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Medical researcher with 10+ years of experience in medical studies/neuropsychology, from study design to article writing

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I am a clinical neuropsychologist by training (MSc in Clinical Neuropsychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands) and have a PhD in medicine (Department of Internal Medicine/Medical Psychology, VU Universtiy Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands). The PhD project was on the intersection between diabetes, neuroradiology, (neuro)psychology and vascular medicine, using a variaty of (neuro)psychological, vascular and cerebral imaging techniques in diabetes. Since receiving my PhD, as a post-doc and now as assistant professor in Brazil and Senior Visiting Research Fellow in the Netherlands, I have continued in this field of research which has resulted in publications in the highest ranking diabetes-specific journals (Diabetes Care/Diabetes/Diabetologia) and in important journals in the field of neuroimaging, neuroscience and neurology (e.g. Human Brain Mapping/Journal of Alzheimer's Disease/Neurobiology of Disease). I have also branched out to other neurological conditions, such as dementia and epilepsy, and to neurological expressions of other systemic diseases, such as HIV/AIDS. In my capacity as a Central Quality Reviewer, I participate in various clinical trials sponsored by pharmaceutical companies and other research organizations evaluating data quality and helping with material development. I am experienced in writing study protocols, grant proposals and scientific articles. I also have ample experience in medical statistics. If you think I can help you out, please don't hesitate to send me a message.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Neuropsychology
• ★ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Medical Statistics
• ☆ Psychology
• ☆ Epilepsy & Seizures
• ☆ Non-Alzheimer's Dementia
• ☆ Neuroradiology
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing

Research Market Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Processing

Work Experience

Central Quality Reviewer

Signant Health

July 2020 - Present

Assist. Professor

Postgraduation Program in Neurology - Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

April 2020 - Present

Clinical Neuropsychologist / Researcher

Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer

October 2017 - Present

Senior visiting research fellow

Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location VUMC

September 2014 - Present

Education

Post-Doc

VU University Medical Center Amsterdam / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

September 2011 - August 2014

PhD (Diabetes Center/Department of Internal Medicine; Department of Medical Psychology)

VU medisch centrum

September 2007 - August 2011

MSc (Department of Psychology)

Universiteit Utrecht

September 2002 - August 2007

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Corrêa, D.G., Tijms, B.M., Dicks, E., Rêgo, C., Alves-Leon, S.V., Marcondes, J., Gasparetto, E.L., van Duinkerken, E.(2021). Effects of seizure burden on structural global brain networks in patients with unilateral hippocampal sclerosis . Brain and Behavior.

Bertrand, E., Van Duinkerken, E., Laks, J., Dourado, M.C.N., Bernardes, G., Landeira-Fernandez, J., Mograbi, D.C.(2021). Structural Gray and White Matter Correlates of Awareness in Alzheimer's Disease . Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 81. (3). p. 1321-1330.

Van Duinkerken, E., Schmidt, G.J., Gjorup, A.L.T., Mello, C.R., Marques, A.C., Do Carmo Filho, Á., Fukusawa, P.R.Y., De Assis, S.G., Tolentino, J.C., Schmidt, S.L.(2021). Assessment of Attentional Functioning in Health Professionals of a Brazilian Tertiary Referral Hospital for COVID-19 . Behavioural Neurology. 2021.

Schmidt, S.L., Boechat, Y.E.M., Schmidt, G.J., Nicaretta, D., Van Duinkerken, E., Schmidt, J.J.(2021). Clinical Utility of a Reaction-Time Attention Task in the Evaluation of Cognitive Impairment in Elderly with High Educational Disparity . Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 81. (2). p. 691-697.

van Duinkerken, E., Bernardes, G., van Bloemendaal, L., Veltman, D.J., Barkhof, F., Mograbi, D.C., Gerdes, V.E.A., Deacon, C.F., Holst, J.J., Drent, M.L., et al.(2021). Cerebral effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor blockade before and after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in obese women: A proof-of-concept resting-state functional MRI study . Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. 23. (2). p. 415-424.

