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Ilonca Vaartjes

Associate Professor

Strategic program(s):

Research groups

Cardiovascular disease in women

Research aim

Our group's aim is to translate knowledge from experimental cardiovascular research to improve womens's cardiovascular health.

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Recent publications

Changes in neighbourhood walkability and incident CVD Paul Meijer, Mingwei Liu, Thao Minh Lam, Yvonne Koop, Maria Gabriela M. Pinho, Ilonca Vaartjes, Joline WJ Beulens, Diederick E. Grobbee, Jeroen Lakerveld, Erik J. Timmermans
Environmental Research, 2025, vol. 274
Incidence of Newly Diagnosed Cancer After Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Anita van de Munckhof, Jamie I. Verhoeven, Ilonca C.H. Vaartjes, Nick van Es, Frank Erik de Leeuw, Jonathan M. Coutinho
JAMA network open, 2025, vol. 8
Air pollution exposure disparities among ethnic groups in high-income countries Tehreem Mustansar, Lieke van den Brekel, Erik J. Timmermans, Charles Agyemang, Ilonca Vaartjes
Environmental Research, 2025, vol. 267
Differential effects of air pollution on ischemic stroke and ischemic heart disease by ethnicity in a nationwide cohort in the Netherlands Lieke van den Brekel, Joreintje D Mackenbach, Diederick E Grobbee, Gerard Hoek, Ilonca Vaartjes, Yvonne Koop
BMC Public Health, 2024, vol. 24
Age-Specific Rural-Urban Disparities in the Incidence of Ischemic Stroke in the Netherlands Esmée Verburgt, Jamie I. Verhoeven, Nina A. Hilkens, Ilonca Vaartjes, Frank Erik De Leeuw
Neurology, 2024, vol. 103
Green space visits among Turkish and South Asian Surinamese women with a high cardiometabolic risk living in disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Netherlands Lieke van den Brekel, Helene R Voogdt-Pruis, Lian Wispelweij, Laxmie Jawalapershad, Soerinder Narain, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Diederick E Grobbee, Virissa Lenters, Joreintje D Mackenbach, Ilonca Vaartjes
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2024, vol. 23