Miranda van Eck
Scientific director / professor of Cardiovascular and metabolic therapeutics
- Name
- Prof.dr. M. van Eck
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 6238
- eck_m@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3936-3194
Prof. Dr. Miranda van Eck is professor of Cardiovascular and metabolic therapeutics at the Division of BioTherapeutics, and Programme Director for the MSc programme of Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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Miranda van Eck new Scientific Director of the LACDR institute -
Education that connects to market needs: new course for master’s students focuses on quality in drug development -
How we can improve collaboration at LBSP, according to Miranda van Eck -
Faculty of Science kicks off the Academic Year with a vibrant talk show -
Twenty lecturers awarded Senior Teaching Qualification -
Four years of women's network at the Faculty of Science -
Altering the appearance of macrophages to prevent atherosclerosis -
Public Event International Day of Women & Girls in Science -
Miranda van Eck inaugural lecture: detergent tablets for clean, fat-free blood vessels
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Biography
Prof. Dr. Van Eck studied Biopharmaceutical Sciences, specializing in Biopharmaceutics at the University of Leiden. After her graduation in 1994, she obtained her PhD from Leiden University in 1999. In 2001, Van Eck was appointed as Research Fellow of the Netherlands Heart Foundation. In 2005, she obtained a prestigious VIDI Award and became appointed as Assistant Professor. In 2007, Van Eck was appointed Established Investigator of the Netherlands Heart Foundation and became Associate Professor. Her research is focused upon the role of macrophage genes in the development of atherosclerosis with special emphasis on the function of genes involved in HDL metabolism and reverse cholesterol transport from the arterial wall to the liver. For her work she received twice a Pfizer International HDL Research Award.
Scientific director / professor of Cardiovascular and metabolic therapeutics
- Science
- Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
- LACDR/Pharmacology
- co-founder, director
- Associate Editor
- Grant Committee Member for scientific assessment of fellowships
- Advisory board
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