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Website
Programme type
Research programme
Programme status
Ongoing
Total number of funded projects
19
Summary of key aims
The main task of RIDE (Research Institute of Disease in the Elderly) is to induce top-quality research groups to perform, on an internationally competitive level, fundamental biomedical research into the aetiology of diseases in the elderly.
The specific objectives of the institute are:
to elucidate the underlying biological causes of selected diseases
to identify determinants as a basis for designing effective preventive measures
to apply acquired knowledge to prevention, diagnosis and therapy of the selected diseases
to improve the quality of life of the elderly
The central epidemiological population (the Rotterdam Study) is the basis of the institute's activities. Research is performed in the following four research themes:
cell-biological and genetic determinants of ageing and Alzheimer's disease
search for genetic and environmental factors predisposing for atherosclerosis
the role of endocrine factors in the pathogenesis of diseases in the elderly
genome stability and ageing
Management contact
Inesz van Benten
Benten@zonmw.nl
+31(0)70-349 5279
ZonMw
P.O. Box 93245,
2509 AE The Hague
The Netherlands
Admin contact
ZonMw
info@zonmw.nl
+31(0)70-349 5279
ZonMw
P.O. Box 93245,
2509 AE The Hague
The Netherland
Scientific contact
Bert Hofman
a.hofman@erasmusmc.nl
+31-10-4081111
Postbus 1738
3000 DR
Rotterdam
Funding contact
Gerard Dekker
+31-70-3407911
Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport
PO Box 20350
2500 EJ The Hague
Is the project externally evaluated?
No
What forms of international collaboration does the programme support?
- ▪ Travel for national researchers
Interdisciplinary research is a strategic priority...
- For the programme ✔
