prof. dr. F.W. (Folkert) Asselbergs
prof. dr. F.W. (Folkert) Asselbergs
- Division of Heart & Lungs
Research Programs
Biography
Biography
Prof Dr. Folkert W. Asselbergs is Professor of Precision medicine at Institute of Health Informatics and the institute of Cardiovasculair Science, University College London, Director of the NIHR BRC UCL/UCLH Clinical and Research Informatics Unit, consultant cardiologist and Professor of Precision Medicine at University Medical Center Utrecht, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, associate editor European Heart Journal, section digital health and innovation, Chair Center for Circulatory Health, UMC Utrecht, and chair data infrastructure Dutch Cardiovascular Alliance (www.dcvalliance.nl).
Professor Asselbergs published more than 500 scientific papers in the field of cardiovascular disease and his work has been funded by the Netherlands Heart Foundation, Netherlands Heart Institute, British Heart Foundation, leDucq Foundation, EU FP7, European Society of Cardiology, BBMRI, National Institutes of Health, Innovative Medicines Initiative, European Research Area Network on Cardiovascular Diseases and ZonMw.
His research program in complex genetics focuses on the discovery of genes influencing susceptibility to cardiovascular disease; the application of these findings for the validation of drug targets; and the use of genetic tests for treatment targeting (stratified medicine). Lately, he widened his research focus to precision medicine using linked data sources such as wearable information and routine care data obtained from electronic health records including free text. His ambition is to build a network for performing clinical trials within routine health care linked to national registries.
Prof Asselbergs is member of a large number of consortia and (co-) founded several consortia of which igenetrain (www.igenetrain.net), and GENIUS-CHD (www.genius-chd.org), and CAPACITY-COVID ( https://capacity-covid.eu) are the most prominent and recent ones. He is scientific coordinator of European IMI Bigdate@heart consortium (www.bigdata-heart.eu). Bigdata@heart aims to deliver clinically relevant disease cardiovascular phenotypes, scalable insights from real-world evidence including data from registries, wearables and electronic health records, and insight driving drug development and personalized medicine through advanced big-data analytics.
Side Activities
- Prof of Precision medicine at the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Institute of Health Informatics, University College London
- Director NIHR BRC Clinical Research Informatics Unit, University College London Hospital
- Chair Center for Circulatory Health, UMC Utrecht
- Chair data infrastructure Dutch Cardiovascular Alliance (www.dcvalliane.nl)
- Associate editor European Heart Journal, section Digital Health and Innovation
Fellowship and Awards
2003 Dr. E. Dekker Scholarship of the Dutch Heart Foundation (2003T010).
2005 Scholarship Netherlands Heart Institute for postdoc Harvard School of public health
2007 Netherlands Foundation of CardioVascular Excellence grant
2010 Clinical fellowship from the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research (ZonMw grant 90700342),
2012 European Society of Cardiology Training grant (T2012-006).
2013 Fellow European Society of Cardiology
2014 Dr. E. Dekker Scholarship of the Dutch Heart Foundation (2014T001)
2019 Scholarship European Society of Cardiology Executive Master Health Economics at LSE
2021 Pearl award ZonMw, Netherlands: www.zonmw.nl/nl/actueel/parelprojecten/parel-voorbruggenbouwer-in-hartfalen-onderzoek/
Research Output (503)
Groenhof T Katrien J, Haitjema Saskia, Lely A Titia, Grobbee Diederick E, Asselbergs Folkert W, Bots Michiel L, 8 Feb 2023, In: PLOS digital health. 2
Bourfiss M., Prakken N. H.J., James C. A., Planken R. N., Boekholdt S. M., Ahmetagic D., van den Berg M. P., Tichnell C., Van der Heijden J. F., Loh P., Murray B., Tandri H., Kamel I., Calkins H., Asselbergs F. W., Zimmerman S. L., Velthuis B. K., Te Riele A. S.J.M. Jan 2023, In: European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging. 24 , p. 98-107 10 p.
Kanoni Stavroula et al. 27 Dec 2022, In: Genome Biology. 23 , p. 1-42
Bourfiss Mimount, van Vugt Marion, Alasiri Abdulrahman I, Ruijsink Bram, Setten Jessica van, Schmidt Amand F, Dooijes Dennis, Puyol-Antón Esther, Velthuis Birgitta K, Tintelen J Peter van, Te Riele Anneline S J M, Baas Annette F, Asselbergs Folkert W 20 Oct 2022, In: Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine. 15
Kotecha Dipak, Asselbergs Folkert W., Achenbach Stephan, Anker Stefan D., Atar Dan, Baigent Colin, Banerjee Amitava, Beger Birgit, Brobert Gunnar, Casadei Barbara, Ceccarelli Cinzia, Cowie Martin R., Crea Filippo, Cronin Maureen, Denaxas Spiros, Derix Andrea, Fitzsimons Donna, Fredriksson Martin, Gale Chris P., Gkoutos Georgios V., Goettsch Wim, Hemingway Harry, Ingvar Martin, Jonas Adrian, Kazmierski Robert, Løgstrup Susanne, Thomas Lumbers R., Lüscher Thomas F., McGreavy Paul, Piña Ileana L., Roessig Lothar, Steinbeisser Carl, Sundgren Mats, Tyl Benoît, van Thiel Ghislaine, van Bochove Kees, Vardas Panos E., Villanueva Tiago, Vrana Marilena, Weber Wim, Weidinger Franz, Windecker Stephan, Wood Angela, Grobbee Diederick E., 7 Oct 2022, In: European heart journal. 43 , p. 3578-3588 11 p.
