Dr. Heidi JacobsAssociate Professor of Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Department of Radiology - Athinoula A. Martinos Centre for Biomedical Imaging (Harvard Aging Brain Study) Boston, MA USA Honorary Associate Professor Maastricht University Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences School for Mental Health and Neuroscience Alzheimer Centre Limburg & Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience Department The Netherlands |
Work Experience
2022 - present
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Associate Professor of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator of the Jacobs Lab (since 2015) Co-Project leader and Investigator within the Harvard Aging Brain Study Investigator within the Framingham Heart Study (since 2018) Associate Professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands (since 2021) Chair of the Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems Professional Interest Area - ISTAART Advisory board member of ISTAART (International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research & Treatment) |
2015 - 2022
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Assistant Professor of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School (since 2019)
Principal Investigator of the Jacobs Lab (since 2015) Investigator within the Harvard Aging Brain Study (since 2015) Investigator within the Framingham Heart Study (since 2018) Associate Professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands (since 2021) Vice-chair of the Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems Professional Interest Area - ISTAART (2020-2022) |
2015 - 2021
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Assistant Professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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2011 - 2014
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Postdoc researcher, Research Centre Jülich, Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine, Cognitive neuroscience, Germany &
Head Neuropsychology section of the Memory Clinic Köln - Jülich, University Hospital Cologne, Department of Neurology, Germany |
2006 - 2011
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PhD-candidate, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
2006 - 2008: Marie Curie Fellow |
2009
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Short term visiting researcher at the Athinoula A. Martinos Centre for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
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2003 - 2011
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Clinical neuropsychologist, Sint-Vincentius hospital, Antwerp, Belgium (neurology, neurosurgery, geriatrics, psychiatry)
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2002 - 2010
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Clinical psychologist and cognitive behavioural psychotherapist, Dianthus, Waasmunster, Belgium
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2005 - 2006
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Neuropsychologist and neurofeedback therapist, M-CARE4U Clinic, Gent, Belgium
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2003 - 2006
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Neuropsychologist, Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium (neurology, neurorehabilitation and geriatrics)
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Education and Training
2016-2017
2013
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Applied Biostatistics, Harvard Medical School, USA
Equivalence to GZ-psycholoog (Specialist in Health Care Psychology) via the Ministry of health, the Netherlands
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2011
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PhD, Cum Laude on “Parietal Matters in Early Alzheimer’s Disease: Evidence from Structural and Functional MRI"
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2011
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Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs (Basic Teaching Qualification for Universities), Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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2007 - 2009
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Master after Master in Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Ghent, Belgium
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2004 - 2007
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Specialized studies in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
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2002 - 2004
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Graduate in Psychodiagnostics, Lessius Hogeschool Antwerp, Belgium
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2002 - 2004
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Teacher’s degree (big distinction), CVO-IVV Ghent, Belgium (equal to BKO certificate for the Netherlands)
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2001 - 2002
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Basic counseling skills, Kern, Sint-NIklaas, Belgium
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1996 - 2002
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Master in Biological Psychology (Cum Laude in Neuropsychology, Developmental psychology and Clinical psychopathology), Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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1990 - 1996
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High school Economics and Mathematics, Heilig-Grafinstituut, Sint-Truiden, Belgium
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