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University Medical Center Groningen

prof. dr. F. (Folkert) Kuipers

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f.kuipers umcg.nl

Education                                                                                                                                        

 

1975-1982                   Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (Biology), University of Groningen, Groningen, NL. (Cum Laude) Major Subjects: Animal Physiology, Gastroenterology, Neuroanatomy

 

PhD thesis                                                                                                                                         

 June 17, 1987              Title "Enterohepatic Circulation and Cholestasis" (Cum Laude)

                                    Promotor: Prof. Dr. J. Fernandes (Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, NL)

Appointments                                                                                                                                 

1982-1986:                  PhD student, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, NL

 

1986-1988:                  post-doc position, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, NL

                                   

1988-1992:                  Research Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Scien­ces, project "Biochemical aspects of cholestasis", executed at Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, NL, in collaboration with Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA

 

1992-1997:                  Established Investigator of the Netherlands Heart Foundation, project "Role of the enterohepatic circulation in the regulation of cholesterol metabolism in experimental animals and humans", executed at Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Academic Hospital Groningen, Groningen, NL, in collaboration with Department of Nutrition, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

 

1997-2000:                  UHD (~Associate Professor), Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Academic Hospital Groningen and Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, NL

 

2000-2008:                  Professor of Pediatrics, personal chair entitled “Development and regulation of hepatic and intestinal functions”, and Head of Laboratory of Pediatrics, combining basic and clinical research facilities and diagnostics of inborn errors of metabolism (www.LabPediatricsRug.nl).

 

2008-2012                   Dean of University Medical Center Groningen/Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen; Member of Board University Medical Center Groningen; Professor of Pediatrics

 

2012-2016                   Dean of University Medical Center Groningen/Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen; Vice-Chairman of Board University Medical Center Groningen; Professor of Pediatrics

 

2016-2022              Professor of Pediatrics and Head of Laboratory of Pediatrics, (www.LabPediatricsRug.nl).

 

2016                            April 1 - Appointment Named Professor Healthy Life Alliance, University of Groningen

 

2016                            April 8 - Appointment Honorary Professor Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

2022- Head Department of the Biology of Ageing, Scientific Director European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA)

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