Dorret I. Boomsma#
| Membership Number: | 3259 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.neurosciencecampus-amsterdam.nl/en/people/staff-a-z/staff-a-b/boomsma/index.asp http://www.psy.vu.nl/nl/over-de-faculteit/medewerkers-alfabetisch/medewerkers-a-b/d-boomsma |
http://www.psy.vu.nl/nl/over-de-faculteit/medewerkers-alfabetisch/medewerkers-a-b/d-boomsma
Present and Previous Positions
- 1998-present Full professor of Biological Psychology, Free University and Free University Medical Centre, Amsterdam; Head of Department
- 1994-1997 Associate professor (Department of Psychonomics, Free university)
- 1990-1994 Assistant professor (Department of Psychonomics, VU Univ)
- 1985-1990 Research scientist Genetics of Cardiovascular Risk Factors (Free University)
- 1984-1985 Statistician (Department of Dental Surgery, Free University
Fields of Scholarship
- Individual differences in normal and abnormal behavior, health, and cognition
- Genetic and biological basis of individual differences
- Etiological pathways to complex behavioral and neuropsychiatric traits and common diseases
- Genetics of twinning
- Large scale longitudinal genetic-epidemiological studies of complex traits (Netherlands Twin Register (NTR)
- Genetic linkage, association and expression studies (NTR Biobank project)
Honours and Awards
- 2011 KNAW Merian Prize
- 2011 NARSAD established investigator
- 2009 Hendrik Muller Award (awarded by Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences)
- 2008 ERC established investigator
- 2002 James Shield Award (awarded by the International Society for the Study of Twins)
- 2002 Spinoza Premium (awarded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
- 2001 Member,Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen
- 2001 Member KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences)
- 1996 Junior-Heymans Award (awarded by Dutch Psychological Association)
- 1985 Thompson Award (awarded by Behavior Genetics Association)
