Diederick E Grobbee

Diederick (Rick) E. Grobbee, MD, PhD (1957) was trained in medicine in Utrecht and, after a residency in internal medicine, obtained a PhD in epidemiology at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. His education was continued at McGill University in Montreal and as a visiting Associate Professor at Harvard University School of Public Health. He spent nearly a decade at Erasmus, where he headed the cardiovascular epidemiology group and was appointed Professor of Clinical Epidemiology. He subsequently...See more

Diederick (Rick) E. Grobbee, MD, PhD (1957) was trained in medicine in Utrecht and, after a residency in internal medicine, obtained a PhD in epidemiology at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. His education was continued at McGill University in Montreal and as a visiting Associate Professor at Harvard University School of Public Health. He spent nearly a decade at Erasmus, where he headed the cardiovascular epidemiology group and was appointed Professor of Clinical Epidemiology. He subsequently moved to the University Medical Center Utrecht, to become Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and founder of the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care of which he served as a Chairman for the next 14 years. He holds honorary appointments at Sydney University and the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. In 2010 he was appointed Distinguished University Professor of International Health Sciences and Global Health at Utrecht University, where he also is Program Director of the international MSc and PhD Epidemiology Program. He is a fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences and chairs its Medical Section and Medical Advisory Council. He is Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. His teaching experience includes courses on clinical epidemiology and clinical research methods to various audiences in several countries. See less