Eva van Heese

Eva van Heese is a dedicated PhD student and research assistant at Amsterdam UMC - Amsterdam Neuroscience, focusing on sleep disorders and Parkinson's Disease through neuroimaging and collaborating with international consortia such as ENIGMA-PD and NICHY. Previous research internships include a thesis on thalamus morphology in narcolepsy type 1, supervised by Jari Gool and Ysbrand van der Werf, and a project on brain clearance using non-invasive MRI at Leiden University Medical Center under Lydiane Hirschler. Experience also includes an academic visit to Concordia University's Sleep, Cognition, and Neuroimaging Lab, research on amygdala responsivity in relation to insomnia, anxiety, and depression at Nederlands Herseninstituut, and serving as a teaching assistant at Universiteit van Amsterdam. Educational qualifications encompass a Master's degree in Neurosciences from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a Bachelor's degree in Psychobiology from the University of Amsterdam.