Dr. Yannick Nielen

Yannick Nielen studied Pharmacy at the University of Groningen and obtained his degree in 2013, following a research internship at the University of Sydney. He subsequently earned his PhD at Maastricht University, conducting research on the relationship between osteoarthritis and diabetes mellitus.

After completing his PhD, he trained as a hospital pharmacist and clinical pharmacologist at Maastricht UMC+ and VieCuri Medical Center. In addition, he completed his epidemiology training in 2025.

Since 2022, Yannick has been working as a hospital pharmacist at Maastricht UMC+, where he combines his clinical responsibilities with scientific research and teaching.

Participations, projects and additional duties:

• Creating Awareness of preScribing Cascades & managing Adverse Drug Effects (CASC-ADE) too
• Prescribing Cascades
• Prescribing cascades: a patients’ perspective
• Prescribing Cascades and ADRs (PRESCRIBE-ADRs)
• Patient Perspectives on Prescribing Cascades (P3C): "A Qualitative Study in the Netherlands"
• Safe Administration of Parenteral Medications
• Data2Care – Maastricht Medication Datalink
• Diabetes (medication) and osteoarthritis
• Algorithmic Detection of Prescribing Cascades
• Early Detection and Management of Adverse Drug Reactions in Primary Care
• Prescription Sequence Symmetry Analysis – Methodological considerations