Flora E. van Leeuwen

Cardio-Oncology

Utrecht University

About

Flora E. van Leeuwen works in Cardio-Oncology affiliated with Utrecht University.

Flora E. van Leeuwen is a group leader in Epidemiology at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam. She also holds a chair in Cancer Epidemiology at the University of Amsterdam. Her research examines long-term health outcomes, including cardiovascular diseases, in survivors of various cancers such as Hodgkin lymphoma and breast cancer.

Research focus

Cardiotoxicity in Hodgkin lymphoma survivorsCardiovascular disease risk in breast cancer survivorsLate cardiac effects after cancer treatmentCardiac comorbidities in childhood cancer survivorsCardiovascular outcomes in testicular cancer patients

Impact

719 pubs · 40,031 cites · h-index 96

Training

PhD in Epidemiology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1989
MSc in Epidemiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1983
MSc in Human Nutrition
Wageningen Agricultural University
1981

Affiliations

Work Experience

Groupleader Epidemiology

Netherlands Cancer Institute · 2022 - Present

Professor of Cancer Epidemiology

University of Amsterdam · 1998 - Present

Head of Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology

Netherlands Cancer Institute · 2010 - 2022

Consulting epidemiologist

Comprehensive Cancer Center Amsterdam · 1989 - 2010

Head of the Subsection on Epidemiology

Netherlands Cancer Institute · 1986 - 2010