Prof. Dr. Ir. Ellen Blaak

Ellen Blaak has been a professor in Human Biology since 2007 and is Chair of the Department of Human Biology.
Her research focuses on the interorgan metabolic crosstalk (gut-adipose tissue-muscle metabolism) in the aetiology of obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus (>320 publ) as well as the impact of nutritional or lifestyle intervention.
Beside being a professor at Maastricht University, she is a project leader within the Top Institute Food and Nutrition, a public-private partnership of academia and international Food Industry, focussed on precompetitive research.
She is a member of the Nutrition committee of the Dutch Health Council and of several national and international advisory board/grant evaluation committees.