Meike Vernooij, MD, PhD

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Affiliation(s): 

Erasmus MC; Rotterdam; the Netherlands

Areas of Interest: 

aging, epidemiology, microbleeds, white matter, diffusion tensor imaging

Biography & Research: 

Dr. Vernooij is principal investigator in Population Imaging and Associate Professor of Radiology and Epidemiology at Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dr Vernooij completed her MSc in Epidemiology from the Netherlands Institute of Health Sciences, and her MD and PhD in Medicine (both with honors) from Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Additionally, she has completed a residency in Radiology at Erasmus MC and a fellowship in Neuroradiology and Head & Neck Radiology from the same medical center. Since 2005, Dr. Vernooij has been studying the use of magnetic resonance imaging in the investigation of age-related brain changes, specifically those which may be used as preclinical markers for cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. Her work focuses on the determinants and consequences of advanced structural imaging markers such as cerebral microbleeds, cerebral blood flow, and microstructural white matter integrity, in a population-based setting. Her work has been recognized with the European Prize for Neuroradiology (Lucien Appel Prize 2014), the Stroke Innovation Award by the Journal Stroke, and the Lourens Penning Prize of the Dutch Society of Radiology. Besides her research line, Dr. Vernooij is working in patient care as a Neuroradiologist and Head & Neck Radiologist at Erasmus MC.