Technohal

prof.dr. J. Hofmeijer (Jeannette)

Full Professor
TNW-BIS-CNPH
Technohal 3381
j.hofmeijer@utwente.nl
+31534894835
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General information

Jeannette Hofmeijer studied Medicine and Philosophy at Radboud University Nijmegen. She received her master’s degree in Medicine cum laude in 1998. She was trained as a neurologist and as intensive care physician at University Medical Center Utrecht. Meanwhile, she obtained a PhD at the Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group of Utrecht University on the topic of edema formation in cerebral ischemia (2007). Since 2008, she combines her work as a vascular neurologist in Rijnstate Hospital (Arnhem) with a research and teaching position at University of Twente. She was appointed professor of Translational Neurophysiology in 2019.

Research interests

Hofmeijer studies the effects of ischemia on the brain. Cerebral ischemia is of particular interest in patients with brain infarction or after cardiac arrest. These conditions are leading causes of disability, worldwide. Apart from acute reperfusion therapies, effective treatments to promote cerebral recovery are unavailable.

Hofmeijer exploits her dual position at hospital and UT to combine clinical with fundamental research on cerebral ischemia. She believes that the combination of systematic observation in patients and targeted experimentation holds strong potential to provide new, clinically relevant, pathophysiological insights, that assist in the development of novel diagnostics or treatments. For example, by combining clinical EEG registrations and experimental in vitro studies, her research group positioned synaptic failure as a key pathological mechanisms after cardiac arrest and brain infarction. Neuronal stimulation effectively improved neuronal recovery under experimental in vitro conditions and is currently investigated in phase 2 and 3 clinical trials in comatose patients after cardiac arrest.

Hofmeijer established the Dutch-Belgian TELSTAR consortium and is principle investigator of various state of the art multicenter clinical trials to test new treatments and diagnostics in comatose patients after cardiac arrest (amongst other www.telstartrial.nl, www.grecotrial.nl). Her research is supported by grants from ZonMW, NWO, Hartstichting, and Hersenstichting. She sits on national guideline committees for treatment of ischemic stroke and coma after cardiac arrest and chairs the jury of the two-yearly science award of the Netherlands Neurovascular Society.

Expertise

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    • Patient
    • Therapeutic Procedure
    • Heart Arrest
    • Apoplexy
    • Brain Ischemia
    • Inpatient

  • Neuroscience

    • Ischemic Stroke
    • