Department Physiology

About us

The department is chaired by René Bindels who together with business manager Arthur Willemsen manages all the ongoing activities. Our research and teaching activities are supervised by our staff consisting of Jeroen de Baaij, Laurien Buffart, Thijs Eijsvogels, Joost Hoenderop, Maria Hopman, Jojanneke Huck and Dick Thijssen.

Mission statement

• The department is committed to excellent and inspiring teaching of physiology courses in the Bachelor's, Master's, PhD and postdoc programs of Radboudumc.
• The department is committed to basic and clinically relevant research of the highest achievable level that ranges from molecules to humans with the aim to unravel (patho)physiological mechanisms to ultimately improve the quality of life for human beings of all ages.

Achieving the mission

To achieve this mission the following central goals have been set:

• The department provides an international working environment that encourages focus, efficiency, innovation and ambition. Team spirit, working pleasure and personal education of employees are instrumental to achieve these goals.
• The department has several research groups, i.e. Cardiovascular Physiology, Integrative Physiology and Molecular Physiology, which are mutually complementary and blossom in unity.