Prof. C.J.M. Klijn (Karin)
Principal Investigator - Donders Community for Medical Neuroscience
Principal Investigator - Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
Professor - Faculty of Medical Sciences (Radboudumc)
Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10
6525 GA Nijmegen
Internal postal code: 664
Karin Klijn trained in Neurology at the University Medical Center Utrecht. In 2013, after finishing her training, she worked as stroke fellow at the stroke unit of Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia (prof Graeme J Hankey , MD, FRCP, FRCP (Edin), FRACP).
From 2004 to 2015 she worked as neurologist at the UMC Utrecht. In June 2015 she was appointed as chair and professor of Neurology at the Radboud University Medical Center.
Her research interests is in neurovascular diseases. In addition to her studies of haemodynamic stroke in patients with carotid artery occlusion (leading to her cum laude PhD in 2001) and moyamoya, she now aims to improve life after intracerebral hemorrhage by means of etiological, diagnostic, prognostic and intervention studies. Over the years she has received multiple grants, including the prestigious clinical fellowship and Aspasia grant of ZonMw and a clinical established investigator grant of the Dutch Heart Foundation.