The ENIGI study is a multi-centre study, which means that multiple centres collaborate in the study. On this page, each center introduces its principal investigators (highlighted in bold) and research teams.
University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
Guy T’Sjoen – MD, PhD, Professor in Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology – ORCID and ResearchGate
Justine Defreyne – MD, PhD, Postdoctoral researcher and clinician, Department of Endocrinology – ResearchGate
Jeroen Vervalcke – MD, PhD candidate, Internal medicine specialist in training, Department of Endocrinology - ResearchGate
Sebastian Riemann – MD, PhD candidate, internal medicine specialist in training, Department of Endocrinology – ResearchGate
Former collaborators
Sarah Collet – MD, PhD candidate, internal medicine specialist in training – ResearchGate
Meltem Kiyar – MSc, PhD – ResearchGate
Katrien Wierckx, MD PhD, endocrinologist – ResearchGate
Eva Van Caenegem, MD PhD, endocrinologist – ResearchGate
University Hospital Florence, Italy
Alessandra Fisher – MD, PhD, Department of Andrology, Women’s Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Florence University Hospital
Carlotta Cocchetti – MD, PhD, Department of Andrology, Women’s Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Florence University Hospital
Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands
Martin den Heijer – MD, PhD, Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology – ResearchGate
Chantal Wiepjes – MD, PhD, Assistant professor in Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology – ResearchGate and ResearchInfo
Mieke Staphorsius – Data Manager, Department of Endocrinology – ResearchGate
Margot Morssinkhof – PhD student/Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Medical Pyschology – Google Scholar and ResearchGate
Tel Aviv-Sourasky Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, Israel
Yona Greenman – MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Endocrinology and Head of the Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism – ResearchGate
Karen Tordjman – MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Endocrinology, Emerita – ResearchGate
Iris Yaish – MD, head of the Center for Transgender Health at Tel Aviv-Sourasky Medical Center – ResearchGate
Hava Santo – Research Assistant
Merav Hershkovitz – Research Assistant
Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
The research team in Odense studies coagulation markers and bio samples in the ENIGI cohort, as well as the effect of gender-affirming hormone therapy on the haemostatic system.
Marianne Skovsager Andersen – MD, PhD, Clinical professor in endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology – ORCID
Dorte Glintborg – MD, PhD, Associate professor in endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology – ORCID
Mette Bøgehave – PhD student, Department of Endocrinology.
Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Thomas Schreiner, MD, PhD –
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