De NESDO onderzoekers

Dr. H.C. Comijs

Psychologist / Associate professor

GGZ inGeest
Department of Psychiatry
Oldenaller 1
1081 HJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Key interests
Interaction between (the course of) depression, anxiety, stress and cognition.

Recent publications
Link to publications of Comijs in PubMed.

Dr. R.M. Collard

Post-doc researcher

Radboudumc
Psychiatry department
PO Box 9101
6500 HB Nijmegen
0031-24-3614177
The Netherlands

Key interests
Late-life depression, frailty, functional limitations, nursing, physical activity, somatic comorbidity

Recent publications
Link to publications of Collard in PubMed.

Dr. E. van Duijn

Psychiatrist

GGZ Delfland,
Sint Jorisweg 2
2612 GA Delft
The Netherlands
or:
LUMC, Department of Psychiatry
Albinusdreef 2
2333 ZA Leiden

Key interests
Neuropsychiatry, neurodegenerative disorders, old-age psychiatry, movement disorders, comorbidity, polypharmacy.

Dr. E. van Exel

Psychiatrist

GGZ inGeest
Department of Psychiatry
Oldenaller 1
1081 HJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Key interests
Neuroinflammation in psychiatric disorders such as depression and dementia.

Recent publications
Link to publications of Exel in PubMed.

Dr. E.J. Giltay

Dr. E.J. Giltay

Psychiatrist / Epidemiologist

Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
Department of Psychiatry
Postbus 9600
2300 RC Leiden
The Netherlands

Key interests
Metabolism and endocrinology of mood and affective disorders, dispositional optimism, psychiatric epidemiology.

Recent publications
Link to publications of Giltay in PubMed.

Dr. R.M. Kok

Psychiatrist

Parnassia Groep
Klinisch Centrum Ouderen
Mangostraat 1
2552 KS Den Haag
The Netherlands
088-3575252

Key interests
Treatment of old age depression.

Recent publications
Link to publications of Kok in PubMed.

Dr. R.M. Marijnissen

Psychiatrist

Pro Persona
Wolfheze 2
6874 BE Wolfheze
The Netherlands

Key interests
Old age psychiatry; metabolic syndrome, obesity and vitamin D deficiency in late-life depression; consultation in nursing homes.

Recent publications
Link to publications of Marijnissen in PubMed.

Prof. Dr. R.C. van der Mast

Professor of Old Age Psychiatry

Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
Department of Psychiatry
Postbus 9600
2300 RC Leiden
The Netherlands

Key interests
Psychiatric disorders in old age and neurodegeneration.

Recent Publications
Link to publications of Van der Mast in PubMed.

Dr. P. Naarding

Psychiatrist

Centrum voor Ouderenpsychiatrie Apeldoorn
p/a GGNet, locatie Apeldoorn
Gebouw Sprenge
Postbus 2003
7230 GC Warnsveld
The Netherlands

Key interests
Vascular depressions and apathy

Recent Publications
Link to publications of Naarding in PubMed.

Prof. Dr. R.C. Oude Voshaar

Psychiatrist / Epidemiologist

Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
PO Box 30.001
9700 RB Groningen
The Netherlands
0031-50-3612367

Key interests 
Mood and anxiety disorders in later life, relationship vascular disease – depression – cognitive decline, neurotrophic factors.

Recent publications
Link to publications of Oude Voshaar in PubMed.

Prof. Dr. B.W.J.H. Penninx

Scientific director NESDA / Professor of psychiatric epidemiology

VU University medical center
Department of Psychiatry
Oldenaller 1
1081 HJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Key interests
Course of depression and anxiety; Interaction between mental and physical health; Biological determinants of psychopathology; Aging, including late-life depression and determinants of physical disability.

Recent publications
Link to publications of Penninx in PubMed.

Dr. D. Rhebergen

Psychiatrist / Principal investigator NESDO

GGZ inGeest
Department of Psychiatry
Oldenaller 1
1081 HJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Key interests
Nosology of depressive disorders, melancholia, course of late-life depression, ECT, psychomotor symptoms and depression.

Recent publications
Link to publications of Rhebergen in PubMed.

Prof. Dr. M.L. Stek

Psychiatrist / Professor of old age psychiatry

GGZ inGeest
Department of Psychiatry VUmc
Oldenaller 1
1081 HJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Recent publications
Link to publications of Stek in PubMed.

Prof. Dr. P. Verhaak

Professor of General Practice Care

NIVEL
Postbus 1568
3508 BN, Utrecht
The Netherlands

Key interests
General practice care.

Recent publications
Link to publications of Verhaak in PubMed.

Dr. M.W.M. de Waal

Epidemiologist

Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
(Postzone) V0-P
Postbus 9600
2300 RC Leiden
The Netherlands
071-5268444

Key interests
Depression, pain/ somatoform disorders, general practice registration networks, primary care.

Dr. N.J.A. van der Wee

Psychiatrist

Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
Department of psychiatry
P.O. Box 9600
2300 RC Leiden
The Netherlands

Key interests 
Neuroimaging; Anxiety disorders; Mood disorders

Recent publications
Link to publications of Van der Wee in PubMed.

Dr. O.R. Maarsingh

General practitioner / senior researcher / epidemiologist

VU University Medical Center
Dep. of General Practice & Elderly Care Medicine/EMGO+ Institute
Van der Boechorststraat 7, room D-528
1081 BT Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Key interests
Primary care, older persons, dizziness, anxiety, depression, prediction, diagnosis.

Recent publications
Link to publications of Maarsingh in PubMed.

Link to Maarsingh’s personal page on the EMGO website!

Dr. M. Zuidersma

Post-doc researcher

University Medical Center Groningen
Department of Psychiatry HPC CC72
Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation (ICPE)
PO Box 30001
9700 RB Groningen
The Netherlands
+31 50 3610107

Key interests
Depression, cognitive decline, sleep and cardiovascular disease in the elderly.

Recent publications
Link to publications of Zuidersma in PubMed.

Almar Kok, MSc.

Post-doc researcher

Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Department of Psychiatry
VU Amsterdam
Department of Sociology

Key interests
Socioeconomic inequalities in mental disorders; resilience; mental health trajectories.

Recent publications
Link to publications of A. Kok in PubMed.