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I want to improve sleep medicine by bridging the gap between technical development of sleep monitoring devices and clinical application in patients at the sleep center or at home.
Research profile
Merel van Gilst is a senior researcher in the Signal Processing Systems group (department of Electrical Engineering). She is a neuroscientist and somnologist, and together with Professor Sebastiaan Overeem, van Gilst leads the advanced sleep monitoring group. Her research is focused on the clinical application of new technology for monitoring sleep and diagnosis of sleep disorders. To achieve this goal she is also affiliated with sleep expertise center Kempenhaeghe. At the sleep center she established a large scale data collection project, where sleep registrations are combined with experimental measurement modalities, completely integrated in regular patient care. The SOMNIA database currently contains over 1000 registrations and is a valuable source of data for the sleep research activities within the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).
Van Gilst obtained her PhD with research on sleep and sleep disorders in patients with Parkinson disease. Movement disorders during sleep are still one of her main research interests. She has ample experience with clinical research and within the Eindhoven MedTech Innovation Center (e/MTIC) she supports technical researchers in establishing clinical validation studies.
Academic background
After her multidisciplinary education in cognitive artificial intelligence and neuroscience at Utrecht University (graduation 2011), Merel van Gilst obtained her PhD at the department of neurology of the Radboud university medical center Nijmegen (graduation 2016). In 2016 she became a post doctoral researcher at TU/e and sleep medicine center Kempenheaghe. In 2017 she passed the European Society of Sleep Research exam and became a somnologist (expert in sleep research).
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):
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TKI-HTSM/22.0501/TKI2212P12 MEDEIA: MEDical Engineering, Innovations and Applications
Bergmans, J. W. M., van de Schaft, V., van Gilst, M. M. & Basso, G.
1/01/22 → 31/12/27
Project: Research direct
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TKI-HTSM/20.0295/PPS2006 MEDUSA: Medical Data Utilization Solutions Accelerator
Bergmans, J. W. M., Xie, J., van de Pol, J., Hafkamp, F., Meij, S. E. P., Montree, R., Abdalrahim, R., Cerina, L., Oei, S. G. & van Gilst, M. M.
1/01/20 → 5/02/26
Project: Research direct
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OP-SLEEP: Ontwikkeling Patiëntvriendelijk SLaap EEG Patch
Bergmans, J. W. M., van Sloun, R. J. G., Huijben, I., Huijben, I., van Gilst, M. M., Hermans, L. W. A., van der Hagen, D. & Kunkels, Y.
1/07/19 → 30/04/23
Project: Research direct
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Projectlead e/MTIC ENGINE 2018-106
Bergmans, J. W. M., van Gilst, M. M., van der Hagen, D. & Zinger, S.
1/11/18 → 31/10/23
Project: Research direct
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PPS TKI Philips MEDICAID: MedTech Solutions for Earlier Detection of Cardiovascular Disease
Bergmans, J. W. M., Sammali, F., Bester, M., van de Laar, L., van Gilst, M. M., Mischi, M., Wulterkens, B., van der Hagen, D., Rabotti, C., Vullings, R., Schiphorst, L., Bakkes, T. H. G. F. & Turco, S.
2/01/18 → 30/09/23
Project: Research direct
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Contactless Camera-Based Sleep Staging: The HealthBed Study
van Meulen, F., Grassi, A., van den Heuvel, L., Overeem, S., van Gilst, M. M., van Dijk, J., Maass, H., van Gastel, M. J. H. & Fonseca, P., 12 Jan 2023, In: Bioengineering. 10, 1, 15 p., 109.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Interpretation and Further Development of the Hypnodensity Representation of Sleep Structure
Huijben, I., Hermans, L. W. A., Rossi, A. C., Overeem, S., van Gilst, M. M. & van Sloun, R. J. G., 17 Jan 2023, In: Physiological Measurement. 44, 1, 21 p., 015002.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Certainty about Uncertainty in Sleep Staging: a Theoretical Framework
van Gorp, H., Huijben, I. A. M., Fonseca, P., van Sloun, R. J. G., Overeem, S. & van Gilst, M. M., 11 Aug 2022, In: Sleep. 45, 8, zsac134.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Dissociative Symptoms are Highly Prevalent in Adults with Narcolepsy Type 1
Quaedackers, L., Droogleever Fortuyn, H., van Gilst, M., Lappenschaar, M. & Overeem, S., 18 Feb 2022, In: Behavioral Sleep Medicine. 20, 1, p. 63-73 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Representations of temporal sleep dynamics: Review and synthesis of the literature
Hermans, L. W. A., Huijben, I. A. M., van Gorp, H., Leufkens, T. R. M., Fonseca, P., Overeem, S. & van Gilst, M. M., 1 Jun 2022, In: Sleep Medicine Reviews. 63, p. 101611 15 p., 101611.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)26 Downloads (Pure)
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-Eindhoven University of Technology: It is not how long but the quality of sleep that determines sleep perception; People with insomnia do not sleep so much less, but mainly with less continuity
Sebastiaan Overeem & Merel M. van Gilst
11/12/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Eindhoven University of Technology: It is Not How Long But the Quality of Sleep That Determines Sleep Perception
Sebastiaan Overeem & Merel M. van Gilst
10/12/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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It is not how long but quality of sleep that determines sleep perception
Sebastiaan Overeem & Merel M. van Gilst
10/12/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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New method makes the experience of sleeplessness more visible
Sebastiaan Overeem & Merel M. van Gilst
13/03/19 → 14/03/19
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Impacts
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Sleep Medicine
Merel M. van Gilst (Content manager) & M.B. (Beatrijs) van der Hout-van der Jagt (Content manager)
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)