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Dr. Heidi Jacobs

​Associate Professor of Radiology
​Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Department of Radiology - Gordon Center for Biomedical Imaging
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
Associate Professor of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
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)
2015 - 2022
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)
2015 - 2021
Assistant Professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands
2011 - 2014
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
PhD-candidate, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
2006 - 2008: Marie Curie Fellow
2009
Short term visiting researcher at the Athinoula A. Martinos Centre for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
2003 - 2011
Clinical neuropsychologist, Sint-Vincentius hospital, Antwerp,  Belgium (neurology, neurosurgery, geriatrics, psychiatry)
2002 - 2010
Clinical psychologist and cognitive behavioural psychotherapist, Dianthus, Waasmunster, Belgium
2005 - 2006
Neuropsychologist and neurofeedback therapist, M-CARE4U Clinic, Gent, Belgium 
2003 - 2006
Neuropsychologist, Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium  (neurology, neurorehabilitation and geriatrics)

Education and Training

2016-2017
2013
Applied Biostatistics, Harvard Medical School, USA
Equivalence to GZ-psycholoog (Specialist in Health Care Psychology) via the Ministry of health, the Netherlands
2011
PhD, Cum Laude on “Parietal Matters in Early Alzheimer’s Disease: Evidence from Structural and Functional MRI"
2011
Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs (Basic Teaching Qualification for Universities), Maastricht University, The Netherlands
2007 - 2009
Master after Master in Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Ghent, Belgium
2004 - 2007
Specialized studies in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
2002 - 2004
Graduate in Psychodiagnostics, Lessius Hogeschool Antwerp, Belgium
2002 - 2004
Teacher’s degree (big distinction), CVO-IVV Ghent, Belgium (equal to BKO certificate for the Netherlands)
2001 - 2002
​Basic counseling skills, Kern, Sint-NIklaas, Belgium
1996 - 2002
Master in Biological Psychology (Cum Laude in Neuropsychology, Developmental psychology and Clinical psychopathology), Maastricht University, The Netherlands
1990 - 1996
High school Economics and Mathematics, Heilig-Grafinstituut, Sint-Truiden, Belgium

​Dr. Heidi Jacobs, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Boston, USA
Email: hjacobs(AT)mgh.harvard.edu
Maastricht University , School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Limburg, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Email: h.jacobs(AT)maastrichtuniversity.nl

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