Dr. Roel Vermeulen

Biography

Roel Vermeulen is a Professor of Environmental Epidemiology at Utrecht University's Exposome Science Institute and is also the Scientific Director of the Institute for Preventive Health (i4PH) at the EWUU alliance of universities, including Eindhoven and Wageningen. He has an extensive background in risk assessment sciences and has established a prominent position in exposome research. Vermeulen chairs the planetary health community within Utrecht Life Sciences, coordinating significant national and EU research programs focusing on the exposome. His efforts have included leading projects like EXPANSE, which is part of the European Human Exposome Network, and EIRENE-NL, the Dutch Hub for European infrastructure in exposome research. A seasoned researcher, he has authored or co-authored over 800 academic publications and served on international committees for the World Health Organization and the National Toxicology Program in the USA. His research interests lie in evaluating environmental risk factors associated with non-communicable diseases, emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach that integrates epidemiology and molecular biology. Vermeulen actively investigates exposure-response relationships and the mechanisms underlying diseases to implement and evaluate real-world interventions. His work aims to improve understanding and methodologies in the quantification of exposure, particularly through high-resolution exposure monitoring and omics signatures.

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