J. Wouter Jukema, MD, PhD, is professor and Head of Cardiology at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in the Netherlands. He is also founding director of the Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research/NLHI Data- and Biobank in Amsterdam and co-chair of the Netherlands Heart Institute, as well as past Established Clinical Investigator of the Netherlands Heart Foundation
His current interests, which comprise the majority of topics for his more than 1000 peer reviewed publications (with many in top journals like NEJM, Lancet, Science, Nature, Circulation, JACC and EHJ) focus on the field of athero-thrombosis and include interventional cardiology as well as atherosclerosis research (vascular biology, lipid modification, diabetes, anti-thrombotics/anti-platelets and genetics) in humans as well as in transgenic animals.
Prof. Jukema has been leading and is princ. investigator in several large interventional/athero-thrombosis studies, a member/chair of various (inter)national /EU boards
