Personal profile
Specialisation
Valorisation, Innovation & Impact, Translational Medicine and setting up Public Private Partnerships for Amsterdam UMC
Research interests
Appointments at Amsterdam UMC
- Scientific director of Amsterdam Neuroscience - 2008 to 2022
- Chief Scientific Officer of the Industry Alliance Office - 2012 to 2021
- Vice dean Valorisation of Research at Amsterdam UMC - 2021 to present
About:
From origin trained as neuroscientist, he previously held a faculty chair in Experimental Neuroscience from 1999-2016 at the VU in Amsterdam but as of the beginning of 2017 he is appointed as full professor in Translational Medicine in Amsterdam UMC. From 2008 - 2015 he was director of the Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam and from 2016-2022 he acted as the scientific director of Amsterdam Neuroscience, an alliance research institute of Amsterdam UMC in collaboration with the Science Faculties of the VU Amsterdam and UvA. In 2012 he also commenced the Industry Alliance Office, as a subsidiary of Amsterdam UMC for Amsterdam Neuroscience and IXA. Currently he is active mainly in the field of knowledge transfer, industry alliance and strategy in the area of public private partnerships, as vice dean valorisation | chief impact officer across all disease indications, research areas and divisions.
External positions
Scientific Advisor, Alkermes Inc
… → 31 Dec 2025
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Gabaergic synapse properties may explain genetic variation in hippocampal network oscillations in mice
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Translational Neuroscience Network (TN2)
Schoonheim, M. (Organiser), Hoozemans, J. (Organiser), Wilhelmus, M. (Organiser), Brouwer, M. C. (Organiser), Vrenken, H. (Organiser) & Brussaard, A. (Organiser)
20 Nov 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › organising
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Translational Neuroscience Network Conference 2017 (Event)
Hoozemans, J. (Chair), Schoonheim, M. (Chair), Wilhelmus, M. (Chair), Scheltens, P. (Chair) & Brussaard, A. (Chair)
12 Oct 2017Activity: Membership › Membership of board › Academic