prof. dr. M.L. (Michiel L.) Bots Full Professor
- Department of Epidemiology
- Julius Center Research Program Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Contact
mbots@umcutrecht.nl
Research Programs
Biography
- In 1986, Michiel Bots received his medical degree at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. After working as a resident in Gynaecology and Obstetrics, at the Hospital Zonnegloren in Soest and as a resident in Surgery at the Juliana Hospital in Apeldoorn, he started in 1988 his training in cardiovascular epidemiology started at the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics of the Erasmus University Medical School in Rotterdam.
- In 1993, he obtained his PhD degree on the thesis entitled 'Carotid wall thickness as indicator of generalised atherosclerosis'.
- In 1996 he moved to the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care of the University Medical Center Utrecht in Utrecht.
- Since 1997 he serves as Managing (up to 2001) and Scientific director of Vascular Imaging Center Utrecht, a vascular core laboratory on quantification of structural, dynamic and functional arterial characteristics.
- In 2001 he was appointed associate professor in epidemiology
- Since 2009 he is a professor in the Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease at the University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- Since 2013 he is chariman of the steering committe of the Utrecht Cardiovascular Cohort: a multidisciplinary effort with physicians, patients and researchers of the UMC Utrecht, the UCC sets a benchmark for a learning cardiovascular healthcare system. UCC offers an invaluable resource for future high quality care as well as for first-class research for investigators.
His research activities comprise observational studies and clinical trials
- around the development of atherosclerosis, its physiological and environmental risk factors and its consequences. Non-invasive assessment of atherosclerotic abnormalities through imaging in both high risk and low risk populations by measurement of carotid intima-media thickness, carotid plaque, arterial stiffness, coronary calcifications, coronary stenosis and their progression over time are major topics in his studies.
- around uncontrolled hypertension elevated blood pressure and treatment thereof
- around kidney disease and its determinants and therapies, with a main focus on dialysis patients and treatment modalities
- around facts and figure of cardiovascular disease in the Netherlands, with an emphasis on national data obtainable through linkage of registries.
- around the creation of an infrastructure for uniform registration of cardiovascular information in routine clinical practice for patients referred for cardiovascular care at the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands
His scientific output involves over 500 international peer reviewed publications.
His teaching activities involve
- Regular curricular lectures on cardiovascular and general clinical epidemiology for biomedical and pharmaceutical bachelor and master students.
- Coordinator of the annual MSc course 'Cardiovascular Epidemiology' (www.msc-epidemiology.nl)
- Coordinator of the annual Blended MSc course ‘Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease’ (https://elearning.elevatehealth.eu/)
- Regularly a MSc course 'Clinical Epidemiology' outside the Netherlands (China, Germany, Malaysia)
Side Activities
Member Scientific Committee on Senior POSTDOCs grants of the Netherlands Heart Foundation.
Advisory board for the working party on ‘Cardiovascular disease: figures and facts’ of the Dutch Heart Foundation,
Editor of European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
Editorial board of Journal of Hypertension.
Member Medical Ethics Committee of the UMC Utrecht.
Incidental member on advisory boards of profit organizations on studies into imaging of atherosclerosis progression
Fellowship and Awards
Over the years Michiel Bots was involved in national and international collaborations that were successful in obtaining grants proposal from profit (pharmaceutical industry) and non profit organisations (ZonMw, Netherlands Heart Foundation, European Union, Dutch Kidney Foundation, CVON-HF).
Research Output (636)
Blankestijn Peter J, Fischer Kathrin I, Barth Claudia, Cromm Krister, Canaud Bernard, Davenport Andrew, Grobbee Diederick E, Hegbrant Jörgen, Roes Kit C, Rose Matthias, Strippoli Giovanni Fm, Vernooij Robin Wm, Woodward Mark, de Wit G Ardine, Bots Michiel L 5 feb 2020, In: BMJ Open. 10 9 p.
Buddeke J, Valstar G B, van Dis I, Visseren F L J, Rutten F H, den Ruijter H M, Vaartjes I, Bots M L, 10 jan 2020, In: BMC Public Health. 20 10 p.
Zwartbol M. H. T., Geerlings M. I., Ghaznawi R., Hendrikse J., van der Kolk A. G., Asselbergs F. W., Nathoe H. M., de Borst G. J., Bots M. L., Emmelot M. H., de Jong P. A., Leiner T., Lely A. T., van der Kaaij N. P., Kappelle L. J., Ruigrok Y. M., Verhaar M. C., Visseren F. L. J., Westerink J., 5 dec 2019, In: American Journal of Neuroradiology. 40 , p. 2016-2022 7 p.
Vos Alinda G, Hoeve Klariska, Barth Roos E, Peper Joyce, Moorhouse Michelle, Crowther Nigel J, Venter Willem D F, Grobbee Diederick E, Bots Michiel L, Klipstein-Grobusch Kerstin 3 dec 2019, In: Retrovirology. 16 10 p.
De Ritter Rianneke, Sep Simone J.S., Van Der Kallen Carla J.H., Schram Miranda T., Koster Annemarie, Kroon Abraham A., Van Greevenbroek Marleen M.J., Eussen Simone J.P.M., Dagnelie Pieter C., De Jong Marit, Vos Rimke C., Woodward Mark, Bots Michiel L., Peters Sanne A.E., Stehouwer Coen D.A. 15 nov 2019, In: BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care. 7
De Ritter Rianneke, Sep Simone J.S., Van Der Kallen Carla J.H., Schram Miranda T., Koster Annemarie, Kroon Abraham A., Van Greevenbroek Marleen M.J., Eussen Simone J.P.M., Dagnelie Pieter C., De Jong Marit, Vos Rimke C., Woodward Mark, Bots Michiel L., Peters Sanne A.E., Stehouwer Coen D.A. 15 nov 2019, In: BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care. 7
Hooghiemstra Astrid M, Leeuwis Anna E, Bertens Anne Suzannne, Biessels Geert Jan, Bots Michiel L, Brunner-La Rocca Hans-Peter, Greving Jacoba P, Kappelle L Jaap, van Oostenbrugge Robert J, van Rossum Albert C, van der Flier Wiesje M, 5 nov 2019, In: Stroke. 50 , p. 3369-3375 7 p.
van den Berg Marten E., Rijnbeek Peter R., Niemeijer Maartje N., Hofman Albert, van Herpen Gerard, Bots Michiel L., Hillege Hans, Swenne Cees A., Eijgelsheim Mark, Stricker Bruno H., Kors Jan A. 1 nov 2019, In: Frontiers in Physiology. 10
Bots Michael L, de Boer Annemarijn, Vaartjes Ilonca nov 2019, 25 148 p.
de Boer Annemarijn, van Dis I., Vaartjes Ilonca, Bots Michael L nov 2019, p. 51-78 28 p.