Nicole Hildebrand

Nicole Hildebrand obtained her master's Degrees in Medicine from Maastricht University, the Netherlands, in 2021. After her clinical rotation at the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department at Maastricht University Medical Center+, she started her PhD at Maastricht University under the supervision of Prof. Olde Damink, Dr. Sander Rensen and Dr. Marcel den Dulk. Her PhD projects focus on body composition, patient recorded indicator measurements (PRIMS) and prehabilitation in patients undergoing pancreatic surgery. In the context of PRIMS, she aims to use objective measurements of patients to predict treatment-related adverse events and long-term oncological results, especially in patients at risk of cachexia. Eventually, the aim of her PhD thesis is to present a framework for the use of body- and tumor-related PRIMS measures for enhanced predictive models in the future.

After finishing her PhD, Nicole will continue her career at the Department of Surgery at University Medicine Essen, Germany, where she will also build strong collaborative structures between Maastricht and Essen to bundle the expertises of both centers.