Prof. Cornelia Van Duijn

Biography

Cornelia van Duijn is a professor of genetic epidemiology at the department of epidemiology at EMC. She serves as the project's scientific coordinator, and leads CoSTREAM on all scientific matters. She is also involved as a principle investigator in three large-scale population- and family-based studies: the Erasmus Rucphen Family (ERF) study, the Rotterdam study and Generation R. Her work focuses on –omics research in neurodegenerative disorders. She has identified genes involved in various neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson’s disease, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and open angle glaucoma. She is a leader in several international genome wide association consortia including CHARGE, ENGAGE, EAGLE and PERADES. She served on various scientific committees, including the International Society for Genetic Epidemiology (IGES), the American and European Society for Human Genetics (ASHG, ESHG). She founded EMC's MSc and PhD program in genetic epidemiology of which she is the scientific director

Research Interest

 neurodegenerative disorders