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R.M.E. (Rebecca) Steketee, PhD

Postdoctoral researcher

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About R.M.E. (Rebecca) Steketee, PhD

Introduction

My work focuses on the application of quantitative MRI for dementia, both within the clinical setting of the Alzheimer Center Erasmus MC as well as the population neuroimaging research line of the Rotterdam Study, with the ultimate goal to build a bridge between these fields.

Field(s) of expertise

  • dementia, neurodegeneration
  • brain aging
  • neuroimaging (MRI, PET)
  • clinical implementation of automated quantitative assessment of MRI

Education and career

  • 03/2018-present: Study coordinator Dept. of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine and Epidemiology
  • 01/2016-present: Postdoctoral researcher Dept. Radiology & Nuclear Medicine
  • 09/2017-02/2018: visiting researcher IRCCS SDN Instituto di Ricerca Diagnostica e Nucleare, Napels, Italy
  • 11/2015: visiting researcher Dept. of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University Hospital, Sweden 
  • 02/2010-10/2015: PhD Dept. Radiology & Nuclear Medicine and Neurology at Erasmus MC ('Advanced MR neuroimaging in early stage presenile dementia') 

Publications

Link to publication list

Teaching activities

  • Supervision of MSc students Medicine, Biomedical Science, Psychology
  • Lecturer Sills Based Education BA3 Medicine students on memory disorders
  • 2017-2021: organizer of monthly meetings on neuroimaging in dementia at Erasmus MC
  • 2010-2013: organizer of weekly meetings functional MRI research group of Erasmus MC - Presentations for the general public (science and music festivals, Alzheimer Café's) 

Other positions

  • 2017-present: board member PostdocNL (co-chair since 2018)
  • 2017-2020: board member Postdoc Network Erasmus MC (chair from 01/2019-04/2020)

Scholarships, grants, and awards

  • Personal Grant Theia Foundation
  • KNAW Van Leersum scholarship
  • European Cooperation in Science and Technology short term scientific mission grant 

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.

Neuro-Epidemiology

The focus of our research group is on the etiology, natural course, diagnosis and prognosis of common age-related brain diseases.

Population Imaging

Population Imaging is the large-scale acquisition of medical images in controlled population-based cohorts. It can be used to identify persons at risk of developing disease, or may aid in disease prediction.

Related

Departments and research centers

Radiology & Nuclear Medicine

Research groups/labs

Alzheimer center

Neuro-Epidemiology

Population Imaging

Research Projects

AmyVasc

AmyVasc; Amyloid pathology and vascular disease in focus

We study the interaction between amyloid pathology and vascular disease by performing PET-CT and MRI scans in healthy participants aged ≥ 60 years.
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.
THEIA image

Quantitatively assessing brain MRI to diagnose dementia (Theia)

We investigate whether automatic normative quantification of brain MRI contributes to earlier and more accurate diagnosis of dementia in the memory clinic.

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.