GRIAC- members of staff
Scientific Board
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Wim Timens studied Medicine at the University of Groningen, received his MD in 1983, PhD in 1988, and registered as a pathologist in 1990. In 1990 he worked as a post-doc at the Cross-Cancer Institute, Edmonton Canada, and joined the faculty of the Department of Pathology, University Hospital Groningen. In 1992 he was appointed as associate professor, and in 1994 as full professor in pathology. He has worked on different research themes involving lung pathology with a strong focus on the pathogenesis of obstructive lung diseases, with particular attention for translational research involving clinical as well as cell biological research and animal models. |
Prof. Dr. W. Timens
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Marike Boezen is professor of genetic epidemiology of chronic airway diseases and head of the unit Epidemiology of chronic airway diseases of the Dept. of Epidemiology, UMCG. She is expert on development and disease progression of airway diseases, with an emphasis on genetic susceptibility and gene-environment interactions. She has an internationally established track record in conduct of large population based cohort studies on airway diseases. |
Prof. Dr. H.M. Boezen, PhD |
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Dirkje Postma (1951) is Professor of Pulmonary Medicine at the University of Groningen and the University Medical Center of Groningen. She is an active clinician and researcher. Emphasis of her research is on the etiology and pathophysiology of asthma and COPD, which includes the spectrum of genetics of asthma and COPD, basic science in cell activation pathways, and improvement of clinical management in association with investigations of the pathophysiology. Not only development and progression of asthma and COPD, but also remission of these diseases is in the scope of her interest. Recently her research is focussing on combining genetic with cellular research. She has recently been appointed as Academy Professor by the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, a marker of high esteem. |
Prof.Dr. D.S. Postma, MD, PhD |
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Ewoud Dubois was raised in Montreal, Canada and received his Bachelor of Science from McGill University in 1971, received his M.D. in 1978 at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, . On returning to Canada, he completed a Ph.D. at McGill University on tumour immunology, followed by training in Internal Medicine at McGill and McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He completed his training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario and came on staff as assistant professor in University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands in 1991. Dr Dubois was appointed Professor of Pediatric Allergy in Groningen in 2005. His main research interest is anaphylaxis with publications in the areas of hymenoptera allergy, mastocytosis and food allergy. He served as chairman of the Dutch Society for Allergology from 2002 to 2005. |
Prof.Dr. A.E.J. Dubois MD PhD |
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Eric J Duiverman, professor of pediatric pulmonology, head of department of pediatric respiratory diseases Beatrix Children's Hospital. Research topics: genetics, development and treatment of asthma and allergy in (young) children, preschool lung function, neonatale chronic lung disease. |
Prof.Dr. E.J. Duiverman
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Nick ten Hacken is pulmonary physician at the University Medical Center in Groningen (UMCG) since 1994. He obtained in 1998 his PhD on airway inflammation in nocturnal asthma. In 2005 he was appointed as associate professor. His research interests include the pathofysiology of asthma and COPD, finding new treatment strategies for asthma and COPD, studying the role of small airways, recognition of the susceptible smoker, effects of acute smoking and smoking cessation, studying and enhancing the physical activity level of COPD patients. |
Dr. N.H.T. ten Hacken, MD PhD |
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Machteld Hylkema (1965) is an immunologist with a broad interest in the pathogenesis of asthma and COPD. She is involved in clinical studies as well as mouse models for asthma and COPD. Currently her research aims at the effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy with respect to neonatal lung development and development of COPD in the mouse. In addition, she is principal investigator of a Dutch Asthma Foundation grant in which the effect of Th17 signalling is investigated in relation to development of non-allergic asthma in men and mice. |
Dr. M.N. Hylkema, PhD |
