Title of COE
| Title of PI | Alzheimercentrum VUmc |
Mission of COE
Our mission is to combine top referent patient care and world class research. We strive for a leading position in both care and research of dementia, with a special focus on dementia with early onset.
Director
| Title | prof dr |
| First name | Philip |
| Last name | Scheltens |
COE Principal Investigators
| Title | First name | Last name |
| prof. dr | Philip | Scheltens |
| dr | Wiesje | van der Flier |
| Heutink | prof. dr. | Peter |
| prof. dr. | Frederik | Barkhof |
| prof. dr. | Cees | Stam |
| dr. | Rien | Blankenstein |
| prof. dr. | Bart | van Berckel |
| dr. | Yolande | Pijnenburg |
| dr. | Pieter Jelle | Visser |
Address of institution where award is held
| Institution | Boelelaan 1118 |
| Street Address | Amsterdam |
| City | Alzheimercentrum VUmc |
| Postcode | 1081 HV |
Country
Netherlands
Date that the CoE was established
We have 4 main research programmes: 1) early diagnosis, 2) endophenotypes, 3) vascular factors 4) interventions. We approach these research topics with a number of tools and techniques: clinical/cognition, MRI, PET, EEG/MEG, biomarkers, pathology/pathogenesis and genetics.
If it has specific relevance to a neurodegenerative disease please select up to three of the following
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
How many constituent programmes are there within the Centre of Excellence?
01-01-2011
Funding sources
| 1 | Stichting VUmc Fund |
| 2 | Stichting Dioraphte |
| 3 | FES Fund |
| 4 | EU FP5/FP6 |
| 5 | Alzheimer Nederland |
Website address
www.alzheimercentrum.nl