Paco Welsing

Paco Welsing is an Associate Professor at UMC Utrecht, affiliated with the Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology department. His work bridges Clinical Epidemiology and Health Technology Assessment (HTA), focusing on optimizing treatment strategies for rheumatic and immunologic diseases like Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Osteoarthritis (OA).

• Strategic Programs: Infection & Immunity, Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cells
• Key Research Areas: Stratified Medicine, Real-World Evidence, Pragmatic Trial Design

His work emphasizes personalized medicine, including projects like CTMM TRACER (clinical and economic evaluation of RA diagnostics), IMI APPROACH (OA phenotypes for stratified treatment), and IMI GetReal (real-world data in drug evaluation). He leads pragmatic trials such as PATIO for tapering biological drugs in RA.

Email: pwelsing@umcutrecht.nl