Dr B.J.A. Janssen

Ben Janssen received his PhD Pharmacology 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.

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.