Current research activities:
Dietary protein and healthy aging
HORIZON 2020 collaborative project PROMISS (grant agreement no. 678732 (www.promiss-vu.eu) 2014-2020. Tasks:
- work package leader postdoc project: feasibility strategies to increase dietary protein intake in old age (4-week experiments);
- supervision PhD student: association dietary protein and healthy aging (epidemiology);
- supervision multicenter randomized controlled trial (promiss trial) in Netherlands and Finland: effects of dietary protein on physical function in old age.
- collaboration with several international partners within promiss (various subjects)
Sex differences in healthy aging
Main applicant ZonMw grant 'Gender and health' (grant agreement no. 849200005 (www.promiss-vu.eu) 2017-2021. Topic gender differences in healthy aging: the impact of lifestyle.
- Supervision PhD student
- Collaborative project with RIVM
Main applicant ZonMw grant 'gender en gezondheid - aanvullend onderzoek' (grant agreement no. 849500003) 2018-2019. Topic gender differences in protein requirements.
- Supervision postdoc
Screening tools malnutrition
Development SNAQ65+ (http://www.stuurgroepondervoeding.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Revalidatie-uitleg_SNAQ65.pdf)
Development Pro55+ screening tool for lower protein intake old age (www.proteinscreener.nl).
