M.L. (Miriam) Haaksma, PhD

I am an epidemiologist specializing in longitudinal modeling of health and disease trajectories and in clinical prediction modeling. After completing my MSc in Nutrition & Health at Wageningen University & Research, I obtained my PhD with honors in 2019.

My current work at the LUMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gerontology & Geriatrics, centers on improving integrated care for older adults in close collaboration with regional hospitals and partners in primary and long term care. Driven by a broad commitment to enhancing the quality of care, I contribute to a wide range of studies in elderly care, including research on geriatric rehabilitation, eHealth applications for older patients, and the development of advance care planning tools.

My main research interest is understanding how we can better support aging in place for people living with dementia.

During my PhD at the department of Geriatrics of Radboudumc I received several awards, such as the Christine Mohrmann stipend for promising female researchers, the Junior Investigator Award from the International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology, and the Science Prize of the Dutch Society of Clinical Geriatrics (NVKG). I also obtained several research and travel grants, which enabled me to visit Johns Hopkins University (US) and Karolinska Institutet (SE) to expand my knowledge and build valuable collaborations.

In 2021, I received a personal grant from the Leiden Empowerment Fund to continue the EU-COGER study; a multicenter study on geriatric rehabilitation after COVID-19 infection. As the coordinator of this study I recruited >700 post-COVID patients from 10 European countries within 1 year.

Since 2022 I secured over 300,000 euros as a (co-)applicant on research grants.

I am currently affiliated with the Lifecourse Epidemiology and Geroscience research theme of the LUMC.