A team of driven specialists at brain research center performs clinical Alzheimer's -and other brain diseases- trials on a daily basis.
Dr. Niels Prins is Brain Research Center’s director. Together with his colleagues he is commited to take on Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, because he knows clinical research can make a difference. Dr. Niels Prins also works as a Neurologist in the Alzheimercentrum Amsterdam/ Amsterdam UMC.
Ad Hoeks is responsible for operations at Brain Research Center.
Dr. Sterre Rutgers is medical director and one of Brain Research Center’s Research Physicians in Amsterdam. She is responsible for the clinical team and in charge of all other medical aspects associated with the trials. Sterre Rutgers takes her time and she assists her patients with advise and action.
Prof. dr. Philip Scheltens is tied to the Brain Research Center as a Medical Advisor. He is a professor in Cognitive Neurology and Director of Alzheimercentrum Amsterdam. By combining these three positions, Philip Scheltens is working towards the higher goal of making Alzheimer’s disease, and other forms of dementia, treatable thanks to scientific research.
Dr. Daphne Troost is one of brain research center’s Research Physicians. She is responsible for the physical and neurological exams during scheduled visits. She is a physician that works thoroughly and professionally. She takes her time with her patients.
Dr. Jort Vijverberg is one of our neurologists, he also works in the Alzheimercentrum Amsterdam/Amsterdam UMC. He is responsible for the bussines development of BRC. To add, he is principal investigator for multiple studies.
Dr. Paul Dautzenberg is Medical director of brain research center’s Den Bosch location.
Furthermore, dr. Paul Dautzenberg is a Clinical geriatric physician at the Jeroen Bosch hospital.
Belinda is part of Brain Research Center’s office managers. Belinda will great you with a warm welcome when visiting brain research center’s Amsterdam location.
Kim van der Graft is part of Brain Research Center’s office managers. Kim is also responsible for HR related tasks.
Norbert Pollemans is head of Brain Research Center’s marketing and communications.
Romy Zengerink is part of Brain Research Center’s office managers. To add, she assists with finance aspects.
Femke van der Linden is part of Brain Research Center’s team of study coordinators. Femke will be your first point of contact for multiple studies. She coordinates the visits and processes the obtained data.
Lisa van Maanen is part of Brain Research Center’s team of study coordinators. Lisa will be your first point of contact for multiple studies. She coordinates the visits and processes the obtained data.
Evelien Norbart is part of Brain Research Center’s team of study coordinators. Evelien will be your first point of contact for multiple studies. She coordinates the visits and processes the obtained data.
Hetty is research coordinator at Brain Research Center Den Bosch. Hetty will be your first point of contact for multiple studies. She coordinates the visits and processes the obtained data.
Kim is Brain Research Center’s Start-up specialist. She is the first point of contact for the start-up of new clinical trials.
Kim Verheul is part of Brain Research Center’s team of study coordinators. Kim will be your first point of contact for multiple studies. She coordinates the visits and processes the obtained data.
Femke Errens is part of Brain Research Center’s team of Neuropsychologists. This team performs neuropsychological assessments during every visit. These assessments are able to give an insight into someone’s memory, attention -and concentration, language, and other aspects that make up a person’s cognition. He will also go through some questionnaires with subject and study partner, concerning care that is needed due to Alzheimer’s disease.
Lois Ottenhoff is part of Brain Research Center’s team of Neuropsychologists and is also our pre-screening specialist. As a pre-screening specialist, Lois Ottenhoff processes all incoming registrations in our centre and reviews them together with our site physicians to see which clinical trial these registrations are eligible for.
As a neuropsychologist Lois performs neuropsychological assessments during every visit. These assessments are able to give an insight into someone’s memory, attention -and concentration, language, and other aspects that make up a person’s cognition. She will also go through a few questionnaires with you and your partner, concerning care that is needed due to Alzheimer’s disease.
Dewi Caton is part of Brain Research Center’s team of Neuropsychologists. This team performs neuropsychological assessments during every visit. These assessments are able to give an insight into someone’s memory, attention -and concentration, language, and other aspects that make up a person’s cognition. She will also go through a few questionnaires with you and your partner, concerning care that is needed due to Alzheimer’s disease.
Deliane van Vliet is part of Brain Research Center’s team of Neuropsychologists at our Den Bosch location. This team performs neuropsychological assessments during every visit. These assessments are able to give an insight into someone’s memory, attention -and concentration, language, and other aspects that make up a person’s cognition. She will also go through a few questionnaires with you and your partner, concerning care that is needed due to Alzheimer’s disease.
Thomas Dautzenberg is our datamanager. Thomas is responsible for checking and processing all the data that enters -or is created in- our centre.
To add, Thomas is also responsible for the pre-screening of new registrations
Brain Research Center has a preferred partnership with the Jeroen Bosch Hospital. This hospital strives for high-quality patient care, where training and research are also among the core tasks.
Brain Research Center has a preferred partnership with Alzheimercentrum Amsterdam UMC, this is another leading centre in the field op scientific research. Together, we are looking for solutions against dementia. Both centres focus on dementia research and naturally have their own view and field of expertise. Only by working together will we stand stronger.
Brain Research Center has a preferred partnership with Alzheimer Nederland. Together, we are trying to create a future without Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer Nederland is helping the brain research center, by drawing attention towards the importance of clinical research, and by sharing their profound and comprehensive knowledge with us.
MRI is more than ever becoming an integral part of drug development, neurological and psychological trials and other scientific research. The MRI Centrum has been a preferred brain research center partner for years, and performs various MRI scans for our different clinical trials.
Amsterdam Neuroscience's mission is clear: to improve the understanding of the human brain and its nervous system in health and disease, by performing integrated basic-, translation-, and clinical research.
Brain Research Center wants to improve quality of life in people suffering from a brain disease through high quality -and innovative research in a safe and hospitable enviroment. Our goal is deliver a substantial contribution towards the registration of a drug against dementia. We stand for reliability, quality and proffesionalism
Mission
Our mission is to rid the world of dementia and other brain diseases.
Questions are there to be answered. Please feel free to ask your question. Our staff is available on work days from 8.30 until 17:00.