van Duinkerken, E., Moreno, A.B., Barreto, S.M., Giatti, L., Viana, M.C., Nunes, M.A., Chor, D., Griep, R.H.(2021). Response to comment on van Duinkerken et al. Biopsychosocial factors associated with a current depressive episode in diabetes: The ELSA-Brasil study . Diabetic Medicine. 38. (1).

van Duinkerken, E., Ryan, C.M.(2020). Diabetes mellitus in the young and the old: Effects on cognitive functioning across the life span . Neurobiology of Disease. 134.

van Duinkerken, E., Snoek, F.J., de Wit, M.(2020). The cognitive and psychological effects of living with type 1 diabetes: a narrative review . Diabetic Medicine. 37. (4). p. 555-563.

van Duinkerken, E., Moreno, A.B., Eto, F.N., Lotufo, P., Barreto, S.M., Giatti, L., Viana, M.C., Nunes, M.A., Chor, D., Griep, R.H.(2020). Biopsychosocial factors associated with a current depressive episode in diabetes: the ELSA-Brasil study . Diabetic Medicine. 37. (10). p. 1742-1751.

Schmidt, G.J., Boechat, Y.E.M., Van Duinkerken, E., Schmidt, J.J., Moreira, T.B., Nicaretta, D.H., Schmidt, S.L., Tales, A.(2020). Detection of Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly with a Low Educational Level Using a Reaction-Time Attention Task . Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 78. (3). p. 1197-1205.

Lakerveld, J., Palmeira, A.L., van Duinkerken, E., Whitelock, V., Peyrot, M., Nouwen, A.(2020). Motivation: key to a healthy lifestyle in people with diabetes? Current and emerging knowledge and applications . Diabetic Medicine. 37. (3). p. 464-472.

Corrêa, D.G., van Duinkerken, E., Zimmermann, N., Fonseca, R.P., Gasparetto, E.L.(2020). Posterior cingulate gyri metabolic alterations in hiv-positive patients with and without memory deficits,Alterações metabólicas no giro do cíngulo posterior em pacientes hiv-positivos com e sem déficit de memória . Radiologia Brasileira. 53. (6). p. 359-365.

van Duinkerken, E., Snoek, F.J.(2019). Cognition in elderly with type 1 diabetes: Is there an interaction between glycemia and aging? . Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 33. (1). p. 4-5.

Emanuel, A.L., van Duinkerken, E., Wattjes, M.P., Klein, M., Barkhof, F., Snoek, F.J., Diamant, M., Eringa, E.C., IJzerman, R.G., Serné, E.H.(2019). The presence of cerebral white matter lesions and lower skin microvascular perfusion predicts lower cognitive performance in type 1 diabetes patients with retinopathy but not in healthy controls—A longitudinal study . Microcirculation. 26. (3).

van Duinkerken, E., Steenwijk, M.D., Klein, M., Barkhof, F., Mograbi, D.C., Diamant, M., Snoek, F.J., Ijzerman, R.G.(2018). Accelerated executive functions decline and gray matter structural changes in middle-aged type 1 diabetes mellitus patients with proliferative retinopathy,合并增殖性视网膜病变的中年1型糖尿病患者的执行功能加速下降与灰质结构改变 . Journal of Diabetes. 10. (11). p. 835-846.

Bernardes, G., IJzerman, R.G., ten Kulve, J.S., Barkhof, F., Diamant, M., Veltman, D.J., Landeira-Fernandez, J., van Bloemendaal, L., van Duinkerken, E.(2018). Cortical and subcortical gray matter structural alterations in normoglycemic obese and type 2 diabetes patients: relationship with adiposity, glucose, and insulin . Metabolic Brain Disease. 33. (4). p. 1211-1222.

