[Biomedical-cybernetics] JOB: PhD candidate in Network Biology/Bioinformatics at Maastricht UMC+

[Arts Ilja (EPID)]

PhD candidate in Network Biology/Bioinformatics for a  
multidisciplinary project at Maastricht UMC+, CARIM School for  
Cardiovascular Diseases and NUTRIM School of Nutrition and  
Translational Research in Metabolism (AT2015.64)

The obesity epidemic is a rapidly growing health threat, but there is  
substantial heterogeneity in cardiometabolic risk among the obese.  
Current clinical practice uses metabolic syndrome diagnosis to  
establish cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This is an insensitive  
tool, and data suggest that a substantial proportion of individuals  
without metabolic syndrome are yet at high risk for CVD, and vice  
versa. In this project we will generate metabolomics multi-marker  
profiles that improve clinical decision-making by identifying obese  
individuals at high risk of CVD, and identify novel molecular  
descriptors for prevention and early diagnosis, and targets for  
treatment of obese individuals at high risk of CVD, independent of  
their metabolic syndrome status. We will use data from several large  
human studies, including The Maastricht Study (http://www.demaastrichtstudie.nl/research 
) and Diogenes (http://www.diogenes-eu.org).

Details and application procedure: https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UM/vacancy/27320/lang/en/