Joost Leenders

Joost Leenders is an experienced research manager currently working at Hartstichting since February 2018. Previous roles include operations manager at ACS Biomarker B.V. from July 2011 to February 2018, where responsibilities encompassed overseeing projects related to cardiovascular biomarker validation in collaboration with national and European research consortia. Joost also served as project leader in miRNA R&D at Mirnext BV from September 2014 to March 2016 and was a PhD student at the Academic Medical Center from September 2004 to July 2011, focusing on heart failure research. Joost began the academic journey at Maastricht University, earning an MSc in Biological Health Sciences between 1998 and 2002, and earlier attended Pax Christi College from 1992 to 1998.