Amanda Kiliaan, PhD

JAD profile

Affiliation(s): 

radboudumc Donders institute for Brain Cognition and behaviour

Areas of Interest: 

Alzheimer's disease, aging, Cerebrovascular disease and vascular cognitive impairment, stroke, behavioral neuroscience, neurodegeneration

Biography & Research: 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1a Personal details • Amanda J Kiliaan, PhD • Current position: Senior Associate professor and head research dept Anatomy and PI Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour Radboudumc Nijmegen 1b Education/training Institution and Location Degree Year Conferred Field of Study Radboud University Nijmegen Msc 1986 Biology Doctorate/PhD University of Amsterdam, May 20th 1994, Supervisor: I. Positions and employment 2003-present Associate professor dept Anatomy, neuroscientist Nijmegen Alzheimer Centre PI Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center. 1997-2003 Senior researcher/project manager, group leader Neurosciences at Numico Research Wageningen. 1994-1997 assistant professor at Institute for Neurobiology, University of Amsterdam and visiting assistant professor dept. of Pathology, Intestinal Disease Research Group, McMaster University Hamilton, Canada, (Prof Dr M Perdue) 1994 Post-doc at the Intestinal Disease Research Group, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada (Prof Perdue). 1993 Post-doc at the Institute for Neurobiology, University of Amsterdam (supervision Dr. JA Groot). 1988-1989 Fellowship at the Dept. of Fish Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (Prof. Dr. S Holmgren). 1987-1993 PhD student Institute for Neurobiology University of Amsterdam. publications: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=kiliaan researcher id: http://www.researcherid.com/rid//D-8778-2012 patents: http://patent.ipexl.com/inventor/KILIAAN_AMANDA_JOHANNE_1.html short description of research: Effective therapies against neurodegenerative disorders like AD lack, and role of diet and lifestyle herein, is recognized. Our research is therefore focused on diet effects on brain structure and function in mice models for neurovascular and neurodegenerative diseases (hypertension, stroke, obesity, AD) but also in neurodevelopment. With neuroimaging, aspects of cerebral hemodynamics (cerebral blood flow/volume/plasticity), are studied, but also connectivity , in close collaboration with clinical research groups (Geriatrics, Neurology, Radiology) and food industries. With this multidisciplinary approach correlating imaging and pathological parameters to cognitive test outcomes we aim development of dietary treatments and preventatives in neurodegenerative and developmental disorders.