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University Medical Center Groningen

prof. dr. J.A. (Jan Albert) Kuivenhoven

Associate Professor and Principal Investigator
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E-mail:
j.a.kuivenhoven umcg.nl

Publications and citations

Publications

Total number of articles in international peer-reviewed journals: 139

(Source: PubMed; September 14, 2015)

Citations

Results found: 221

Sum of the Times Cited: 6667

Sum of Times Cited without self-citations: 6344

Average Citations per Item: 30.17

H-index: 43

(Source: Web of Science. September 14, 2015)

Professional Experience

2011 (Sept) - present

Associate Professor and Principal Investigator at the Department of Pediatrics, Molecular Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

2007 (Jan) - 2011 (Aug)

Associate Professor at the Department of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Principal Investigator in the AMC as of January 1, 2007

2001 (Jan) - 2006 (Dec)

Assistant Professor at the Department of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1999 (Sept) – 2000 (Dec)

Post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (personal stimulation grant of Netherlands Heart Foundation - the Dr. Dekker program)

1997 (May) - 1999 (Aug)

Post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

1997 (Jan) – 1997 (Apr)

Post–doctoral fellow at the Department of Hemostasis, Inflammation and Vascular Biology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (grant Netherlands Heart Foundation)

Education

Ph.D. (University of Amsterdam; Febr.1991-Dec.1996). J.A. Kuivenhoven started on a project with the objective ‘To characterize genetic factors which underlie low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels and premature atherosclerosis’ (grant of Netherlands Heart Foundation). This work was performed in the laboratory of Prof. J.W. ten Cate, and Dr. J.J.P. Kastelein in the Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam and in the laboratory of Prof. J.J. Frohlich and Prof. P.H. Pritchard at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada). He defended his thesis entitled 'Genetic factors contributing to HDL cholesterol levels' on December 3rd 1996 at the University of Amsterdam.

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