Gejl, M., Gjedde, A., Brock, B., Møller, A., van Duinkerken, E., Haahr, H.L., Hansen, C.T., Chu, P.-L., Stender-Petersen, K.L., Rungby, J.(2018). Effects of hypoglycaemia on working memory and regional cerebral blood flow in type 1 diabetes: a randomised, crossover trial . Diabetologia. 61. (3). p. 551-561.

Van Duinkerken, E., Farme, J., Landeira-Fernandez, J., Dourado, M.C., Laks, J., Mograbi, D.C.(2018). Medical and research consent decision-making capacity in patients with Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review . Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 65. (3). p. 917-930.

Van Duinkerken, E., Schoonheim, M.M., Ijzerman, R.G., Moll, A.C., Landeira-Fernandez, J., Klein, M., Diamant, M., Snoek, F.J., Barkhof, F., Wink, A.-M.(2017). Altered eigenvector centrality is related to local resting-state network functional connectivity in patients with longstanding type 1 diabetes mellitus . Human Brain Mapping. 38. (7). p. 3623-3636.

Bertrand, E., van Duinkerken, E., Landeira-Fernandez, J., Dourado, M.C.N., Santos, R.L., Laks, J., Mograbi, D.C.(2017). Behavioral and psychological symptoms impact clinical competence in Alzheimer's disease . Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 9. (JUN).

Doornweerd, S., van Duinkerken, E., de Geus, E.J., Arbab-Zadeh, P., Veltman, D.J., Ijzerman, R.G.(2017). Overweight is associated with lower resting state functional connectivity in females after eliminating genetic effects: A twin study . Human Brain Mapping. 38. (10). p. 5069-5081.

Van Duinkerken, E., Ryan, C.M.(2017). Preserving cognition in children with diabetes: Do alterations in functional network connectivity play a role? . Diabetes. 66. (3). p. 574-576.

Ryan, C.M., van Duinkerken, E., Rosano, C.(2016). Neurocognitive consequences of diabetes . American Psychologist. 71. (7). p. 563-576.

van Bloemendaal, L., Ijzerman, R.G., ten Kulve, J.S., Barkhof, F., Diamant, M., Veltman, D.J., van Duinkerken, E.(2016). Alterations in white matter volume and integrity in obesity and type 2 diabetes . Metabolic Brain Disease. 31. (3). p. 621-629.

van Duinkerken, E., Ijzerman, R.G., Klein, M., Moll, A.C., Snoek, F.J., Scheltens, P., Pouwels, P.J.W., Barkhof, F., Diamant, M., Tijms, B.M.(2016). Disrupted subject-specific gray matter network properties and cognitive dysfunction in type 1 diabetes patients with and without proliferative retinopathy . Human Brain Mapping. 37. (3). p. 1194-1208.

Van Duinkerken, E., Ryan, C.M., Schoonheim, M.M., Barkhof, F., Klein, M., Moll, A.C., Diamant, M., Ijzerman, R.G., Snoek, F.J.(2016). Subgenual cingulate cortex functional connectivity in relation to depressive symptoms and cognitive functioning in type 1 diabetes mellitus patients . Psychosomatic Medicine. 78. (6). p. 740-749.

Nguyen, H.-T., van Duinkerken, E., Verbraak, F.D., Polak, B.C.P., Ringens, P.J., Diamant, M., Moll, A.C.(2016). Retinal blood flow is increased in type 1 diabetes mellitus patients with advanced stages of retinopathy . BMC Endocrine Disorders. 16. (1).

Van Duinkerken, E., IJzerman, R.G., van der Zijl, N.J., Barkhof, F., Pouwels, P.J.W., Schoonheim, M.M., Moll, A.C., Boerop, J., Wessels, A.M., Klein, M., et al.(2014). Differential impact of subclinical carotid artery disease on cerebral structure and functioning in type 1 diabetes patients with versus those without proliferative retinopathy . Cardiovascular Diabetology. 13. (1).

