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Staff members with discipline Pharmacology

Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.

Overview of all disciplines

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a.r.absalom umcg.nl
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Professor of Anesthesiology
dr. J.W.C. (Jan-Willem) Alffenaar
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j.w.c.alffenaar umcg.nl
+31 50 361 4071
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hospital pharmacist - clinical pharmacologist
- Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), Pharmaceutical Analysis Group: assistant professor (2022- )
- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dept. of Symptom Research, Houston, TX, USA: postdoctoral researcher (2020-2022)
- Semmelweis University, Dept. of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Budapest, Hungary: assistant research fellow (2015-2019); assistant professor (2019)
- National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Budapest, Hungary: external clinical study evaluator (2018)

Research interests: pain; neuropathic pain; cancer pain; opioids; renin-angiotensin system; glycine transporters; neuro-immune interactions.
M. (Mihaly) Balogh, PhD
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m.balogh rug.nl
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Medication safety, anticoagulation
prof. dr. P.M.L.A. (Patricia) van den Bemt
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p.m.l.a.van.den.bemt umcg.nl
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Hospital pharmacist-clinical pharmacologist-epidemiologist/Professor in Clinical Pharmacy, in particular Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
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V. (Vrouyr) Bilemjian
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v.bilemjian umcg.nl
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h.h.boersma umcg.nl
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Clinical Pharmacist/ QP/ Assistant Professor
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; pediatrics
dr. M.S. (Mathieu) Bolhuis
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m.s.bolhuis umcg.nl
+31 50 361 4071
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Hospital Pharmacist
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Personalized Acute Medicine
prof. dr. H.R. (Hjalmar) Bouma
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h.r.bouma umcg.nl
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Internist acute medicine, (experimental and clinical) pharmacologist, immunologist
Pharmacokinetic Pharmacodynamic modelling (PKPD)
Modelling & Simulation
Clinical trial design
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Clinical Pharmacology
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p.j.colin umcg.nl
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Associate Professor
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t.i.f.h.cremers rug.nl
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Asthma, tuberculosis. (airway) remodelling, inflammation, extracellular matrix, integrins, signalling, therapeutic drug monitoring, toxicology
dr. B.G.J. (Bart) Dekkers
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b.g.j.dekkers umcg.nl
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Hospital Pharmacist Qualiy Assurance / Reseacher
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Neurodegeneration, Mitochondrial function, Inflammation, Potassium channels
A.M. (Amalia M.) Dolga, Prof
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a.m.dolga rug.nl
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Associate professor - Regenerative Neuropharmacology
D.J. (Douglas) Eleveld
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d.j.eleveld umcg.nl
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Assistent Professor
F. (Fajri) Gafar
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f.gafar rug.nl
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Guest researcher
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Dr. Ghimire is a clinical pharmacology assessor at the Dutch Medical Ethical Review Board (METc Groningen) and a postdoctoral researcher at the University Medical Center Groningen. Her research centers around optimizing tuberculosis (TB) drug treatment and designing clinical trials, with a focus on investigating the relationship between drug doses, exposure, and patient response, integrating both pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics components. She has expertise in alternative samples like saliva and dried-blood spots for therapeutic drug monitoring in TB patients. As a co-investigator, she actively contributes to international research projects funded by the EU and national governments, exploring innovative TB treatments to enhance treatment outcomes. Dr. Ghimire's international experience spans several countries, including the Netherlands, Nepal, Spain, Paraguay, Moldova, Belarus, and Ghana. In her role as a clinical pharmacology assessor, she evaluates various aspects of clinical trial protocols, prioritizing drug safety, efficacy, and the quality of investigational drugs, with a specific emphasis on clinical pharmacology.
dr. S. (Samiksha) Ghimire
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s.ghimire umcg.nl
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Clinical Pharmacologist
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Reinoud Gosens (1977) is Professor in Translational Pharmacology at the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Groningen. He obtained his PhD in pharmacology in 2004 at the University of Groningen and performed postdoctoral studies at the University of Manitoba, Canada until 2007. His research is focused on the mechanisms that regulate tissue repair and remodeling in asthma and COPD. In particular, the role and therapeutic potential of muscarinic receptors and Wnt/Frizzled receptor signaling  in tissue repair and remodeling are studied.
prof. dr. R. (Reinoud) Gosens
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r.gosens rug.nl
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Professor Translational Pharmacology
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m.g.c.van.der.hart rug.nl
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Global Health
Essential Medicines
Human rights (Right to Health)
Universal access to basic health care (Access to Essential Medicines)
Essential Medicines for Reproductive Health
National Pharmaceutical Policies in developing countries
WHO, UN agencies
prof. dr. H.V. ("Hans") Hogerzeil
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h.v.hogerzeil umcg.nl
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dr. F.P.A.M. (Florence) van Hunsel, PhD
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f.p.a.m.van.hunsel rug.nl
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Professor Clinical Pharmacy, in particular Oncology-Pharmacy
prof. dr. F.G.A. (Frank) Jansman
