ACS Directorate
Menno de Winther
ACS director
Ronak Delewi
ACS director
Harm Jan Bogaard
ACS directorate member
Peter Hordijk
ACS directorate member
Hilde Herrema
ACS directorate member
Stephan Huveneers
ACS directorate member
Connie Bezzina
ACS directorate member
ACS directorate advisors
Leah Root
Photos by Anita Edrigde, unless otherwise stated
ACS Research Program Leaders
Each Research Program is managed by two or three Program Leaders. These Program Leaders represent the clinical and preclinical research at both locations of Amsterdam UMC. They aim to further enhance synergy and stimulate collaborations among the basic and clinical researchers within their Research Program as well as interactions with other ACS Research Programs. The Program Leaders are also part of the ACS Scientific Research Board (see below).
Heart Failure & Arrhythmias
Connie Bezzina & Bianca Brundel
Pulmonary Hypertension & Thrombosis
Frances de Man & Coen Ottenheijm & Michiel Coppens
Atherosclerosis & Ischemic Syndromes
Bert-Jan van den Born & Stephan Huveneers & Kak Khee Yeung
Diabetes & Metabolism
Ed Eringa & Liffert Vogt & Daniël van Raalte
Microcirculation
Young ACS
Young ACS is an internal advisory board of upcoming ACS researchers. Young ACS enhances the interaction between the young generation of ACS researchers and the ACS directorate. In addition, Young ACS proposes the scientific content for the monthly and annual ACS symposia.
Chair: Anke Tijsen
Heart Failure & Arrhythmias
Anke Tijsen & Malou van den Boogaard & Tyler Kirby
Pulmonary Hypertension & Thrombosis
Nick van Es & Mariëlle van de Veerdonk
Atherosclerosis & Ischemic Syndromes
Annette Neele & Jeffrey Kroon & Stefan Smorenburg
Diabetes & Metabolism
Microcirculation
ACS Committees
ACS education committee
Current members: Reinier Boon (chair), Floor van den Dolder, Tariq Dam, Fabienne Podieh, Patricia Vlasman
PhD retreat committee
Current members: Samira van Knippenberg, Sila Algul, Osman Esen, Sarah Hilderink, Carmen Yap, Anna Spiering
Postdoc retreat committee
Current members: Jan Van den Bossche, Nick van Es, Tyler Kirby
Annual ACS conference committee
Current members: Annette Neele, Malou van den Boogaard, Vincent Jongkind, Anke Tijsen
ACS Boards
ACS Valorisation Board
Geert Boink (ACS valorisation officer)
ACS Scientific Research Board
As of January 2019, ACS has a single joint Scientific Research Board for both locations of Amsterdam UMC. The ACS Scientific Research Board consists of the ACS Directorate, all Program Leaders, a delegation of Young ACS and researchers from both locations of Amsterdam UMC.
Chair
Majon Muller
Vice-chair
Marc Vervloet
Members
Peter Hordijk, Dop Simonides, Frances Handoko-de Man, Hilde Herrema, Joline Beulens, Joris de Groot, Kees Hovingh, Aart Nederveen, Gustav Strijkers, Jose Henriques, Angelique Spoelstra-de Man, Jolanda Kluin, Esther Lutgens, Harm Jan Bogaard, Bert-Jan van den Born, Connie Bezzina, Max Nieuwdorp, Ed Eringa, Bianca Brundel, Anke Tijsen, Jan Piek, Menno de Winther, Saskia Middeldorp, Coen Ottenheijm, Yigal Pinto, Paul Knaapen.
