Katerina Trajanoska
Assistant professor
I have a medical background and substantial experience in genetics and translational research. I was trained as a nurse and as a medical doctor in Macedonia and specialized in Genetic Epidemiology at the Erasmus Medical Center. My PhD was focused on musculoskeletal genomics identifying causal risk factors for musculoskeletal diseases with an emphasis on utilizing polygenic risk scores to predict disease susceptibility and employing Mendelian Randomization for causal inference analysis.
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I have made several important contributions to the understanding of musculoskeletal health, applying both epidemiological and genomic technologies resulting in more than 50 original research papers, reviews and book chapters. My research projects had a very collaborative and international character where I led and contributed to numerous research lines within international consortia, such as the GEnetic Factors for OSteoporosis Consortium (GEFOS) and the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology Consortium (CHARGE).
After my PhD, I moved to Canada for three years to do postdoctoral work at the Genome Medicine Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) program in McGill University, working on sequencing efforts for cardiovascular diseases prevention programs. During my postdoctoral training I also gain interest in the interplay between monogenic and polygenic variations in complex diseases to identify novel pathways and further strengthen the drug discovery and development pipeline.
Currently I am working as assistant professor at the Translation Skeletal Genomics group with an end goal to help answer translational questions regarding the utility of using genomics data and performing genomics-assisted medical decision-making. I am also actively involved as a teaching assistant and lecturer at The Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES) programme.
- Evaluating the relationship between glycemic control and bone fragility within the UK Biobank: observational and one-sample Mendelian randomization analysesGhatan, S., Koromani, F., Trajanoska, K., Van Velsen, E. F. S., Kavousi, M., Zillikens, M. C., Medina-Gomez, C., Oei, L. & Rivadeneira, F., 1 Nov 2024, In: JBMR Plus. 8, 11, ziae126.
Turner, C., Pardo, L. M., Gunn, D. A., Zillmer, R., Mekic, S., Liu, F., Ikram, M. A., Klaver, C. C. W., Croll, P. H., Goedegebure, A., Trajanoska, K., Rivadeneira, F., Kavousi, M., Brusselle, G. G. O., Kayser, M., Nijsten, T. & Bacardit, J., 3 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 38, 12, p. 2295-2302 8 p.
Gholizade, M., Marzban, M., Farhadi, A., Tangestani, H., Mahmudpour, M., Trajanoska, K., Shabankari, E., Rezaie, S., Khaleghi, M. M., Amini, A., Nabipour, I., Kalantarhormozi, M., Emamat, H., Ostovar, A., Larijani, B. & Darabi, A. H., Sept 2024, In: Obesity Research and Clinical Practice. 18, 5, p. 371-379 9 p.
Kocevska, D., Trajanoska, K., Mulder, R. H., Koopman-Verhoeff, M. E., Luik, A. I., Tiemeier, H. & van Someren, E. J. W., May 2024, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines. 65, 5, p. 710-719 10 p.
Trajanoska, K., Rivadeneira, F., Richards, J. B. & Manousaki, D., 2024, Feldman and Pike’s Vitamin D: Volume Two: Disease and Therapeutics. Elsevier, Vol. 2. p. 201-222 22 p.
Beaumont, R. N., Flatley, C., Vaudel, M., Wu, X., Chen, J., Moen, G. H., Skotte, L., Helgeland, Ø., Solé-Navais, P., Banasik, K., Albiñana, C., Ronkainen, J., Fadista, J., Stinson, S. E., Trajanoska, K., Wang, C. A., Westergaard, D., Srinivasan, S., Sánchez-Soriano, C. & Bilbao, J. R. & 68 others, , Nov 2023, In: Nature Genetics. 55, 11, p. 1807-1819 13 p.
Ortiz, M., Jauset-Rubio, M., Trummer, O., Foessl, I., Kodr, D., Acero, J. L., Botero, M. L., Biggs, P., Lenartowicz, D., Trajanoska, K., Rivadeneira, F., Hocek, M., Obermayer-Pietsch, B. & O’Sullivan, C. K., 23 Aug 2023, In: ACS Central Science. 9, 8, p. 1591-1602 12 p.
Medina-Gomez, C., Mullin, B. H., Chesi, A., Prijatelj, V., Kemp, J. P., Shochat-Carvalho, C., Trajanoska, K., Wang, C., Joro, R., Evans, T. E., Schraut, K. E., Li-Gao, R., Ahluwalia, T. S., Zillikens, M. C., Zhu, K., Mook-Kanamori, D. O., Evans, D. S., Nethander, M., Knol, M. J. & Thorleifsson, G. & 38 others, , 4 Jul 2023, In: Communications Biology. 6, 1, 691.
