Albert Hofman

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Albert Hofman

Academic positions:
- Scientific director of the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences
- Professor, Erasmus University Medical School
- Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
- Chairman of the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Erasmus University

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Hofman is involved in studies of neurological and cardiovascular diseases. His research focuses on vascular factors for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. He is principal investigator of the Rotterdam Study, a large prospective cohort study that is being conducted since 1990 to investigate cardiovascular, locomotor, neurological and ophthalmological diseases.

Any other information:

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Public Health & Epidemiology > Epidemiology (since 16 November 2005)

Albert Hofman is a Section Head for Epidemiology, part of the PUBLIC HEALTH & EPIDEMIOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

http://www.epib.nl/faculty/hofman.html