Roel Vermeulen Explained

Roel Vermeulen
Birth Name:Rudolf Cornelis Henricus Vermeulen
Birth Date:14 October 1970
Birth Place:Made, The Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Alma Mater:Utrecht University
Known For:Exposome
Workplaces:Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, Imperial College London
Fields:Environmental epidemiology, Exposome, Environmental science, Biology

Roel Vermeulen (born October 14, 1970, in Made, Netherlands) is a Dutch scientist and professor of Environmental epidemiology and Exposome Science at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences at Utrecht University[1] and the Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. In 2024 Prof. Vermeulen was appointed as Distinguished University Professor of Utrecht University in which role he will focus on the theme of planetary and preventive health. [2] [3]

Career

Roel Vermeulen studied Environmental science at Wageningen University and Research and received his PhD degree in 2001 from Utrecht University.[4] He spent six years researching the relationship between environmental factors, molecular changes and the development of cancer at the National Cancer Institute.[5] [6] [7] [8] In 2006, he returned to Utrecht University. In 2017 Roel Vermeulen was appointed as Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Exposome Analysis at Utrecht University and University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU)[9] [10] [11]

Since 2024 Vermeulen is Scientific Director of the Institute 4 Preventive Health (i4PH), which is part of the alliance between the Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Utrecht University and University Medical Center Utrecht. He chairs the planetary health community of Utrecht Life Sciences at Utrecht University and holds a visiting professor position at Imperial College London.

Vermeulen coordinates the Dutch research program on the exposome (Exposome-NL), leads an EU project (EXPANSE) as part of the European Human Exposome Network, coordinates the Dutch Hub of the European infrastructure on Exposome research (EIRENE-NL), co-coordinates the International Human Exposome Network (IHEN) and coordinates an EU project on micro- and nanoplastics (AURORA). He is the Principal Investigator of several large case-control and prospective (biobank) studies in occupational and the general population.

Vermeulen has served on many international committees including the World Health Organization and the National Toxicology Program in the USA. He was a member of the Dutch Health Council for over 12 years and has authored/co-authored over 800 academic publications.[12] [13] [14] [15]

Research

Vermeulen’s scientific research focuses on environmental risk factors for non-communicable diseases, with a strong emphasis on integrating epidemiology, high-quality exposure/exposome assessment and molecular biology into multidisciplinary investigations in order to: 

With his studies in these areas Vermeulen highlights the limitations in current exposure and epidemiological approaches, and the critical need for developing new methods to quantify the external and internal exposome through use of high-resolution exposure monitoring and omics signatures.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof. dr. ir. R.C.H. (Roel) Vermeulen. Utrecht University. 2021-04-04.
  2. The impact of alternative historical extrapolations of diesel exhaust exposure and radon in the Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study (DEMS). International Journal of Epidemiology, Oxford Academic. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2020. 49. 2. 459–466. 10.1093/ije/dyz189. 31539056. 7266543. 2021-05-13.
  3. Book: Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention. Oxford Scholarship. Michael . Martha S . James R . Christopher A . David . Thun . Linet . Cerhan . Haiman . Schottenfeld . 2017. Oxford University Press. 10.1093/oso/9780190238667.001.0001 . 9780190238698. 2021-05-13.
  4. Web site: Genotoxic exposure and biological effects in the rubber manufacturing industry. Utrecht University. 2021-05-12.
  5. Silverman. Debra T.. Samanic. Claudine M.. Lubin. Jay H.. Blair. Aaron E.. Stewart. Patricia A.. Vermeulen. Roel. Coble. Joseph B.. Rothman. Nathaniel. Schleiff. Patricia L.. 2012-06-06. The Diesel Exhaust in Miners study: a nested case-control study of lung cancer and diesel exhaust. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 104. 11. 855–868. 10.1093/jnci/djs034. 1460-2105. 22393209. 3369553.
  6. Attfield. Michael D.. Schleiff. Patricia L.. Lubin. Jay H.. Blair. Aaron. Stewart. Patricia A.. Vermeulen. Roel. Coble. Joseph B.. Silverman. Debra T.. 2012-06-06. The Diesel Exhaust in Miners study: a cohort mortality study with emphasis on lung cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 104. 11. 869–883. 10.1093/jnci/djs035. 1460-2105. 22393207. 3373218.
  7. Attfield. M. D.. Schleiff, P. L.. Lubin, J. H.. Blair, A.. Stewart, P. A.. Vermeulen, R.. Coble, J. B.. Silverman, D. T.. The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: A Cohort Mortality Study With Emphasis on Lung Cancer. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 5 March 2012. 10.1093/jnci/djs035. 104. 11. 869–883. 22393207. 3373218.
  8. Silverman. D. T. . Samanic, C. M. . Lubin, J. H. . Blair, A. E. . Stewart, P. A. . Vermeulen, R. . Coble, J. B. . Rothman, N. . Schleiff, P. L. . Travis, W. D. . Ziegler, R. G. . Wacholder, S. . Attfield, M. D.. The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: A Nested Case-Control Study of Lung Cancer and Diesel Exhaust. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 5 March 2012. 10.1093/jnci/djs034 . 104 . 11 . 855–868 . 22393209 . 3369553.
  9. Web site: Roel Vermeulen appointed Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Exposome Analysis. Utrecht University. 2020-05-12.
  10. News: Google gaat in Amsterdam de luchtvervuiling meten. Het Parool. Dutch. 2021-05-13.
  11. Vermeulen, Roel European Respiratory Society. European Respiratory Society. European Respiratory Journal. 2021-05-13.
  12. Web site: Healthy Urban Living. Utrecht University. 2021-05-10.
  13. Web site: 26 million for research into the impact of non-genetic factors on health. Utrecht University. 2021-05-01.
  14. Web site: EXposome Powered tools for healthy living in urbAN SEttings. European Commission. 2021-05-01.
  15. Web site: Dies Natalis 2021 - 385 years of science in Utrecht. Utrecht University. 2021-03-20.