Lucas Van Bortel#
| Membership Number: | 7619 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 2021 - ongoing Chairman of the College Clinical Trials appointed by the Minister of Health Belgium
- 2012 - 2014 President of the ARTERY Society
- 2009 - 2018 visiting professor in PHARMED course, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Belgium
- 2008 - 2010 President of the Belgian Hypertension Committee
- 2007 - 2011 Chairman of the working group on arterial structure and function of the European Society of Hypertension
- 2003 - 2007 member of the Ethics Committee of Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
- 2001 - 2015 Founder and Head of Drug Research Unit Ghent, the early phase drug research unit, Ghent University Hospital, BE
- 2000 - 2015 Professor Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
- 1989 - 2000 head of division of clinical pharmacology, dept of pharmacology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
- 1985 - 1993 internist - fellow clinical Pharmacology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Fields of Scholarship
- Hypertension
- Early drug development
- Large artery stiffness, with focus on making noninvasive methods ready for use in clinical practice
- Rational pharmacotherapy
- Noninvasive measurement of central and peripheral blood pressure
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Honorary member of Healixia, Belgian community of professionals active along the life cycle of medicines
- 2016 Honorary member of the Dutch Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmacy
- 2016 Lifetime achievement lecture invited by the Dutch Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmacy
- 2016 - 2019 member of the Euphemed extended board (European Federation for Exploratory Medicines Development)
- 2016 Artery Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2014 Honorary member of the Artery Society
- 2013 Invited member of AERES evaluation mission: INSERM U970 Paris-Cardiovascular research center (PARCC)
- 2011 Invited member of AERES evaluation mission: INSERM research center Rouen
- 2010 - 2014 member of the board of the Belgian Hypertension Committee
- 2010 - 2015 member of the board of the Belgian Association of Phase I Units (BAPU)
- 2007 - ongoing member of the editorial board of Artery Research
- 2006 10th AstraZeneca award of the Belgian Hypertension Committee. Award for the best research group on hypertension.
- 2006 - 2010 member of the editorial board of the Journal of Hypertension
- 2006 - 2014 Founding member and board member of the Artery Society
- 2004 European Hypertension Specialist (recognised by the European Society of Hypertension (ESH))
- 2003 - ongoing Elected member of the Belgian Center for Pharmaceutical Information
- 2000 - 2007 Member of the Council of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology (EACPT)
- 1998 - 2010 member of the board of ENOTT (European Network of Therapeutic Teachers)
- 1996 - 1999 member of the editorial board of the Journal of Hypertension
- 1995 - 2010 member of the executive board of The Dutch Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmacy
