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dr. Hanneke Wijnhoven

Assistant Professor, Amsterdam Public Health, APH - Aging & Later Life

Assistant Professor, Amsterdam Public Health, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases

Research

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).

Education

Coordinator and lecturer BSc course ‘Nutrition' of the Health Sciences program, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Coordinator and lecturer Pre-MSc course ‘Voedingsleer en onderzoek’ of the Health Sciences program, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Lecturer ‘Geriatrics and Aging’ of the BSc program Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Lecturer and tutor in MSc course ‘Public Health Nutrition’ of the Health Sciences program, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Lecturer BSc course 'Nutrition' of the Amsterdam University College, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Thesis supervision in the BSc and MSc program Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Grants

Topic	Euro’s	Year
- ZonMw grant ‘ Gender en gezondheid – Aanvullend onderzoek’ (main applicant)	50.000	2018
- HBCD grant (co-aplicant)	10.000	2018
- ZonMw grant ‘ Gender and Health’ (main applicant)	447.303	2017
- EU grant HORIZON 2020 – WORK PROGRAMME 2014-2015, SFS-16-2015: Tackling malnutrition in the elderly. PROMISS Prevention of Malnutrition In Senior Subjects in the EU (WP leader/co-applicant)	7.000.000	2016
- Grant from Stichting Hofjes Codde en van Beresteyn for organising a symposium on undernutrition community dwelling older persons (main applicant)	17.000	2011
- Grant ZonMw, 'High risk for undernutrition, now what?’ (project leader/ co-applicant)	407.000	2010
- Grant ZonMw, Food preferences older persons w. poor appetite’ (project leader/ co-applicant)	150.000	2010
- Nomination ICT Grassroots Project for assignment (bachelor course) on knowledge-clips	500	2014
- Societal impact award EMGO+ for the SNAQ65+		2013