PhD defences
2024 is a celebratory year for the Neuroinfection Center Amsterdam, with several colleagues defending (or yet to defend) their PhD dissertations!
Feresthe Sheybani defended her research on bacterial meningitis in at-risk populations, Endry Lim on the role of the complement system in COVID-19, Ingeborg van Zeggeren on clinical predictors and biomarkers in central nervous system infections, and Koos van Dam on the immune response following COVID-19 vaccinations.
Congratulations to all on these outstanding achievements!
Planned PhD defences
- Linde Snoek
- Risk factors and outcomes of children with bacterial meningitis and sepsis
- 4-10-2024 - 16.00 - Agnietenkapel Amsterdam
- Shahrzad Deliran
- Cerebrovascular complications in bacterial meningitis
- 19-11-2024 - 16.00 - Agnietenkapel Amsterdam
- Liora ter Horst
- Clinincal characteristics, diagnostics and outcome in central nervous system infections
- 29-11-2024 - 16.00 - Agnietenkapel Amsterdam
Former PhD defences
Below you can find the dissertations of PhD candidates at the Neuroinfection Center Amsterdam.
Koos van Dam
- PhD research on immunity and disease activity in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases
- SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: Immunity and disease activity in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases
- 5th of June 2024
Endry Lim
- PhD research on the complement system in COVID-19
- The complement system in COVID-19
- 31st of May 2024
Ingeborg van Zeggeren
- PhD research on pathogens in suspected infections of the central nervous system
- Clinical predictors, biomarkers and pathogen discovery sequencing in suspected central nervous system infections
- 30th May 2024
Feresthe Sheybani
- PhD research on bacterial meningitis in high-risk populations
- Bacterial meningitis in high-risk populations
- 23rd of April 2024
Kirsten Dorresteijn
- PhD research on external ventricular catheter-associated infections
- Diagnosis of external ventricular catheter-associated infections
- 6th of December 2023
Kinki Jim
- PhD research on translational research into bacterial meningitis using a zebrafish model
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The Host-Pathogen Interface in Pneumococcal Meningitis. Lessons from the Zebrafish Model
- 24th of November 2023
Sara Dias
- PhD research on sex differences in bacterial meningitis
- Sex and gender differences in bacterial meningitis
- 29th of March 2023
Dunja Westhoff
- PhD research on sepsis-associated encephalopathy in patients with sepsis and delirium.
- Neuroinflammation and delirium
- 3rd of February 2023
Merel Koopmans
- PhD research on Listeria monocytogenes, specifically focusing on Listeria meningitis and factors associated with poor outcomes.
- Listeria monocytogenes meningitis
- 16th of November 2022
Inge Hoogland
- PhD research on the effect of systemic infection on the immune system in the brain
- Microglia and neuroinflammatory response during systemic infection
- 7th of October 2022
Hina Khan
- PhD research on the integration of host and pathogen responses in meningitis and sepsis.
- Systems biology of the host response to severe infection
- 18th of May 2022
Daan Fritz
- PhD research on genetic predisposition, clinical characteristics, diagnostic investigations, efficacy of immunosuppressive treatment, and outcomes of neurosarcoidosis.
- Neurosarcoidosis
- 21st of January 2022
Philip Kremer
- PhD research on identifying risk genes in patients and bacteria that determine the outcome of meningitis.
- Host and pathogen genetics in bacterial meningitis
- 6th of October 2021
Merel van Kassel
- PhD research on invasive group B Streptococcus and bacterial meningitis in the Netherlands.
- Invasive group B streptococcal disease in the Netherlands
- 16th of March 2021
Anne Kloek
- PhD research on the functionality of genetic variations influencing susceptibility to bacterial meningitis or disease outcomes.
- Genetics and outcome of bacterial meningitis
- 8th of December 2020
Soemirien Kasanmoentalib
- PhD research on the role of the complement system in bacterial meningitis.
- Bacterial meningitis and the complement system
- 2nd of December 2020
JooYeon Engelen-Lee
- PhD research on the histopathology of bacterial meningitis
- Histopathology of bacterial meningitis
- 24th of January 2020
Jan-Dirk Vermeij
- PhD research on preventive antibiotic therapy in patients with stroke.
- Preventive antibiotic therapy in patients with acute stroke
- 8th of November 2019
Willeke Westendorp
- PhD research on preventive antibiotic therapy in patients with stroke.
- Preventive antibiotic therapy in acute stroke
- 15th of January 2019
Joost Costerus
- PhD research on the use and characteristics of lumbar puncture in adults with bacterial meningitis.
- Lumbar puncture in bacterial meningitis
- 30th of November 2018
Kiril van Veen
- PhD research on immunocompromised patients with bacterial meningitis.
- Bacterial meningitis in immunocompromised patients
- 12th of April 2018
Anusha van Samkar
- PhD research on zoonotic pathogens causing bacterial meningitis
- Zoonotic bacterial meningitis in adults: clinical characteristics, etiology, treatment and outcome
- 11th of October 2016
Madelijn Geldhoff
- PhD research on the pathophysiology of bacterial meningitis
- Pathophysiology of pneumococcal meningitis
- 30th of September 2016
Merijn Bijlsma
- PhD research on the epidemiology of bacterial meningitis following the nationwide implementation of vaccines.
- Bacterial meningitis: epidemiology, herd protection, clinical characteristics, and risk assessment
- 1st of July 2016
Jurgen Piet
- PhD research on the association of bacterial genetics with clinical characteristics of patients with bacterial meningitis.
- Bacterial genetics in meningitis: Associating meningococcal and pneumococcal genes with clinical outcome
- 22nd of June 2016
Marjolein Lucas
- PhD research on the incidence, clinical characteristics, prognostic factors, and microbiological characteristics of patients with bacterial meningitis.
- Complications and outcome of bacterial meningitis
- 17th of June 2016
Barry Mook
- PhD research on translational studies of bacterial meningitis
- Translational studies in pneumococcal meningitis
- 11th of June 2016
Kirsten Adriani
- PhD research on risk factors for bacterial meningitis
- Risk factors for community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults
- 16th of October 2015
Sebastiaan Heckenberg
- PhD research on host-pathogen factors and outcomes in bacterial meningitis
- Bacterial meningitis in adults: Host and pathogen factors, treatment and outcome
- 12th of April 2013
Mercedes Valls Serón
- PhD research on a component of the fibrinolytic system responsible for dissolving blood clots and its impact on the outcome of infection with the bacterium.
- Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor and bacterial infections
- 16th of November 2011
Matthijs Brouwer
- PhD research on the clinical characteristics, risk factors, and treatment of bacterial meningitis in adults.
- Bacterial meningitis in adults: clinical characteristics, risk factors and adjunctive treatment
- 8th of September 2010
Diederik van de Beek
- PhD research on bacterial meningitis in adults.
- Bacterial meningitis in adults
- 1 juli 2004