Xiao, T., Ghatan, S., Mooldijk, S. S., Trajanoska, K., Oei, L., Gomez, M. M., Ikram, M. K., Rivadeneira, F. & Ikram, M. A., 16 May 2023, In: Neurology. 100, 20, p. e2125-e2133
Young, W. J., Haessler, J., Benjamins, J. W., Repetto, L., Yao, J., Isaacs, A., Harper, A. R., Ramirez, J., Garnier, S., van Duijvenboden, S., Baldassari, A. R., Concas, M. P., Duong, T. V., Foco, L., Isaksen, J. L., Mei, H., Noordam, R., Nursyifa, C., Richmond, A. & Santolalla, M. L. & 74 others, , 14 Mar 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 1411.
Mekić, S., Pardo, L. M., Gunn, D. A., Jacobs, L. C., Hamer, M. A., Ikram, M. A., Vinke, E. J., Vernooij, M. W., Haarman, A. E. G., Thee, E. F., Vergroesen, J. E., Klaver, C. C. W., Croll, P. H., Goedegebure, A., Trajanoska, K., Rivadeneira, F., van Meurs, J. B. J., Arshi, B., Kavousi, M. & de Roos, E. W. & 3 others, , Mar 2023, In: British Journal of Dermatology. 188, 3, p. 390-395 6 p.
Benz, E., Wijnant, S. R. A., Trajanoska, K., Arinze, J. T., de Roos, E. W., de Ridder, M., Williams, R., van Rooij, F., Verhamme, K. M. C., Ikram, M. A., Stricker, B. H., Rivadeneira, F., Lahousse, L. & Brusselle, G. G., Aug 2022, In: ERJ Open Research. 8, 1, 00628-2021.
Bouillon, R., Manousaki, D., Rosen, C., Trajanoska, K., Rivadeneira, F. & Richards, J. B., May 2022, In: Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 18, 324, p. 324 1 p.
Pronk, A. C., Seppala, L. J., Trajanoska, K., Stringa, N., van de Loo, B., de Groot, L. C. P. G. M., van Schoor, N. M., Koskeridis, F., Markozannes, G., Ntzani, E., Uitterlinden, A. G., Rivadeneira, F., Stricker, B. H. & van der Velde, N., 14 Apr 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 4 April, e0266590.
Waqas, K., Chen, J., Trajanoska, K., Ikram, M. A., Uitterlinden, A. G., Rivadeneira, F. & Zillikens, M. C., 1 Feb 2022, In: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. 107, 2, p. e793-e803
Bouillon, R., Manousaki, D., Rosen, C., Trajanoska, K., Rivadeneira, F. & Richards, J. B., Feb 2022, In: Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 18, 2, p. 96-110 15 p.
Foessl, I., Bassett, J. H. D., Bjørnerem, Å., Busse, B., Calado, Â., Chavassieux, P., Christou, M., Douni, E., Fiedler, I. A. K., Fonseca, J. E., Hassler, E., Högler, W., Kague, E., Karasik, D., Khashayar, P., Langdahl, B. L., Leitch, V. D., Lopes, P., Markozannes, G. & McGuigan, F. E. A. & 14 others, , 1 Dec 2021, In: Frontiers in Endocrinology. 12, 720728.
Liu, C. T., Karasik, D., Xu, H., Zhou, Y., Broe, K., Cupples, L. A., Cpgm De Groot, L., Ham, A., Hannan, M. T., Hsu, Y. H., Jacques, P., Mclean, R. R., Paul, L., Selhub, J., Trajanoska, K., van der Velde, N., Van Schoor, N. & Kiel, D. P., 2 Aug 2021, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 114, 2, p. 578-587 10 p.
Nevola, K. T., Nagarajan, A., Hinton, A. C., Trajanoska, K., Formosa, M. M., Xuereb-Anastasi, A., Van Der Velde, N., Stricker, B. H., Rivadeneira, F., Fuggle, N. R., Westbury, L. D., Dennison, E. M., Cooper, C., Kiel, D. P., Motyl, K. J. & Lary, C. W., 1 Aug 2021, In: Journal of the Endocrine Society. 5, 8, bvab092.
