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Willem Weimar is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with an emphasis on public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, clinical psychology, transplantation, and nephrology.

Their main research topics include organ donation and transplantation, grief, bereavement, and mental health, renal transplantation outcomes and treatments, dialysis and renal disease management, renal and vascular pathologies, palliative care and end-of-life issues, as well as geriatric care and nursing homes.

Willem Weimar has published regularly in several scientific venues. Notably, they have contributed to the journal Transplantation with four publications, followed by two papers in Transplant International. Their work has also appeared in the European Journal of Epidemiology, Patient Education and Counseling, and the British Journal of Health Psychology.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Long-term prognosis after kidney donation: a propensity score matched comparison of living donors and non-donors from two population cohorts (2020, European Journal of Epidemiology)
  • Exploring health literacy and self-management after kidney transplantation: A prospective cohort study (2021, Patient Education and Counseling)
  • Positive and negative aspects of mental health after unspecified living kidney donation: A cohort study (2021, British Journal of Health Psychology)
  • Twenty Years of Unspecified Kidney Donation: Unspecified Donors Looking Back on Their Donation Experiences (2023, Transplant International)
  • Implementation of the kidney team at home intervention: Evaluating generalizability, implementation process, and effects (2021, Transplant International)

Their frequent co-authors include Emma K. Massey, Sohal Y. Ismail, Jacqueline van de Wetering, Jan J.V. Busschbach, and Steef Redeker, illustrating strong collaborative efforts across various studies.

Best Publications

  • Genetic polymorphisms of the CYP3A4, CYP3A5, and MDR‐1 genes and pharmacokinetics of the calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporine and tacrolimus

    Dennis A. Hesselink;Ron H. N. van Schaik;Ilse P. van der Heiden;Marloes van der Werf

  • A randomized double-blind, multicenter plasma concentration controlled study of the safety and efficacy of oral mycophenolate mofetil for the prevention of acute rejection after kidney transplantation.

    T van Gelder;L B Hilbrands;Yves Vanrenterghem;W Weimar

  • The pharmacokinetic‐pharmacodynamic relationship for mycophenolate mofetil in renal transplantation

    Michael D. Hale;Andrew J. Nicholls;Roy E.S. Bullingham;Ronald Hené

  • Cyclosporine interacts with mycophenolic acid by inhibiting the multidrug resistance-associated protein 2.

    Dennis A. Hesselink;Reinier M. van Hest;Ron A. A. Mathot;Fred Bonthuis

  • High within-patient variability in the clearance of tacrolimus is a risk factor for poor long-term outcome after kidney transplantation

    Lennaert C.P. Borra;Joke I. Roodnat;Judith A. Kal;Ron A.A. Mathot

  • Effect of One-HLA-DR-Antigen–Matched and Completely HLA-DR–Mismatched Blood Transfusions on Survival of Heart and Kidney Allografts

    E L Lagaaij;I P Hennemann;M Ruigrok;M W de Haan

  • FTY720, a novel immunomodulator: efficacy and safety results from the first phase 2A study in de novo renal transplantation.

    Helio Tedesco-Silva;Georges Mourad;Barry D Kahan;Josep Grinyo Boira

  • Three‐Year Efficacy and Safety Results from a Study of Everolimus Versus Mycophenolate Mofetil in de novo Renal Transplant Patients

    Štefan Vítko;Raimund Margreiter;Willem Weimar;Jacques Dantal

  • Proteinuria after renal transplantation affects not only graft survival but also patient survival.

    J. I. Roodnat;P. G. H. Mulder;J. Rischen-Vos;I. C. Van Riemsdijk

  • Human Heart, Spleen, and Perirenal Fat-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Have Immunomodulatory Capacities

    M.J. Hoogduijn;M.J. Crop;A.M.A. Peeters;G.J.V.M. Van Osch

  • The Dutch national living donor kidney exchange program.

    Marry De Klerk;Karin M. Keizer;Frans H. J. Claas;Marian Witvliet

  • Differential effect of calcineurin inhibitors, anti-CD25 antibodies and rapamycin on the induction of FOXP3 in human T cells

    Carla C. Baan;Barbara J. van der Mast;Mariska Klepper;Wendy M. Mol

  • Population pharmacokinetics of cyclosporine in kidney and heart transplant recipients and the influence of ethnicity and genetic polymorphisms in the MDR-1, CYP3A4, and CYP3A5 genes

    Dennis A. Hesselink;Teun van Gelder;Ron H. N. van Schaik;Aggie H. M. M. Balk

  • Comparison of laparoscopic and mini incision open donor nephrectomy: single blind, randomised controlled clinical trial

    Niels F M Kok;May Y Lind;Birgitta M E Hansson;Desiree Pilzecker

  • Everolimus (Certican) 12-month safety and efficacy versus mycophenolate mofetil in de novo renal transplant recipients.

    Stefan Vitko;Raimund Margreiter;Willem Weimar;Jacques Dantal

  • Human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells abrogate plasmablast formation and induce regulatory B cells independently of T helper cells.

    Marcella Franquesa;Fane Mensah;Ruth Huizinga;Tanja Strini

  • SUCCESSFUL VACCINATION AGAINST VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS PRIOR TO KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION

    A Geel;W Zuidema;T van Gelder;G van Doornum

  • Effect of obesity on the outcome of kidney transplantation: a 20-year follow-up.

    Ellen Hoogeveen;Jeroen Aalten;Kenneth J. Rothman;Joke Roodnat

  • Acute Dialytic Support for the Critically III: Intermittent Hemodialysis versus Continuous Arteriovenous Hemodiafiltration

    E. F. H. Van Bommel;N. D. Bouvy;K. L. So;R. Zietse

  • PHARMACOGENETICS AND GENOMICS Genetic polymorphisms of the CYP3A4, CYP3A5, and MDR-1 genes and pharmacokinetics of the calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporine and tacrolimus

    Dennis A. Hesselink;Ron H. N. van Schaik;Ilse P. van der Heiden;Marloes van der Werf

Frequent Co-Authors

Carla C. Baan
Carla C. Baan Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jan N. M. IJzermans
Jan N. M. IJzermans Erasmus University Rotterdam
Teun van Gelder
Teun van Gelder Leiden University Medical Center
Frans H.J. Claas
Frans H.J. Claas Leiden University Medical Center
Martin J. Hoogduijn
Martin J. Hoogduijn Erasmus University Rotterdam
Hubert G. M. Niesters
Hubert G. M. Niesters University Medical Center Groningen
Ad J.J.C. Bogers
Ad J.J.C. Bogers Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dave L. Roelen
Dave L. Roelen Leiden University Medical Center
Ron H.N. van Schaik
Ron H.N. van Schaik Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jan Passchier
Jan Passchier Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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