Supervised by Prof. Ben Witteman, Dr. Nicole de Roos, Dr. Nicole de Wit and Dr. Erwin Zoetendal. Working in 2 different consortia: - The IBSQUtrition consortium, which aims to improve quality of life of Irritable Bowel Syndrome patients via the diet. The consortium includes a large cohort to assess associations between diet, symptoms and psychological status; a longitudinal trial to assess time dynamics of the fecal gut microbiota and SCFA and the association with symptoms, diet and psychological status; and three intervention trials. - The Personalized Nutrition & Health consortium (PNH), living lab more fiber. Improving dietary fiber intake via digital personalized dietary advice in healthy adults and patients with constipation

Researcher at the project Healing Gardens: the effects of gardening on lifestyle and quality of life in cancer patients. Responsible for:- Development of the project.- Writing project proposal.- Applications for funding.- Executing pilot study.- Supervising students.

Master Internship the Center for Translational Research in Aging and Longevity (CTRAL), Texas A&M University, USA. Investigating body composition, muscle quality and altered protein metabolism in congestive heart failure patients. Also performing DEXA scans, lung function tests and handgrip strength measurements in participants with congestive heart failure and COPD, and preparing stable isotopes and protein meals for protein metabolism measurements. Working in a multidisciplinary research center.

The association between dietary vitamin K intake and cognitive perfomance in healthy adults: the NQ plus study. Performing a cross-sectional analysis of the baseline data of the NQ-plus research project, to investigate possible associations between dietary vitamin K and cognition.

Performing cognitive measurements at the D-fit research project of the WUR, participating in a research team and assisting in updating data in the research files. D-fit reserach project is studying the effects of vitamin D supplementation in frail elderly.

Performing research in elderly: scent tests by using sniffing sticks, cognitive performance assessment and data entry.

Working on the departments of neurology, neurosurgery, oncology, gastro-enterology and internal medicine.

Bachelor research in Rijnsate hospital to investigate hyperinsulinemia and hypoglycemiain Roux-and-Y Gastric Bypass patients and the effect of carbohydrate restrictive meals. Research was presented at several conferences and published in Obesity Surgery.

Clinical dietetic internship at Rijnstate Hospital, at the departments oncology, nephrology, dialysis and internal medicine. Working both clinical and policlinical.

Worked at cardiology, pulmonary, gynaecology, urology, internal medicine, neurology, ENT, dermatology, orthopaedic, gastroenterology, nephrology and obstetrics departments.

Qualitative research: interviewing frail elderly to investigate health care facilities of the neighbourhood and self-reliance of the elderly. Performed interviews and coded data.