Personal information
Giel Nijpels
Contact details
Department of General Practice
EMGO Institute VU University Medical Center
Van der Boechorststraat 7
1081 BT Amsterdam
tel: +31-20-4449659; fax: +31-20-4448361
email: g.nijpels@vumc.nl
Short biography
In 1996 is started the Diabetes Care System West-Friesland, one of the first diabetes management models in the Netherlands. He is now medical advisor of the Diabetes Care System West-Friesland (website: www.diabetes-zorg.nl).
Giel Nijpels is professor of General Practice with special attention to Diabetes Care, at the Department of General Practice VU University medical center Amsterdam (2006-present). He is project leader of several scientific projects on the epidemiology and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes and projects on diabetes prevention and diabetes care programmes. He is programme director of the research program Lifestyle, Diabetes and Overweight of the EMGO Institute, director of the Diabetes Research Center in Hoorn, director of the Diabetes Care System West-Friesland and chairman of the foundation of Arateus of Cappadocie. His special research focuses are the prevention of type 2 diabetes and diabetes care models. Many of the research projects with respect of diabetes care are related to the Chronic Care Model and disease management of diabetes. Self-management, risk communication, organisation of shared diabetes care and cost-effectivity are important elements of this research. Het is (co)author of more than 350 international publications. Since January 2010 he is member of the Scientific research Board of the Dutch Diabetes Foundation.
(Inter)National collaborations
International cooperation:
Diabetes Research Group Pisa (E. Ferrannini): pathogenesis of insulin resistance
University of Cambridge (N. Warham, S. Griffin, W. Hardeman, S. Sutton): screening for type 2 diabetes; behavioural change programmes
University of Oxford (A. Farmer) Self-management of Blood Glucose Control
University of Copenhagen (Knut Borch-Johnsen, Steno Diabetes Center): DECODE
National cooperation:
RIVM Bilthoven (C.Baan, T. Feenstra): cost-effectiveness of diabetes care/Diamant study
IMTA Rotterdam (L. Niessen): cost-effectiveness of diabetes care/ screening model for retinopathy
Julius centrum UMC Utrecht (G.Rutten): samen leven met diabetes programma
Julius centrum UMC Utrecht (K.Moons): Diamant study