Assistant Professor, APH - Aging & Later Life Assistant Professor, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Health

Specialization

Focus of research

Current research activities:

Dietary protein and healthy aging

HORIZON 2020 collaborative project PROMISS (grant agreement no. 678732 (www.promiss-vu.eu) 2014-2020. Tasks:

  • work package leader postdoc project: feasibility strategies to increase dietary protein intake in old age (4-week experiments);
  • supervision PhD student: association dietary protein and healthy aging (epidemiology);
  • supervision multicenter randomized controlled trial (promiss trial) in Netherlands and Finland: effects of dietary protein on physical function in old age.
  • collaboration with several international partners within promiss (various subjects)

Sex differences in healthy aging

Main applicant ZonMw grant 'Gender and health' (grant agreement no. 849200005 (www.promiss-vu.eu) 2017-2021. Topic gender differences in healthy aging: the impact of lifestyle.

  • Supervision PhD student
  • Collaborative project with RIVM

Main applicant ZonMw grant 'gender en gezondheid - aanvullend onderzoek' (grant agreement no. 849500003) 2018-2019. Topic gender differences in protein requirements.

  • Supervision postdoc

Screening tools malnutrition

Development SNAQ65+  (http://www.stuurgroepondervoeding.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Revalidatie-uitleg_SNAQ65.pdf)

Development Pro55+ screening tool for lower protein intake old age (www.proteinscreener.nl).