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Jaap Kappelle is a registered clinical neurologist since 1988 and obtained his PhD degree from Utrecht in 1990. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Iowa, USA in 1991 and at the John P. Robarts Research Institute in London, Ontario, Canada in 1998. He was appointed as an assistant professor at the University of Utrecht in 1988, became an associate professor in 1994, and was promoted to full professor in 2000. He headed the department of cerebrovascular diseases at the University Medical Centre (UMC) Utrecht from 2011 to 2020 and was appointed medical safety officer at UMCU in 2020. His research focuses on circulatory health and brain health, particularly concerning stroke, with a strong emphasis on diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. He collaborates closely with departments of neurosurgery, radiology, vascular medicine, vascular surgery, rehabilitation, clinical epidemiology, primary health care, and neuropsychology.
Department of Psychology