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Personal profile
Research interests
Ben Janssen was born in Sittard, The Netherlands in 1958. After finishing his masters in Biology (1983, Nijmegen University, NL), he was trained in Pharmacology at the Maastricht University, NL.
He received his PhD for a thesis on sensory renal nerves and hypertension (1988). In 2003 he was appointed associate professor at the department of Pharmacology & Toxicology of the UM. Since then he is a full member of the staff and specialized in hypothesis testing of cardiovascular research questions in vivo in experimental animals. He has (co)authored more than 140 research publications in this research field, which can be viewed here.
Ben Janssen supervises the pharmacology/pharmacotherapy teaching programs in the faculty of health, life sciences and medicine of Maastricht University and serves as a teaching representative of the Maastricht University as well as for the Dutch Pharmacological Society on several national educational initiatives.
In 2019 he started a new research line into the potential ecotoxic effects of medicinal waste products present in wastewaters of hospitals and surface waters and combines this interest with teaching roles in a new interfaculty minor on sustainability and health that starts in September 2021 at the Maastricht University.
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The Dutch list of essential drugs for undergraduate medical education: A modified Delphi study
Donker, E. M., Pandit, R., Poleij, M. C. S., Brinkman, D. J., van Agtmael, M. A., van Rosse, F., Dumont, G., Kramers, C., Atiqi, R., Richir, M. C., van Smeden, J., Hessel, M. H. M., Janssen, B. J., Knol, W., Tichelaar, J. & Pharmacotherapy Education working group of the Dutch Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Biopharmacy and its affiliated Dutch Network of Clinical Pharmacology Teachers, Apr 2023, In: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 89, 4, p. 1431-1451 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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The impact of a summative national prescribing assessment and curriculum type on the development of the prescribing competence of junior doctors
Donker, E. M., Osmani, H., Brinkman, D. J., van Rosse, F., Janssen, B., Knol, W., Dumont, G., Jorens, P. G., Dupont, A., Christiaens, T., van Smeden, J., de Waard-Siebinga, I., Peeters, L. E. J., Goorden, R., Hessel, M., Lissenberg-Witte, B. I., Richir, M. C., van Agtmael, M. A., Kramers, C., Tichelaar, J., & 1 others, Dec 2023, In: European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 79, 12, p. 1613 - 1621 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Do we become better prescribers after graduation: A 1-year international follow-up study among junior doctors
Donker, E. M., Brinkman, D. J., van Rosse, F., Janssen, B., Knol, W., Dumont, G., Jorens, P. G., Dupont, A., Christiaens, T., van Smeden, J., de Waard-Siebinga, I., Peeters, L. E. J., Goorden, R., Hessel, M., Lissenberg-Witte, B., Richir, M., van Agtmael, M., Kramers, C., Tichelaar, J. & Education committee of the Dutch Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmacy, Dec 2022, In: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 88, 12, p. 5218-5226 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Haemodynamic effects of the flavonoid quercetin in rats revisited
Vrolijk, M. F., van Essen, H., Opperhuizen, A., Bast, A. & Janssen, B. J., Apr 2020, In: British Journal of Pharmacology. 177, 8, p. 1841-1852 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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The Beneficial Effects of UM206 on Wound Healing After Myocardial Infarction in Mice Are Lost in Follow-Up Experiments
Daskalopoulos, E. P., Hermans, K. C. M., Debets, J., Strzelecka, A., Leenders, P., Vervoort-Peters, L., Janssen, B. J. A. & Blankesteijn, W. M., 18 Sept 2019, In: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 6, 8 p., 118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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