Woerdeman, J., Van Duinkerken, E., Wattjes, M.P., Barkhof, F., Snoek, F.J., Moll, A.C., Klein, M., De Boer, M.P., IJzerman, R.G., Serné, E.H., et al.(2014). Proliferative retinopathy in type 1 diabetes is associated with cerebral microbleeds, which is part of generalized microangiopathy . Diabetes Care. 37. (4). p. 1165-1168.

Van Duinkerken, E., Schoonheim, M.M., Steenwijk, M.D., Klein, M., Ijzerman, R.G., Moll, A.C., Heymans, M.W., Snoek, F.J., Barkhof, F., Diamant, M.(2014). Ventral striatum, but not cortical volume loss, is related to cognitive dysfunction in type 1 diabetic patients with and without microangiopathy . Diabetes Care. 37. (9). p. 2483-2490.

Ouwens, D.M., van Duinkerken, E., Schoonenboom, S.N.M., Herzfeld de Wiza, D., Klein, M., van Golen, L., Pouwels, P.J.W., Barkhof, F., Moll, A.C., Snoek, F.J., et al.(2014). Cerebrospinal fluid levels of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in middle-aged patients with type 1 diabetes . Diabetologia. 57. (10). p. 2208-2214.

Demuru, M., Van Duinkerken, E., Fraschini, M., Marrosu, F., Snoek, F.J., Barkhof, F., Klein, M., Diamant, M., Hillebrand, A.(2014). Changes in MEG resting-state networks are related to cognitive decline in type 1 diabetes mellitus patients . NeuroImage: Clinical. 5. p. 69-76.

Van Duinkerken, E., Schoonheim, M.M., IJzerman, R.G., Klein, M., Ryan, C.M., Moll, A.C., Snoek, F.J., Barkhof, F., Diamant, M., Pouwels, P.J.W.(2012). Diffusion tensor imaging in type 1 diabetes: Decreased white matter integrity relates to cognitive functions . Diabetologia. 55. (4). p. 1218-1220.

Van Duinkerken, E., Schoonheim, M.M., Sanz-Arigita, E.J., IJzerman, R.G., Moll, A.C., Snoek, F.J., Ryan, C.M., Klein, M., Diamant, M., Barkhof, F.(2012). Resting-state brain networks in type 1 diabetic patients with and without microangiopathy and their relation to cognitive functions and disease variables . Diabetes. 61. (7). p. 1814-1821.

Van Duinkerken, E., Brands, A.M.A., Van Den Berg, E., Henselmans, J.M.L., Hoogma, R.P.L.M., Biessels, G.J.(2011). Cognition in older patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A longitudinal study . Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 59. (3). p. 563-565.

Chen, W.J.Y., Rijzewijk, L.J., van der Meer, R.W., Heymans, M.W., van Duinkerken, E., Lubberink, M., Lammertsma, A.A., Lamb, H.J., de Roos, A., Romijn, J.A., et al.(2011). Association of plasma osteoprotegerin and adiponectin with arterial function, cardiac function and metabolism in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic men . Cardiovascular Diabetology. 10.

Van Duinkerken, E., Klein, M., Schoonenboom, N.S.M., Hoogma, R.P.L.M., Moll, A.C., Snoek, F.J., Stam, C.J., Diamant, M.(2009). Functional brain connectivity and neurocognitive functioning in patients with long-standing type 1 diabetes with and without microvascular complications: A magnetoencephalography study . Diabetes. 58. (10). p. 2335-2343.

BOOK CHAPTER

Van Duinkerken, E., IJzerman, R.G.(2020). Cerebral microvascular disease in diabetes - clinical and research . Microvascular Disease in Diabetes. p. 221-246.

Van Duinkerken, E., Brands, A.M.A.(2020). Neurocognitive functioning in type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus . Behavioral Diabetes: Social Ecological Perspectives for Pediatric and Adult Populations. p. 365-380.