaft

PhD candidate

Profile page of N. (Niels) van der Schaft, PhD student at Erasmus MC

  • Department
  • Epidemiology
  • Focus area
  • Epidemiology, statistical data analysis, nutrition, obesity, type 2 diabetes.
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About

Introduction

I am a medical doctor currently working as a PhD candidate in the Nutrition & Lifestyle group of the Department of Epidemiology at Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam. My research centers around diet, inflammation, adiposity and type 2 diabetes.

Education and career

Education and career:

  • 2016 - 2021: PhD candidate Epidemiology, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • 2015 - 2018: MSc Health Sciences, Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES) / Erasmus University Rotterdam (cum laude)
  • 2015 - 2019: MSc Medicine, Erasmus University Rotterdam (cum laude)
  • 2012 - 2015: BSc Medicine, Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

Current research projects:

  • Dietary consumption of advanced glycation end-products and body composition, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
  • Coffee consumption and longitudinal profiles of body composition.
  • Various projects related to diet, inflammation, adiposity and type 2 diabetes.

 

Publications

Teaching activities

Supervision of MSc students.

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