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Huib Kerstjens is respiratory physician with a broad interest in clinical and medicine and research. He directs clinical research programs in asthma as well as COPD. Within the latter field, he is especially interested in the origins, the prevention, and the treatment of COPD exacerbations. His more basic work includes animal work encompassing amongst others a mouse model of cigarette smoke induced emphysema. He is a strong believer that team work within the GRIAC will improve outcomes of research as well as the pleasure in performing it. He is currently head of the Department of Pulmonology and Tuberculosis of the University Medical Center Groningen |
Prof.Dr. H.A.M. Kerstjens, MD PhD |
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Gerard Koppelman is a pediatric pulmonologist working at the department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology, Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen. In 2001, he obtained his PhD on asthma genetics and is now appointed Assistant Professor. His current research interest involves the genetic basis and gene-environment interactions in asthma and allergy, and functional studies of novel asthma genes. He also focuses on the development of asthma and allergy in childhood, as well as the prognosis of asthma over time. Dr. Koppelman is also involved in the transfer from scientific knowledge to the society. He has developed and is currently co-chair of the Medische Publieks Academie UMCG (a Mini Medical School) for the general public. |
Dr. G.H. Koppelman, MD, PhD, Dept. Pediatric Pulmonology |
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Herman Meurs is Professor of Immunopharmacology and head of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology at the University Centre for Pharmacy in Groningen. His major research interests are the (immunological) regulation mechanisms of airway smooth muscle function, with particular focus on the pathophysiology of asthma and COPD using various animal-, tissue- and cellular model systems. His research is aimed at the development of novel pharmacotherapeutic treatments of these diseases. |
Prof.Dr. H. Meurs, PhD |
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Thys van der Molen is professor of Primary Care Respiratory Medicine in Groningen, The Netherlands and has a visiting Chair in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was trained as a General Practitioner and started his practice in 1985 in the Netherlands. He obtained his PhD in 1996 on asthma treatment in General Practice. His current main research interests include: Respiratory diseases (Asthma and COPD); teaching of asthma and COPD in General Practice; development of outcome measures; development of symptom questionnaires and development of diagnostic questionnaires. He developed the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) and is responsible for the development of the Inhaled Corticosteroids Questionnaire (ICQ) that aims to measure patient perceived side effects of inhaled corticosteroids. Thys is the founding president of the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG). He is a member of the GOLD executive Committee. |
Prof.Dr. T. van der Molen, MD PhD |
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Prof.Dr. J.G.R. de Monchy, |
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As Pharmacologist and Immunologist, my major scientific interests are the immunological mechanisms leading to allergic sensitisation and subsequent progression to allergic asthma with a focus on different T-lymphocyte subsets (Th2, Treg) using mouse models. In addition, the mechanisms of action of allergen immuno-therapy are dissected and novel (immuno) therapeutic strategies are explored. Recombinant congenic strains of mice are used to identify novel susceptibility genes and their corresponding proteins. Functional genomics strategies (e.g. gene targeting in vitro and in vivo) are used to determine protein function of asthma susceptibility genes and their role in asthma pathogenesis. |
Prof.Dr. A.J.M. van Oosterhout, PhD |
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J.M. Vonk, PhD |
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Peter Wijkstra (1959) is a pulmonary physician since 2000. From 2003 he is head of the department of Home mechanical ventilation which is nowadays part of the department of Pulmonary medicine. While his research in the past focussed mainly on pulmonary rehabilitation it has moved towards respiratory insufficiency and sleep apnea. Current studies investigate both patients with COPD as well as patients with neuromuscular disease. The focus in sleep apnea is on different interventions and association with other diseases like heart failure. In 2007 he was appointed associate professor in pulmonary medicine and was also elected as the president of the Dutch Society of Physicians for Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis (NVALT). |
Dr. P.J. Wijkstra,
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Martina Schmidt completed her Ph.D. at the Ruhr-Universität in
Bochum, Germany. In December 2005 she was awarded with the Rosalind
Franklin Fellowship and started her research at the Centre for
Behaviour and Neurosciences (CBN), Faculty of Mathematics and Natural
Sciences in Groningen. Already in September 2006 she was promoted to |
Prof.Dr. M. Schmidt, PhD |
