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Anna Caecilia Josephina Wilhelmina Janssens (15 June 1968 – 8 September 2022)[1][2]: 189  was a Dutch epidemiologist and research professor of translational epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.[3] Much of her research focused on polygenic score-based genetic risk prediction for complex diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, of which she was critical.[4][5][6] She also criticized what she considered an excessive focus on the role of genetics in attempts to prevent and treat human diseases.[7]

On 17 June 2022, it was announced that Janssens was nominated by the Cabinet of the Netherlands to become Member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy.[8]

References

  1. ^ NRC-columnist Cecile Janssens overleden (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Janssens, A.C.J.W. (21 May 2003). Perception of Prognostic Risk in Multiple Sclerosis (Thesis). Erasmus University Rotterdam.
  3. ^ Janssens, Cecile (14 September 2014). "About". A. Cecile J.W. Janssens. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ^ "A. Cecile J.W. Janssens". Rollins School of Public Health. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ^ Fleming, Nic (29 January 2014). "Can we ever fully trust personal gene tests?". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ^ Resnick, Brian (24 August 2018). "Heart disease risk is hidden in your genes. Scientists are getting better at finding it". Vox. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  7. ^ "How Helpful Would A Genetic Test For Obesity Risk Be?". NPR. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Ministerraad stemt in met nieuwe raad WRR". www.rijksoverheid.nl (in Dutch). 17 June 2022.

External links

Scholia has an author profile for A. Cecile J.W. Janssens.


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