Epidemiology

BIOGRAPHY

Albert Hofman

Academic positions:
- Scientific director of the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences
- Professor, Erasmus University Medical School
- Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
- Chairman of the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Erasmus University

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Hofman is involved in studies of neurological and cardiovascular diseases. His research focuses on vascular factors for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. He is principal investigator of the Rotterdam Study, a large prospective cohort study that is being conducted since 1990 to investigate cardiovascular, locomotor, neurological and ophthalmological diseases.

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