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Prof. Stephan Bakker is a Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Groningen’s Faculty of Medical Sciences. He has held positions at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) since 1999 and previously at the Vrije Universiteit Medical Center in Amsterdam. His expertise spans biomarkers for nutrition and health, metabolic syndrome, kidney transplantation, and diabetes. He leads the Groningen Institute for Organ Transplantation and oversees the PREVEND epidemiological study. Notable achievements include pioneering the use of 24-hour urine collections for health monitoring and identifying urinary creatinine excretion as a muscle mass biomarker.
Education:
- MD from Leiden University (1988)
- Internist-Nephrology training (1989–1995), Eindhoven and Maastricht
- PhD (2002), thesis on mitochondrial dysfunction and insulin resistance
Research Interests: Focuses on systems medicine approaches to metabolic syndrome, biomarker discovery in cohort studies, and translational research in transplantation and diabetes. His work bridges clinical practice and epidemiology, emphasizing preventive health strategies through metabolic profiling.
Grants & Advising: Supervised 71+ students, managed large-scale studies like PREVEND (8,500 participants), and contributed to over 350 peer-reviewed publications. Active in interdisciplinary collaborations across Europe.
Labs/Teams: Heads the Groningen Institute for Organ Transplantation and the PREVEND biobank. Collaborates with global networks in nephrology and metabolic research.
