On Tuesday 16 September 2025, A. Heshmatollah will defend the doctoral thesis titled: A Population-Based Approach to Stroke: Etiology, incidence and prognosis
- Promotor
- Promotor
- Date
- Tuesday 16 Sep 2025, 10:30 - 12:00
- Type
- PhD defence
- Space
- Professor Andries Querido room
- Building
- Education Center
- Location
- Erasmus MC
Below is a brief summary of the dissertation:
This thesis focuses on cerebrovascular diseases and their etiology, incidence and prognosis in a population-based setting. It describes time trends on the incidence and prognosis of stroke and its subtypes, extends the knowledge on vascular risk factors of stroke and the clinical relevance of transient neurological attack in stroke risk, and explores the interrelations of cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative pathology in stroke etiology.
- More information
The public defence will start exactly at 10.30 hrs. The doors will be closed once the public defence starts; latecomers can access the hall via the fourth floor. Given the solemn nature of the meeting, we advise not to bring children under the age of 6 to the first part of the ceremony.
A livestream link has been provided to candidate.
