Layal Chaker
The Erasmus Medical Center (EMC), The Netherlands
Dr. Layal Chaker is currently a Medical Doctor
at the department of Endocrinology and Epidemiologist at the Department of Epidemiology
both at the Erasmus Medical Center (EMC) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She
obtained her Medical Degree cum laude at the EMC in 2008. Since 2013, she has
been working at the Academic Center for Thyroid Diseases and Department of
Epidemiology (EMC) in clinical and genetic epidemiology research concerning
thyroid function and dysfunction. She obtained her Master of Science degree in
Clinical Epidemiology at the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences in 2015
(valedictorian). She defended her thesis “Thyroid and Aging” in 2017 and
obtained her PhD cum laude. She has worked as Curriculum
Development and Research fellow at the department of epidemiology at the Harvard
T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, USA.
Dr. Chaker’s clinical research focuses on the association
between thyroid function, both overt and subclinical, and diseases related to
aging, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular and neurological diseases. She
performs her epidemiological studies in the context of the Rotterdam Study, a
prospective cohort study, and has conducted several systematic reviews and
meta-analyses in international collaboration through the Thyroid Studies
Collaboration.
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| Date (UTC+8) | Time (UTC+8) | Local Time | Room | Session | Role | Talk Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-20 | 08:45-09:10 | 2020-12-20,08:45-09:10 | Room 2 |
Symposium 22 Thyroid Dysfunction & Diabetes |
Speaker | Type 2 Diabetes and Thyroid Dysfunction |