Page 257 - Characterization of genetic neurodevelopmental disorders at adult age, with a focus on 22q11.2 deletion syndrome - Emma Boersma

About the author
Emma Boersma- von Scheibler
was born on March 7th, 1992 in
Verwoerdburg, South-Africa. At the
age of three she moved with her
family to Weert, the Netherlands.
In 2010 she graduated from
secondary school (Atheneum) at
Philips van Horne in Weert. After
this she obtained her bachelor’s
degree in Biomedical Sciences at
Maastricht University in 2013. She
completed the first year of the
Master Health Food Innovation
Management before she started
in 2014 with the Master Physician-Clinical Investigator to graduate as a
medical doctor in 2018 at Maastricht University. During her last year she
did a 9-month internship at the Department of Clinical Genetics at the
Maastricht University Medical Center+ (MUMC+) to study genetic variants
associated with dilated cardiomyopathy. After graduating she worked
for one year as a resident at the Department of Internal Medicine at the
Maxima Medical Center (MMC) in Veldhoven. In 2019 she started as a PhD
candidate at Advisium, ‘s Heeren Loo, Amersfoort, and the Department of
Psychiatry and Neuropsychology at Maastricht University.
During her PhD trajectory she was involved in several projects with national
and international collaborations to increase knowledge of conditions
associated with the adult phenotype of genetic neurodevelopmental
disorders, with a focus on 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, aimed at improving
medical care for this population. She spent one month at the Department of
Human Genetics at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) for research
collaborations and a clinical internship. She also spoke at multiple national
and international conferences and has been on the organizing committee
of national symposia. In addition, she was involved in educational roles
as a tutor and supervisor for bachelor and master students of Maastricht
University and has been a reviewer for the American Journal of Medical
Genetics Part A. During her trajectory she received a mobility grant from
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