Paula Grammatikos obtained her master’s degree in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience from Maastricht University. In April 2026, she joined the Cardiovascular Epidemiology group of the Julius Center (UMC Utrecht) as a PhD student, under the supervision of Ilonca Vaartjes and Erik Timmermans. Her research within the Exposome-NL project seeks to integrate the exposome into the risk-trigger-vulnerability model of ischemic stroke.
During her first year, Paula will be the UMC Utrecht representative of the Young Investigator Committee (YIC) within the Exposome-NL.
I hope to foster collaborations and produce research output that will contribute to our understanding of ischemic stroke, its complex etiology, and ultimately, to its prevention.
UMC Utrecht
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care
Universiteitsweg 100
3584 CG Utrecht
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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