prof. dr. A.W. (Arno W.) Hoes Full Professor

Arno W. Hoes studied Medicine at the Radboud University in Nijmegen and obtained his PhD degree at Erasmus University Rotterdam on a thesis on sudden cardiac death as a side effect of diuretics in hypertension. He was trained in Clinical Epidemiology at Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

In 1998 he was appointed professor of Clinical Epidemiology and General Practice at Utrecht University / University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht. Since 2010, he has been the Chair/Medical Manager of the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care of the UMC Utrecht.

His main research topics include the prevention of cardiovascular disease and the early diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease, with an emphasis on heart failure. His teaching activities include courses on clinical epidemiology, diagnostic research, clinical trials, case-control studies and cardiovascular disease and prevention. With his colleague Rick Grobbee he co-wrote a textbook on clinical epidemiology (now 2^nd edition). He has (co-) authored over 500 papers in peer-reviewed journals and more than 50 PhD students completed their PhD thesis under his supervision.

1. Member of several committees of NWO (Netherlands Scientific Organisation).

2. Member of the Health Council of the Netherlands.

3. Member, Editorial Board European Journal of Heart Failure.

4. Member, Editorial Board, ESC Heart Failure.

5. Chair, Dutch National Guideline Committee on Cardiovascular Risk Management.

6. Member, European Task Force for Cardiovascular Risk Management,

7. Board member, Heart Failure Association, European Society of Cardiology.

8. Board member, European Association for Preventive Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology.

9. Chair, Council on Cardiovascular Primary Care, European Society of Cardiology.

10. Chair, Patient Care Committee, Heart Failure Association.

11. Co-chair, Committee on Epidemiology, Surveys and Registries, Heart Failure Association.

12. Chair, Prevention Implementation Committee, European Association for Preventive Cardiology.

13. Board Member, European Primary Care Cardiovascular Society.

14. Chair, Grant assessment committee, School for Primary Care Research, United Kingdom and Oxford University.

1. Fellow, European Society of Cardiology (FESC)

2. Fellow, Heart Failure Association of the ESC (FHFA)