Kotecha Dipak, Asselbergs Folkert W., Achenbach Stephan, Anker Stefan D., Atar Dan, Baigent Colin, Banerjee Amitava, Beger Birgit, Brobert Gunnar, Casadei Barbara, Ceccarelli Cinzia, Cowie Martin R., Crea Filippo, Cronin Maureen, Denaxas Spiros, Derix Andrea, Fitzsimons Donna, Fredriksson Martin, Gale Chris P., Gkoutos Georgios, V, Goettsch Wim, Hemingway Harry, Ingvar Martin, Jonas Adrian, Kazmierski Robert, Logstrup Susanne, Lumbers R. Thomas, Luescher Thomas F., McGreavy Paul, Pina Ileana L., Roessig Lothar, Steinbeisser Carl, Sundgren Mats, Tyl Benoit, van Thiel Ghislaine, van Bochove Kees, Vardas Panos E., Villanueva Tiago, Vrana Marilena, Weber Wim, Weidinger Franz, Windecker Stephan, Wood Angela, Grobbee Diederick E. Oct 2022, In: The Lancet Digital Health. 4 , p. E757-E764
Yengo Loïc, Vedantam Sailaja, Marouli Eirini, Sidorenko Julia, Bartell Eric, Sakaue Saori, Graff Marielisa, Eliasen Anders U, Jiang Yunxuan, Raghavan Sridharan, Miao Jenkai, Arias Joshua D, Graham Sarah E, Mukamel Ronen E, Spracklen Cassandra N, Yin Xianyong, Chen Shyh-Huei, Ferreira Teresa, Highland Heather H, Ji Yingjie, Karaderi Tugce, Lin Kuang, Lüll Kreete, Malden Deborah E, Medina-Gomez Carolina, Machado Moara, Moore Amy, Rüeger Sina, Sim Xueling, Vrieze Scott, Ahluwalia Tarunveer S, Akiyama Masato, Allison Matthew A, Alvarez Marcus, Andersen Mette K, Ani Alireza, Appadurai Vivek, Arbeeva Liubov, Bhaskar Seema, Bielak Lawrence F, Bollepalli Sailalitha, Bonnycastle Lori L, Bork-Jensen Jette, van der Laan Sander W, van Setten Jessica, Asselbergs Folkert W, de Borst Gert J, de Kleijn Dominique P V, Kraaijeveld Adriaan, van der Harst Pim, Oct 2022, In: Nature. 610 , p. 704-712 9 p.
Numan Lieke, Moazeni Mehran, Oerlemans Marish I F J, Aarts Emmeke, Van Der Kaaij Niels P, Asselbergs Folkert W, Van Laake Linda W Sep 2022, In: Expert Review of Medical Devices. 19 , p. 677-685 9 p.
Kotecha Dipak, Asselbergs Folkert W., Achenbach Stephan, Anker Stefan D., Atar Dan, Baigent Colin, Banerjee Amitava, Beger Birgit, Brobert Gunnar, Casadei Barbara, Ceccarelli Cinzia, Cowie Martin R., Crea Filippo, Cronin Maureen, Denaxas Spiros, Derix Andrea, Fitzsimons Donna, Fredriksson Martin, Gale Chris P., Gkoutos Georgios V., Goettsch Wim, Hemingway Harry, Ingvar Martin, Jonas Adrian, Kazmierski Robert, Løgstrup Susanne, Lumbers R. Thomas, Lüscher Thomas F., McGreavy Paul, Piña Ileana L., Roessig Lothar, Steinbeisser Carl, Sundgren Mats, Tyl Benoît, Van Thiel Ghislaine, Van Bochove Kees, Vardas Panos E., Villanueva Tiago, Vrana Marilena, Weber Wim, Weidinger Franz, Windecker Stephan, Wood Angela, Grobbee Diederick E. 29 Aug 2022, In: The BMJ. 378
Ramdas Shweta, Judd Jonathan, Graham Sarah E, Kanoni Stavroula, Wang Yuxuan, Surakka Ida, Wenz Brandon, Clarke Shoa L, Chesi Alessandra, Wells Andrew, Bhatti Konain Fatima, Vedantam Sailaja, Winkler Thomas W, Locke Adam E, Marouli Eirini, Zajac Greg J M, Wu Kuan-Han H, Ntalla Ioanna, Hui Qin, Klarin Derek, Hilliard Austin T, Wang Zeyuan, Xue Chao, Thorleifsson Gudmar, Helgadottir Anna, Gudbjartsson Daniel F, Holm Hilma, Olafsson Isleifur, Hwang Mi Yeong, Han Sohee, Akiyama Masato, Sakaue Saori, Terao Chikashi, Kanai Masahiro, Zhou Wei, Brumpton Ben M, Rasheed Humaira, Havulinna Aki S, Hemerich Daiane, van der Laan Sander W, van Setten Jessica, de Kleijn Dominique, de Borst Gert J, Asselbergs Folkert W, Kraaijeveld Adriaan O, Beulens Joline W J, Pasterkamp Gerard, Hoefer Imo E, van der Harst Pim, Holmes Michael V, 4 Aug 2022, In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 109 , p. 1366-1387 22 p.