Edith J. M. Feskens

Preventive Cardiology

University of Bremen

About

Edith J. M. Feskens works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with University of Bremen.

Edith J. M. Feskens is a Professor of Global Nutrition at Wageningen University & Research. She currently serves as the Dean of Research at Wageningen University & Research. Her research focuses on the role of nutrition in preventing cardiovascular diseases and diabetes through epidemiological studies and interventions.

Research focus

Dietary antioxidants and coronary heart disease riskFatty acids and cardiovascular risk factorsNutritional interventions for type 2 diabetes preventionEpidemiology of diet and metabolic syndromeDiet quality and chronic disease outcomes

Impact

908 pubs · 59,936 cites · h-index 119

Training

PhD
Leiden University
1991
MSc in Human Nutrition
Wageningen University
1987

Affiliations

Work Experience

Dean of Research

Wageningen University & Research · 2025 - Present

Professor and Chair of Global Nutrition

Wageningen University & Research · 2018 - Present

Chair of Nutrition and Health over the Lifecourse

Wageningen University & Research · 2015 - 2018

Personal Professor in Nutrition and the Metabolic Syndrome

Wageningen University & Research · 2008 - 2015

Head of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Epidemiology Unit

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) · 1991 - 2005