Prof. Martin De Borst

I am passionate about clinical and translational science in the field of kidney and cardiovascular disease. Over the past 20 years, my goal has been to better understand how kidney disease develops and progresses, and why kidney patients have such a strongly increased risk of heart disease and stroke. Following my clinical training, I got the opportunity to establish my own research group that focuses on three main topics: 1) how can we improve the detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD), 2) better understanding of metabolic abnormalities related to bone and mineral health in CKD and after kidney transplantation, and 3) developing improved therapeutic strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk in CKD and post-transplant. Meanwhile, I have published close to 300 papers on these topics in leading journals like the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet Diabetes, and Nature Genetics that have been cited >10,000 times. I have trained 25 PhD students and received >4 million euros in scientific grants over the last five years. My team uses innovative methodology to address clinically relevant research questions pertaining the topics mentioned above.

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