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Name             :  Dorret I Boomsma
Department   :  Biological Psychology
Position         :  Head of Dept
Email            : dorret@psy.vu.nl
Telephone     : 31-20-5988787
Address        : Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam

CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME  Dorret I. Boomsma
POSITION TITLE  Professor
EDUCATION/TRAINING 
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam BA (cum laude)  1979 Psychology
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam MA (cum laude) 1983 Psychophysiology
Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO MA   1983 Behavior Genetics
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam PhD (cum laude) 1992 Quantitative Genetics
Positions and Employment
1984-1985  Statistician (Dept of Dental Surgery, VU, Amsterdam)
1985-1990  Research Assistant, Genetics of Cardiovascular Risk Factors (VU)
1990-1994  UD (Assistant professor, Dept of Psychonomics, VU, Amsterdam)
1994-1997  UHD (Associate professor, Dept of Psychonomics, VU, Amsterdam)
1998-present  Full professor / Head of department (Biological Psychology, VU, Amsterdam)
Other
1988  Established Netherlands Twin Register
1988-1991 Executive Committee Behavior Genetics Association
1987-2009 Faculty International Workshop Twin Methodology (Europe/USA)
1992-1999 Head Twin Research Methodology Group International Twin Society
1996/1997      NWO-MW Gene-Environment Interaction & Diet, Genetics and Chronic Disease
1999-2000 NWO (MW) Divisiebestuur Gezondheidswetenschappen
2000-present  Member exam committee Neuroscience MA program
2000-present Member ISTS board (International Society Twin Studies)
2002-present Steering committee GenomEUtwin
2005-present KNAW Committee Cognition
2006-present Organizer & jury member “Wetenschap & Maatschappij” (Science & Society)
2008  Member Gezondheidsraad (Netherlands Health Council)
2008  President Behavior Genetics Association

Awards and honors
1985   Thompson Award (awarded by Behavior Genetics Association)
1996  Junior-Heymans Award (awarded by Dutch Psychological Association)
2001  Member KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences)
2001  Member Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen
2002  Spinoza Prize (awarded by NWO)
2002  James Shield Award (Intern. Twin Society / Behavior Genetics Association)
2009  Hendrik Muller Award

CURRENT PROJECTS 
 
• Borderline Personality Disorder in a Dutch Twin Cohort ; Borderline Personality Disorder Research Foundation)
• Genetic determinants of risk behavior in relation to alcohol use and alcohol use disorder: a developmental perspective (Boomsma) ZonMW (Addiction)
• Genetics of Mental Illness: A lifespan approach to the genetics of childhood and adult neuropsychiatric disorders and comorbid conditions.  European Research Council

KEY PUBLICATIONS

1. Bartels M, Althoff RR, Boomsma DI. Anesthesia and Cognitive Performance in Children: No evidence for a causal relationship. Twin Res Hum Genet, 12(3): 246-253, 2009
2. Distel MA, Trull TJ, Willemsen G, Vink JM,Derom CA, Lynskey M, Martin NG, Boomsma DI. The Five Factor Model of personality and borderline personality disorder: A genetic analysis of comorbidity, Biol Psychiatry, in press
3. Koten JW, Wood G, Hagoort PG, Goebel R, Propping P, Willmes K, Boomsma DI. Genetic contribution to variation in cognitive function: an fMRI study in twins. Science, 323,1737-1740,  2009
4. Sullivan PF, de Geus EJ, Willemsen G, James MR, Smit JH, Zandbelt T, Arolt V, Baune BT, Blackwood D, Cichon S, Coventry WL, Domschke K, Farmer A, Fava M, Gordon SD, He Q, Heath AC, Heutink P, Holsboer F, Hoogendijk WJ, Hottenga JJ, Hu Y, Kohli M, Lin D, Lucae S, Macintyre DJ, Maier W, McGhee KA, McGuffin P, Montgomery GW, Muir WJ, Nolen WA, Nöthen MM, Perlis RH, Pirlo K, Posthuma D, Rietschel M, Rizzu P, Schosser A, Smit AB, Smoller JW, Tzeng JY, van Dyck R, Verhage M, Zitman FG, Martin NG, Wray NR, Boomsma DI, Penninx BW. Genome wide association for major depressive disorder: A possible role for the presynaptic protein piccolo. Molecular Psychiatry, 14, 359–375, 2009
5. Vink JM, Smit AB, de Geus EJC, Sullivan P, Willemsen G, Hottenga JJ, Smit J, Hoogendijk WJ, Zitman FG, Peltonen L, Kaprio J, Pedersen NL, Magnusson PK, Spector TD, Ohm Kyvik K, Morley KI, Heath AC, Martin NG, Westendorp RGJ, Slagboom PE, Tiemeier H, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Aulchenko YS, Amin N, Duijn C van, Penninx BW, DI Boomsma. Genome-wide association study of smoking initiation and current smoking. Am J Hum Genet, 84(3), 367-379, 2009