- Promotor
- Co-promotor
- Date
- Tuesday 6 Jun 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
- Type
- PhD defence
- Space
- Professor Andries Querido room
- Building
- Education Center
- Location
- Erasmus MC
I. Karabegović will defend her PhD dissertation on Tuesday 6 June 2023, entitled: ’Disentangling the Impact of Lifestyle Factors on Health and Disease‘.
Summary:
Over the last century, our lifespan has more than doubled due to advancements in research, technology, better nutrition and medicine. However, this longer lifespan comes with a certain cost. Although we are living longer, these years of life gained are usually accompanied with presence of one or more chronic diseases. To prevent these diseases from occurring, the focus has been on healthy lifestyle factors intervention. While there is a strong link between lifestyle factors and chronic diseases, the exact mechanisms are not yet fully understood. Epigenetics, which can be affected by lifestyle factors, may play a critical role in disease risk. As a result, in this thesis I examined epigenetic mechanisms as a potential underlying link between lifestyle factors and chronic diseases. By investigating these mechanisms, a better understanding of the connection between lifestyle factors and chronic diseases can be gained, leading to improved preventative measures.
- More information
The public defence will begin exactly at 13.00 hrs. The doors will be closed once the public defence starts, latecomers can access the hall via the fourth floor. Due to the solemn nature of the ceremony, we recommend that you do not take children under the age of 6 to the first part of the ceremony.
A live stream link has been provided to the candidate.