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f.g.a.jansman rug.nl
+31 50 36 37576
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hospital pharmacist-clinical pharmacologist
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Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy, clinical pharmacology
prof. dr. J.G.W. (Jos) Kosterink
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j.g.w.kosterink umcg.nl
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Professor of Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy
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Areas of Interest and expertise include diabetes, nephrology, clinical pharmacology
prof. dr. H.J. (Hiddo) Lambers Heerspink
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h.j.lambers.heerspink umcg.nl
+31 50 361 7859
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Clinical Pharmacologist
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xiaopeng.li rug.nl
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PhD student
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Clinical neuropsychopharmacologist
dr. A.J.M. (Anton J M) Loonen, PhD
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a.j.m.loonen rug.nl
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Professor em. of pharmacotherapy in psychiatric patients
J. (Jingyi) Lu
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j.lu umcg.nl
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a.marmolejo.garza umcg.nl
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Promovendus (PhD Student)
Targeted Drug Delivery; Microvascular Endothelial Pharmacology; Endothelial Biomedicine; Angiogenesis;  Inflammatory diseases, sepsis, cancer; In vitro-in vivo translation; Drug Development.
prof. dr. G. (Ingrid) Molema
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g.molema umcg.nl
+31 50 361 8043
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Professor, Life Sciences
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D. (Dalibor) Nakladal
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d.nakladal umcg.nl
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M.P. (Monika) Oktora
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m.p.oktora umcg.nl
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Behavior (affective, social, cognitive), Pharmacology, Physiology, Gene expression, microbiome, rat models for depression, rat models for sexual behavior
prof. dr. J.D.A. (Jocelien) Olivier
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j.d.a.olivier rug.nl
+31 50 36 37221
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Associate Professor
prof. dr. E.P. (Eugène) van Puijenbroek
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e.p.van.puijenbroek rug.nl
+31 50 36 34360
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Professor of Pharmacovigilance
The translational research focuses on the molecular pharmacological aspects of the development and course of chronic inflammatory diseases. Our motivation for this research focus is very personal, we truly believe that research in the field of translational pharmacology is clustered around molecular partners in defined subcellular compartments (signalosomes) that enables cells to exert highly specialized tasks. Devastating diseases, e.g. cancer, type-II diabetes mellitus, Alzheimers’s dementia, heart failure, asthma, COPD, and infection diseases are associated with defective or derailed signaling processes, and research into the control of these processes clearly is of great public and social importance as well. Currently our research focus lies on chronic inflammatory disorders, and I focus nowadays on experimental models of COPD and related lung disorders, Alzheimer, Parkinson and microbial infections. We successfully undertaken the effort to link the themes to defined subcellular compartments (signalosomes). We linked  novel signaling pathways from membrane receptors towards the recently identified PLC-e isoform, the cAMP sensor Epac. I defined novel and exciting functions of the cytoskeleton driver cofilin, a signal node clearly linked to microbe invasion. I linked this novel clusters to inflammation, remodeling next to the repair of the epithelial barrier and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition as a mechanism driving fibrosis.
M. (Martina) Schmidt, Prof
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m.schmidt rug.nl
+31 50 36 33322
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Professor of Molecular Pharmacology
prof. dr. B.N.M. (Bhanu) Sinha
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b.sinha umcg.nl
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Development of non-linear Population Approach Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic models
dr. J. (Jasper) Stevens
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j.stevens umcg.nl
+31 50 361 7875
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Researcher
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Pharmacokinetics
dr. M.G.G. (Marieke) Sturkenboom
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m.g.g.sturkenboom umcg.nl
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Hospital Pharmacist, Clinical Pharmacologist, Toxicologist (ERT) i.t.
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Photopharmacology, Photochemistry
prof. dr. W.C. (Wiktor) Szymanski
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w.c.szymanski rug.nl
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Associate Professor
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Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacogenetics
Toxicology
prof. dr. D.J. (Daan) Touw
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d.j.touw umcg.nl
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professor - Hospital pharmacist - clinical pharmacologist/toxicologist ERT
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dr. H. (Herman) Veenhof
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h.veenhof umcg.nl
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Hospital Pharmacist i.t.
dr. G.M.P.J. (Gwenny) Verstappen
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g.m.p.j.verstappen umcg.nl
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Postdoctoral researcher
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Z. (Zhendong) Wang
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z.wang02 umcg.nl
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phd
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Regenerative Pharmacology
X. (Xinhui) Wu, Dr
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x.wu rug.nl
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Postdoctoral researcher
Clinical Pharmacology, Albuminuria, Renal function, Clinical Trials
D. (Dick) de Zeeuw
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d.de.zeeuw umcg.nl
+31 50 361 7877
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Professor;Depart of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology
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