Arno W HoesArno W. Hoes, MD, PhD (1958) studied medicine at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. He obtained his PhD degree in clinical epidemiology at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam. He was further trained in clinical epidemiology at the London School f Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 1991, he was appointed assistant professor of clinical epidemiology and general practice at both the department of epidemiology and the department of general practice at the Erasmus Medical Center. At the latter department, he headed the research line, "cardiovascular disease in primary care." In 1996, he moved to the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care of the University Medical Center in Utrecht, where he was appointed professor of clinical epidemiology and primary care in 1998. Since 2010, he is the Chair of the Julius center. Most of his research current activities focus on the (early) diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of common cardiovascular diseases. His teaching experience includes courses on clinical epidemiology, diagnostic research, case-control studies, drug risk assessment, and cardiovascular disease. His is a member of the Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board, the Health Council of the Netherlands, and of the Editorial Board of several medical journals. Read More Read Less