Navarro, C. L. A., Grgic, O., Trajanoska, K., Van Der Tas, J. T., Rivadeneira, F., Wolvius, E. B., Voortman, T. & Kragt, L., 1 Jul 2021, In: Journal of Nutrition. 151, 7, p. 1993-2000 8 p.
Bergink, A. P., Trajanoska, K., Uitterlinden, A. G. & Van Meurs, J. B. J., 1 Jul 2021, In: Rheumatology (United Kingdom). 60, 7, p. 3409-3412 4 p.
Jones, G., Trajanoska, K., Santanasto, A., Stringa, N., Kuo, C., Atkins, J., Lewis, J., Duong, T., Hong, S., Biggs, M., Luan, J., Sarnowski, C., Lunetta, K., Tanaka, T., Wojczynski, M., Cvejkus, R., Nethander, M., Ghasemi, S., Yang, J. & Zillikens, M. C. & 46 others, , 28 Jan 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 654.
Trajanoska, K., 7 Oct 2020, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR).
Oliai Araghi, S., Jong, J., Trajanoska, K., Koromani, F., Rivadeneira, F., Zillikens, M. C., Schoor, N., de Groot, L., Ikram, A., Uitterlinden, A., Stricker, B. & van der Velde, N., 2020, In: Calcified Tissue International. 106, p. 104-114 11 p.
Trajanoska, K., Seppala, L., Medina Gomez, M., Hsu, Y., Zhou, S., Schoor, N., de Groot, L., Karasik, D., Richards, J., Kiel, D., Uitterlinden, A., Perry, J., van de Velde, N., Day, F. & Rivadeneira, F., 2020, In: Communications Biology. 3, 1, 543.
Trajanoska, K. & Rivadeneira, F., 2020, In: Frontiers in Endocrinology (Lausanne) (online). 11, 556610.
Magnus, M., Guyatt, A., Lawn, R., Wyss, A., Trajanoska, K., Kupers, L., Rivadeneira, F., Tobin, M., London, S., Lawlor, D., Millard, L. & Fraser, A., 2020, In: BMC Medicine. 18, 1, 71.
Waqas, K., Chen, J., Koromani, F., Trajanoska, K., van der Eerden, B., Uitterlinden, A., Rivadeneira, F. & Zillikens, M. C., 2020, In: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 35, 10, p. 1904-1913 10 p.
Schaft, N., Trajanoska, K., Rivadeneira, F., Ikram, A., Schoufour, J. & Voortman, T., 2020, In: Antioxidants. 9, 8, 728.
Koromani, F., Oei – Oei, L., Shevroja, E., Trajanoska, K., Schoufour, J., Muka, T., Franco Duran, O., Ikram, A., Zillikens, M. C., Uitterlinden, A., Krestin, G., Anastassiades, T., Josse, R., Kaiser, S., Goltzman, D., Lentle, B., Prior, J., Leslie, W., McCloskey, E. & Lamy, O. & 3 others, , 2020, In: Diabetes Care. 43, 1, p. 137-144 8 p.
Morris, J., Kemp, J., Youlten, S., Laurent, L., Logan, J., Chai, R., Medina Gomez, M., Trajanoska, K., Evans, D. & Richards, J., 2019, In: Nature Genetics. 51, 2, p. 258-266 9 p.
Grgic, O., Rivadeneira, F., Shevroja, E., Trajanoska, K., Jaddoe, V., Uitterlinden, A., Beck, T., Wolvius, E. & Medina Gomez, M., 2019, In: Bone. 122, p. 150-155 6 p.
Grgic, O., Chung, K., Shevroja, E., Trajanoska, K., Uitterlinden, A., Wolvius, E., Rivadeneira, F. & Medina Gomez, M., 2019, In: Bone. 121, p. 227-231 5 p.
Cerani, A., Zhou, S., Forgetta, V., Morris, J., Trajanoska, K., Rivadeneira, F., Larsson, S., Michaelsson, K. & Richards, J., 2019, In: BMJ-British medical journal. 366, l4410.
Trajanoska, K., Rivadeneira, F., Kiel, D. & Karasik, D., 2019, In: Current Osteoporosis Reports. 17, 2, p. 86-95 10 p.
Styrkarsdottir, U., Stefansson, O. A., Gunnarsdottir, K., Thorleifsson, G., Lund, S., Stefansdottir, L., Juliusson, K., Agustsdottir, A., Zink, F., Halldorsson, G., Ivarsdottir, E., Benonisdottir, S., Jonsson, H., Gylfason, A., Norland, K., Trajanoska, K., Boer, C., Southam, L., Leung, J. & Tang, N. & 31 others, , 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, Unsp 2054.
