Vice President Prof. J.M. Geleijnse

Marianne studied biomedical sciences at Leiden University and did a master in epidemiology in Rotterdam. She did a PhD at Erasmus University Rotterdam on research into sodium, potassium and blood pressure. Since 1999 she works at the department of Human Nutrition at Wageningen University, since 2015 as professor in nutrition and cardiovascular disease.

As a member of the permanent Committee on Nutrition and the former Standing Committee on Nutrition she was involved in the making of the Dutch dietary guidelines 2015. In 2014 she became a member of the Health Council of the Netherlands.