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Giel Nijpels
Emeritus professor of General Practice with special focus on diabetes care.
Department of general practice, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam
Emeritus professor of General Practice with special focus on diabetes care.
Department of general practice, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam
Brief Work History
Giel Nijpels (1949, Alkmaar, the Netherlands) studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam and specialised as a general practitioner. He worked in a health center in Hoorn ( a town about 50 km above Amsterdam) and in 1989 he was one of the initiators of the Hoorn Study, a study of glucose tolerance in the general population.
In 1996 is obtained a PhD at the VU Medical Center Amsterdam, this was a study of the Natural History of Impaired Glucose Tolerance, a part of the Hoorn Study.
He was granted a fellowship from the Dutch Diabetes Fund and he started his PhD research at the EMGO Institute at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
He obtained his PhD in Health Sciences in 1996. He started working as associate professor in diabetes research in 2002. In 2005 he was appointed professor of General Practice with special focus on diabetes care.
In 1996 he started the Diabetes Caresystem West-Friesland, one of the first diabetes management models in the Netherlands.
In 1996 is obtained a PhD at the VU Medical Center Amsterdam, this was a study of the Natural History of Impaired Glucose Tolerance, a part of the Hoorn Study.
He was granted a fellowship from the Dutch Diabetes Fund and he started his PhD research at the EMGO Institute at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
He obtained his PhD in Health Sciences in 1996. He started working as associate professor in diabetes research in 2002. In 2005 he was appointed professor of General Practice with special focus on diabetes care.
In 1996 he started the Diabetes Caresystem West-Friesland, one of the first diabetes management models in the Netherlands.
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