Meike Bartels

Meike Bartels
Born1973 (age 51–52)
NationalityDutch
EducationVU University Amsterdam
Virginia Institute of Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics
Known forResearch on genetics of well-being
AwardsFuller & Scott Award from the Behavior Genetics Association (2008)
Scientific career
FieldsBehavior genetics
Psychology
InstitutionsVU University Amsterdam
ThesisBehavior problems, cognition, and hormones: A longitudinal-genetic study in childhood (2003)
Doctoral advisorDorret Boomsma

Meike Bartels (born 1973) is a Dutch psychologist and behavior geneticist known for her research on the genetics of happiness and subjective well-being. She is professor in "Behavior and Quantitative Genetics" at the Department of Biological Psychology at VU University Amsterdam and affiliated with the Amsterdam Public Health Institute. She also holds a University Research Chair in Genetics and Wellbeing at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.[1][2] In 2008, she received the Fuller & Scott Award from the Behavior Genetics Association.[3] She is one of the principal investigators on the study finding genetic variants related to well-being [4]

References

  1. ^ "Meike Bartels". Amsterdam Public Health. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  2. ^ Kharpal, Arjun (2017-02-11). "A scientist has discovered why happiness might very well be genetic". CNBC. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  3. ^ "Historical table of BGA Meetings". Behavior Genetics Association. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  4. ^ Okbay, Aysu; et al. (June 2016). "Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being". Nature Genetics. 48 (6): 624–633. doi:10.1038/ng.3552. PMC 4884152. PMID 27089181.


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