Researchers Yvonne van der Schouw

Yvonne van der Schouw

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Biography

Yvonne van der Schouw obtained an MSc degree in Human Nutrition at Wageningen University and a PhD in Epidemiology at Nijmegen University, and is an SMBWO-registered Investigator in Epidemiology as well as Nutritional Sciences. In 2008 she was appointed as Professor of Chronic Disease Epidemiology at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care of the University Medical Center Utrecht. In 2001-2002 she was a visiting associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. From 2008-2019 she was director of the Julius Center research program on Cardiovascular Epidemiology. From October 2019 to October 2021, she was Quartermaster Prevention for the UMCU strategic research program Circulatory Health and the Julius Center.

Her main research program focus is the role of diet and nutrition in prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic diseases. She also participates in research unravelling the role of (female) reproductive risk factors in occurrence and progression of cardiovascular disease.

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yschouw@umcutrecht.nl

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Recent publications

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Interactions between genetic predisposition to obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes risk and food or beverage intake for incident type 2 diabetes Sherly X Li, Fumiaki Imamura, Stephen J Sharp, Matthias B Schulze, Ju-Sheng Zheng, Pilar Amiano, Eva Ardanaz, Manuela M Bergmann, Maria-Dolores Chirlaque, Guy Fagherazzi, Paul W Franks, Sara Grioni, Daniel B Ibsen, Paula Jakszyn, Ingegerd Johansson, Verena A Katzke, Nasser Laouali, Francesca R Mancini, Kim Overvad, Domenico Palli, Salvatore Panico, Daniel Redondo-Sánchez, Fulvio Ricceri, Olov Rolandsson, Bernard Srour, Anne Tjønneland, Tammy Y N Tong, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Elio Riboli, Claudia Langenberg, Nita G Forouhi, Nick J Wareham
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2026, vol. 123

The Association Between Race/Ethnicity and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women Varies by BMI Kazue Nagai, Hsin-Fang Chung, Kunihiko Hayashi, Annette J Dobson, Yuki Ideno, Sven Sandin, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Rebecca Hardy, Debra J Anderson, Panayotes Demakakos, Eric J Brunner, Ellen S Mitchell, Nancy F Woods, Sophie V Eastwood, Samar R El Khoudary, Monique M Hedderson, Elisabete Weiderpass, Gita D Mishra
Diabetes Care, 2025, vol. 49, p.247-256

The relationship between the EAT-Lancet dietary pattern and risk of cardiovascular events in patients with established cardiovascular disease Lukas L F Hoes, Chiara Colizzi, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Johanna M Geleijnse, Jannick A N Dorresteijn, Manon G van der Meer, Martin Teraa, Frank L J Visseren, Charlotte Koopal
European Journal of Nutrition, 2025, vol. 64

Synergies Between Food Biodiversity, Processing Levels, and the Eat-lancet Diet for Nutrient Adequacy and Environmental Sustainability Jeroen Berden, Giles T Hanley-Cook, Bernadette Chimera, Emine Koc Cakmak, Genevieve Nicolas, Julia Baudry, Bernard Srour, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Justine Berlivet, Mathilde Touvier, Mélanie Deschasaux-Tanguy, Chiara Colizzi, Chloé Marques, Christopher Millett, Franziska Jannasch, Guri Skeie, Lucia Dansero, Matthias B Schulze, Verena Katzke, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Ana M Jimenez Zabala, Anne Tjønneland, Cecilie Kyrø, Christina C Dahm, Claudia Agnoli, Daniel B Ibsen, Elisabete Weiderpass, Fabrizio Pasanisi, Gianluca Severi, Jesus-Humberto Gómez, Kris Murray, Marcela Guevara, Maria-José Sanchez, Pauline Frenoy, Raul Zamora-Ros, Rosario Tumino, Rudolf Kaaks, Valeria Pala, Paolo Vineis, Pietro Ferrari, Inge Huybrechts, Carl Lachat
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2025, vol. 123

The association of Life's Essential 8 with risk of stroke Merve Spronk, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Femke Te Hoonte, W M Monique Verschuren, Michiel L Bots, Robin W M Vernooij, Alicia Uijl
NMCD : Nutrition metabolism and cardiovascular diseases, 2025, vol. 36

Quantifying the environmental and food biodiversity impacts of ultra-processed foods Jeroen Berden, Giles T Hanley-Cook, Bernadette Chimera, Dagfinn Aune, Maria Gabriela M Pinho, Geneviève Nicolas, Bernard Srour, Christopher J Millett, Emine Koc Cakmak, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Esther M González-Gil, Eszter P Vamos, Jessica Blanco Lopez, Julia Baudry, Justine Berlivet, Kiara Chang, Mathilde Touvier, Charlotte Le Cornet, Chloé Marques, Christina C Dahm, Daniel B Ibsen, Franziska Jannasch, Guri Skeie, Maria-José Sanchez, Matthias B Schulze, Sara Grioni, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Ana M Jimenez Zabala, Anna Winkvist, Anne Tjønneland, Carlotta Sacerdote, Cecilie Kyrø, Elisabette Weiderpass, Marcela Guevara, Pauline Frenoy, Rosario Tumino, Salvatore Panico, Verena Katzke, Xuan Ren, Paolo Vineis, Pietro Ferrari, Carl Lachat, Inge Huybrechts
Public Health Nutrition, 2025, vol. 28

Fellowships & Awards

2000: appointment as Associate Professor through the Aspasia Program, NWO, for the promotion of female assistant professors to associate professor

External positions

Algemeen Bestuurslid - Helpen wetenschappelijke inzichten over voeding en leefstijl toe te passen in de zorg. - Stichting Alliantie Voeding in de Zorg