Wiesje Van Der Flier Email & Phone Number

I like to work on the intersection between disciplines, helping novel knowledge find its way into society. My leadership is characterized by enthusiasm and pro-activity. I prefer to work in a dynamic environment on a social challenge, mobilising people to jointly achieve concrete results. I combine long term vision and an analytical view with executive power. With my sensitivity to stakeholder needs, I bring together different points of view to achieve innovative solutions.Short bioWiesje van der Flier is scientific director of Alzheimer center Amsterdam at Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands, where she works since 2004. She leads the Amsterdam Dementia Cohort, an ongoing memory-clinic based cohort including over 7000 patients with deep phenotyping (MRI, EEG, CSF biomarkers, and PET) and linked biobank (blood, DNA, CSF). The Amsterdam Dementia Cohort is at the basis of many of the studies performed at Alzheimer center Amsterdam. Van der Fliers main research areas are looking for the origin of AD, diagnosis&prognosis, and intervention&prevention. Van der Flier leads ABOARD (A Personalized Medicine Approach for Alzheimer’s Disease), a Dutch public-private partnership of than 30 partners. Together with colleague Philip Scheltens, she has written a book, het Alzheimermysterie, which was published by the Arbeiderspers.

Listed skills include Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Neuropsychology, Clinical Research, and 2 others.