Paul is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Epidemiology & Data Science at Amsterdam UMC. His work focuses on the relationship between the built environment and health, with an emphasis on environmental determinants of chronic disease. He is involved in the STAGE consortium, studying healthy ageing and multimorbidity from a life-course perspective, and in the RENAL-HEATMAP project, which will investigate the effects of extreme heat and air pollution on kidney health in vulnerable populations. Paul holds a BSc and MSc degree in biomedical sciences, he is a registered epidemiologist (epidemioloog A), and he has a PhD degree in cardiovascular epidemiology.
Paul conducted his PhD within Exposome-NL (2021–2024) at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht. His research focused on the relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and cardiovascular health. Within Exposome-NL, he contributed to advancing understanding of how combined environmental exposures are associated with cardiovascular outcomes. His work aimed to support evidence-based strategies for healthier living environments. His PhD thesis, “Where the heart is: The impact of the neighbourhood built environment on cardiovascular health,” is available at https://doi.org/10.33540/2981
I earned my doctorate, advanced evidence on built environment impacts on cardiovascular health, and gained a network of many wonderful people.
Paul Meijer, Hidser Numans, Jeroen Lakerveld
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Mingwei Liu, Paul Meijer, Thao Minh Lam, Erik J Timmermans, Diederick E Grobbee, Joline W J Beulens, Ilonca Vaartjes, Jeroen Lakerveld
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (2023)
The environment we live in has a dominant impact on our health. It explains an estimated seventy percent of the chronic disease burden. Where we live, what we eat, how much we exercise, the air we breathe and whom we associate with; all of these environmental factors play a role. The combination of these factors over the life course is called the exposome. There is general (scientific) consensus that understanding more about the exposome will help explain the current burden of disease and that it provides entry points for prevention and ...
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