Arno Hoes (1958) has been dean and vice-chairman of the board of directors of UMC Utrecht since 2019. He has also been professor of Clinical Epidemiology in General Practice at Utrecht University since 1998. Before his current position, he was division chair of the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at UMC Utrecht.
Research, education and valorisation
Professor Hoes focuses his research mainly on the prevention, (early) diagnosis, therapy and prognosis of cardiovascular diseases and in particular heart failure. He also has a strong focus on clinical research methods, especially diagnostic research and clinical trials.
He has a central role in connecting disciplines to promote and anchor the integrality of interdisciplinary research and education within the UMC Utrecht and at the Utrecht Science Park, but also within the alliance of the UMC Utrecht with Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research and Utrecht University (EWUU alliance) and within the NFU (Dutch Federation of University Medical Centres), as chairman of the deans of the UMCs.
He is committed to creating a stimulating and inclusive environment in which (healthcare) professionals, students, teachers and researchers can not only cooperate optimally, but also have access to the latest technologies, facilities and knowledge to take healthcare, education and research to a higher level. Increasing social impact and the practical application of innovations (valorisation) are central to this. Open science and the principles of the New Utrecht School are of great importance here.
He has extensive managerial experience in the Netherlands and abroad, at (inter)national scientific associations and has made an important contribution to numerous (inter)national clinical guidelines.
