Mohsen Ghanbari | Genetic Epidemiologist

Dr. Ghanbari is a medical doctor and molecular epidemiologist. He currently works as Associate Professor and Principal investigator at Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where he leads the Molecular & Systems Epidemiology research group. He has a multidisciplinary background due to training and working in the clinic, epidemiology and molecular biology. His research focuses on the identification of genetic determinants and novel biomarkers for complex diseases (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease, type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease). In addition to research, he is a dedicated teacher in multiple courses offered by the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES) and coordinates ‘omics’ data in the population-based Rotterdam Study cohort and the Erasmus Rucphen Family study.