Hsu, Y., Estrada Gil, K., Evangelou, E., Ackert-Bicknell, C., Akesson, K., Beck, T., Medina Gomez, M., Trajanoska, K., Uitterlinden, A., Zillikens, M. C., Rivadeneira, F., Kiel, D. & Karasik, D., 2019, In: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 34, 7, p. 1284-1296 13 p., UNSP e3698.
Alferink, L., Trajanoska, K., Erler, N., Schoufour, J., de Knegt, R., Ikram, A., Janssen, H., Franco Duran, O., Metselaar, H., Rivadeneira, F. & Darwish Murad, S., 2019, In: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 34, 7, p. 1254-1263 10 p.
Koromani, F., Trajanoska, K., Rivadeneira, F. & Oei – Oei, L., 2019, In: Frontiers in Endocrinology (Lausanne) (online). 10, 337.
Benz Inalaf, G., Trajanoska, K., Lahousse, L., Schoufour, J., Terzikhan, N., de Roos, E., de Jonge, G., Williams, R., Franco Duran, O., Brusselle, G. & Rivadeneira, F., 2019, In: European Respiratory Review. 28, 154, 190049.
Schoufour, J., Franco Duran, O., Jong, J., Trajanoska, K., Stricker, B., Brusselle, G., Rivadeneira, F., Lahousse, L. & Voortman, T., 2019, In: British Journal of Nutrition. 121, 4, p. 393-401 9 p.
Trajanoska, K. & Rivadeneira, F., 2019, In: Bone. 126, p. 2-10 9 p.
Rivadeneira, F., Trajanoska, K., Morris, J. & Richards, J., 2019, In: BMJ-British medical journal. 364, l115.
Trajanoska, K., Morris, J., Oei – Oei, L., Zheng, H., Evans, D., Kiel, D., Ohlsson, C., Richards, J. & Rivadeneira, F., 2018, In: BMJ-British medical journal. 362, k3225.
Trajanoska, K., Schoufour, J., Jonge, E., Leening – Kieboom, B., Mulder, M., Stricker, B., Voortman, T., Uitterlinden, A., Oei, E., Ikram, A., Zillikens, M. C., Rivadeneira, F. & Oei – Oei, L., 2018, In: Bone. 114, p. 116-124 9 p.
Warrington, N., Shevroja, E., Hemani, G., Hysi, P., Jiang, Y., Auton, A., Boer, C., Mangino, M., Wang, C., Kemp, J., McMahon, G., Medina Gomez, M., Hickey, M., Trajanoska, K., Wolke, D., Ikram, A., Montgomery, G., Felix, J., Wright, M. & Mackey, D. & 10 others, , 2018, In: Human Molecular Genetics. 27, 11, p. 2025-2038 14 p.
Medina Gomez, M., Kemp, J., Trajanoska, K., Luan, J., Chesi, A., Ahluwalia, T., Mook, D., Ham, A., Hartwig, F., Evans, D., Joro, R., Prokic, I., Zheng, H., Zhu, K., Atalay, M., Liu, C., Nethander, M., Broer, L., Porleifsson, G. & Mullin, B. & 69 others, , 2018, In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 102, 1, p. 88-102 15 p.
Trajanoska, K., Schoufour, J., Darweesh, S., Benz Inalaf, G., Medina Gomez, M., Alferink, L., Lahousse, L., Brusselle, G., Stricker, B., Darwish Murad, S., Zillikens, M. C., Uitterlinden, A., Ikram, A., Franco Duran, O. & Rivadeneira, F., 2018, In: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 33, 7, p. 1209-1218 10 p.
Veldscholte, K., Barjaktarovic, M., Trajanoska, K., Jaddoe, V., Visser, T., de Rijke, Y., Peeters, R., Rivadeneira, F. & Korevaar, T., 2018, In: Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (online). 103, 11, p. 4125-4134 10 p.
Trajanoska, K. & Rivadeneira, F., 2018, In: Current Osteoporosis Reports. 16, 5, p. 531-540 10 p.
2017
ECTS Travel grant – The European Calcified Tissue Society Congress
2018
ASBMR Travel grant – American Society of Bone Mineral Research Congress
2019
ECTS Travel grant – The European Calcified Tissue Society Congress
