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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Dietary intake of plant- and animal-derived protein and incident cardiovascular diseases Ju Sheng Zheng, Marinka Steur, Fumiaki Imamura, Heinz Freisling, Laura Johnson, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Tammy YN Tong, Elisabete Weiderpass, Rashmita Bajracharya, Marta Crous-Bou, Christina C. Dahm, Alicia K. Heath, Daniel B. Ibsen, Franziska Jannasch, Verena Katzke, Giovanna Masala, Conchi Moreno-Iribas, Carlotta Sacerdote, Matthias B. Schulze, Sabina Sieri, Nicholas J. Wareham, John Danesh, Adam S. Butterworth, Nita G. Forouhi
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2024, vol. 119, p.1164-1174

Food consumption by degree of food processing and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus Samuel J. Dicken, Christina C. Dahm, Daniel B. Ibsen, Anja Olsen, Anne Tjønneland, Mariem Louati-Hajji, Claire Cadeau, Chloé Marques, Matthias B. Schulze, Franziska Jannasch, Ivan Baldassari, Luca Manfredi, Maria Santucci de Magistris, Maria Jose Sánchez, Carlota Castro-Espin, Daniel Rodríguez Palacios, Pilar Amiano, Marcela Guevara, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Jolanda M.A. Boer, W. M.Monique Verschuren, Stephen J. Sharp, Nita G. Forouhi, Nicholas J. Wareham, Eszter P. Vamos, Kiara Chang, Paolo Vineis, Alicia K. Heath, Marc J. Gunter, Geneviève Nicolas, Elisabete Weiderpass, Inge Huybrechts, Rachel L. Batterham
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 2024, vol. 46

Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022 Nowell H. Phelps, Rosie K. Singleton, Bin Zhou, Rachel A. Heap, Anu Mishra, James E. Bennett, Christopher J. Paciorek, Victor PF Lhoste, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Gretchen A. Stevens, Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez, Honor Bixby, James Bentham, Mariachiara Di Cesare, Goodarz Danaei, Archie W. Rayner, Ana Barradas-Pires, Melanie J. Cowan, Stefan Savin, Leanne M. Riley, Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas, Jennifer L. Baker, Amina Barkat, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Francesco Branca, Roberta B. Caixeta, Sarah Cuschieri, Farshad Farzadfar, Shubash Ganapathy, Nayu Ikeda, Violeta Iotova, Andre P. Kengne, Young Ho Khang, Avula Laxmaiah, Hsien Ho Lin, Jun Ma, Jean Claude N. Mbanya, J. Jaime Miranda, Rajendra Pradeepa, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, Maroje Sorić, Maria Turley, Limin Wang, Ulrike Gehring, Nguyen D. Nguyen, N. Charlotte Onland-Moret, Erik J. Timmermans, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, WM Monique Verschuren, Indah S. Widyahening,
The Lancet, 2024, vol. 403, p.1027-1050

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

Menopause age and type and dementia risk Annette J Dobson, Zhiwei Xu, Louise F Wilson, Hsin-Fang Chung, Sven Sandin, Yvonne T Van der Schouw, Panayotes Demakakos, Elisabete Weiderpass, Gita D Mishra
Age and ageing, 2024, vol. 53

The role of ultra-processed foods in plant-based diets Merel C. Daas, Reina E. Vellinga, Maria Gabriela M. Pinho, Jolanda M.A. Boer, W. M.Monique Verschuren, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Pieter van’t Veer, Sander Biesbroek
European Journal of Nutrition, 2024, vol. 63, p.2957-2973

External positions

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