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Biography
Professional profile and research focus
Inez Schoenmakers is a senior lecturer at the Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. In 2016 she transitioned from MRC-Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK.
Her research is focussed on the investigation of human calcium, phosphate and vitamin D metabolism, particularly in relation to bone health. This research aims to investigate the metabolic processes that underpin the development and maintenance of a healthy bone phenotype and to characterise how these are modulated by ageing and early life, kidney function, nutrition, ethnicity and genetic factors. It utilises a combination of research designs, including RCT’s, dynamic and stable isotope methods and observational research in healthy people and patient groups. Her scientific work is funded by University of East Anglia and Medical Research Council; further funding is obtained from the Academy of Medical Sciences, Arthritis Research UK and other funding bodies. She provides expert advice on several collaborative and externally funded projects and governmental bodies, most notably the WHO.
She has worked in both academia and industry. In the past, she has worked with various animal models, cell and tissue culture techniques and patient groups.
Professional qualifications
BSc in Health Sciences University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
MSc in Health Sciences/Medical Biology, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
PhD, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Professional memberships
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Bone Research Society
Research interests
Vitamin D metabolism and status
Hormonal regulators of bone health
Bone health through the life-course
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Markers of Vitamin D status and function in multi-ethnic populations
1/08/17 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Exome sequencing in metabolic bone disease
Fraser, W., Schoenmakers, I. & Green, D.
Michael Davie Research Foundation
1/06/17 → 30/11/18
Project: Research
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Does vitamin D supplementation have anabolic effects on the osteocyte and does it benefit the renal-bone axis?
Schoenmakers, I., Piec, I. & Washbourne, C.
1/06/17 → 1/12/21
Project: Research
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Alterations in regulators of the renal-bone axis, inflammation and iron status in older people with early renal impairment and the effect of Vitamin D supplementation
Christodoulou, M., Aspray, T. J., Piec, I., Fraser, W. D., Schoenmakers, I. & the VDOP Trial group, May 2024, In: Age and Ageing. 53, 5, afae096.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A view on vitamin D: A pleiotropic factor?
Giustina, A., Lazaretti-Castro, M., Martineau, A. R., Mason, R. S., Rosen, C. J. & Schoenmakers, I., Apr 2024, In: Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 20, 4, p. 202–208 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Denosumab-associated severe hypocalcemia in dialysis-dependent patients
Schoenmakers, I. & Fraser, W. D., 4 Jun 2024, In: JAMA. 331, 21, p. 1864–1865 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of vitamin D
Schoenmakers, I. & Jones, K. S., 2024, Feldman and Pike's Vitamin D: Volume One: Biochemistry, Physiology and Diagnostics. Hewison, M., Bouillon, R. & Welsh, J. (eds.). 5 ed. Elsevier, p. 633-668 36 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Pregnancy vitamin D supplementation and offspring bone mineral density in childhood: Follow-up of a randomised controlled trial
Moon, R. J., D'Angelo, S., Curtis, E. M., Ward, K. A., Crozier, S. R., Schoenmakers, I., Javaid, M. K., Bishop, N. J., Godfrey, K. M., Cooper, C., Harvey, N. C. & the MAVIDOS Trial Group, Nov 2024, In: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 120, 5, p. 1134-1142 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Press/Media
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Expert reaction to vitamin D supplements and bone fractures in children in Mongolia
1/12/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Vitamin D Shows No Survival Benefit in Nondeficient Elderly
31/01/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution