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Thanks to many collaborations, we integrate and analyse complex data from genomics, exposome, (para)-clinical measurements, medications, and patient-reported outcomes to unveil (causal) factors associated with and predicting the clinical course and outcome of complex diseases of the digestive system, psychosis, cancer, and radiotherapy. We near crazy scientific innovations to the implementation of personalised management and disease prevention. We are going to embrace Personalised-Medicine!
Our Main filed of research concern public health topics with focus on elements of personalised medicine constituting of:
We focus on understanding and implementation of personalised medicine as a method to bridge the gap between the molecular biology, clinic and society.
Personalised Medicine is a health care process that aims to replace less effective, costly and lengthy traditional disease management strategies with more effective and efficient ones, eventually reducing the burden on the health care system.
PM demands and will lead to changes in medical guidelines and health care processes. Implementation of PM extends from the monitoring and management of care in clinics to modifications of patients’ daily activities at home, at work and in the community.
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Department of Epidemiology
PO Box 30.001
9700 RB Groningen
The Netherlands
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University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Department of Epidemiology
Hanzeplein 1
9713 GZ Groningen
location: Zusterhuis B1 ING 27