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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Contact

yschouw@umcutrecht.nl

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Recent publications

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Associations between degree of food processing and all-cause and cause-specific mortality Esther M. González-Gil, Michèle Matta, Fernanda Morales Berstein, Manon Cairat, Geneviève Nicolas, Jessica Blanco, Nathalie Kliemann, Renata Bertazzi Levy, Fernanda Rauber, Inarie Jacobs, Aline Al Nahas, Emine Koc Cakmak, Eszter P. Vamos, Kiara Chang, Sahar G. Yammine, Christopher Millett, Mathilde Touvier, Maria Gabriela Matias Pinho, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Alicia K. Heath, Christina M. Lill, Valeria Pala, Conchi Moreno-Iribas, Maria Santucci De Magistris, Christina C. Dahm, Niels Bock, Anja Olsen, Anne Tjønneland, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Pilar Amiano, Franziska Jannasch, Matthias B. Schulze, Francesca Romana Mancini, Chloé Marques, Claire Cadeau, Catalina Bonet, Daniel Redondo-Sánchez, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Magritt Brustad, Guri Skeie, Jesús Humberto-Gómez, Alessandra Macciotta, Pietro Ferrari, Laure Dossus, Marc J. Gunter, Inge Huybrechts
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 2025, vol. 50

Association of circulating fatty acids with cardiovascular disease risk Fanchao Shi, Rajiv Chowdhury, Eleni Sofianopoulou, Albert Koulman, Luanluan Sun, Marinka Steur, Krasimira Aleksandrova, Christina C Dahm, Matthias B Schulze, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Claudia Agnoli, Pilar Amiano, Jolanda M A Boer, Christian S Bork, Natalia Cabrera-Castro, Fabian Eichelmann, Alexis Elbaz, Marta Farràs, Alicia K Heath, Rudolf Kaaks, Verena Katzke, Pekka Keski-Rahkonen, Giovanna Masala, Conchi Moreno-Iribas, Salvatore Panico, Keren Papier, Dafina Petrova, J Ramón Quirós, Fulvio Ricceri, Gianluca Severi, Anne Tjønneland, Tammy Y N Tong, Rosario Tumino, Nick Wareham, Elisabete Weiderpass, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Nita Forouhi, John Danesh, Adam S Butterworth, Stephen Kaptoge
European journal of preventive cardiology, 2024, vol. 32, p.233–246

Non-Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Chronic Diseases Sara Beigrezaei, Hamidreza Raeisi-Dehkordi, Juliana Alexandra Hernández Vargas, Mojgan Amiri, Vicente Artola Arita, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Amin Salehi-Abargouei, Taulant Muka, Angeline Chatelan, Oscar H Franco
Nutrition Reviews, 2024, vol. 83, p.663-674

Examining causal relationships between educational attainment and type 2 diabetes using genetic analysis Alessandra Macciotta, Carlotta Sacerdote, Claudia Giachino, Chiara Di Girolamo, Matteo Franco, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Raul Zamora-Ros, Elisabete Weiderpass, Cloé Domenighetti, Alexis Elbaz, Thérèse Truong, Claudia Agnoli, Benedetta Bendinelli, Salvatore Panico, Paolo Vineis, Sofia Christakoudi, Matthias B Schulze, Verena Katzke, Rashmita Bajracharya, Christina C Dahm, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton, Sandra M Colorado-Yohar, Conchi Moreno-Iribas, Pilar Amiano Etxezarreta, María José Sanchez, Nita G Forouhi, Nicholas Wareham, Fulvio Ricceri
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2024, vol. 79, p.373-379

General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions Bin Zhou, James E. Bennett, Aidan P. Wickham, Rosie K. Singleton, Anu Mishra, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Nayu Ikeda, Lakshya Jain, Ana Barradas-Pires, Rachel A. Heap, Victor PF Lhoste, Kate E. Sheffer, Nowell H. Phelps, Archie W. Rayner, Edward W. Gregg, Mark Woodward, Gretchen A. Stevens, Maria LC Iurilli, Goodarz Danaei, Mariachiara Di Cesare, Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas, Noor Ani Ahmad, Pascal Bovet, Zhengming Chen, Albertino Damasceno, Sarah L. Filippi, Imre Janszky, Andre P. Kengne, Young Ho Khang, Kamlesh Khunti, Avula Laxmaiah, Lee Ling Lim, Lauren Lissner, Paula Margozzini, Jean Claude N. Mbanya, Stephen T. McGarvey, Jonathan E. Shaw, Stefan Söderberg, Luis Adrián Soto-Mota, Junyang Wang, Francesco Zaccardi, Leandra Abarca-Gómez, Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari, Ulrike Gehring, N. Charlotte Onland-Moret, Amand Floriaan Schmidt, Erik J. Timmermans, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, WM Monique Verschuren, Indah S. Widyahening,
The Lancet, 2024, vol. 404, p.851-863

Are food and beverage purchases reflective of dietary intake? Validity of supermarket purchases as indicator of diet quality in the Supreme Nudge Trial Chiara Colizzi, Josine M. Stuber, Yvonne T. Van Der Schouw, Joline W.J. Beulens
British Journal of Nutrition, 2024, vol. 132, p.1394-1402

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

Registratieaanvragen van leden tot Epidemioloog A of B beoordelen - Als docent en MSc Epi ProgrCielid betrokken bij opleiding tot Epi A/B - Vereniging voor Epidemiologie, P/A LUMC Afd Klin Epi