Since 2006 she holds a tenured position at the Department of Health Sciences of the VU University Amsterdam. Her research focuses on effects of nutrition on health and sustainability. She teaches on methodology in nutrition research and on health and sustainability in the nutrition courses for BSc and MSc students in Health Sciences.

Between January 2010 and March 2012 she was the chair of the Science Committee of the EMGO+ Institute. Currently she is head of the Health Sciences department of the Vrije Universiteit. She is also board member of the Talma Institute and a member of the Program Committee of the HBCD program of the APH research institute. She has more than 180 scientific publications, including papers in international high-impact peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, reviews and invited commentaries.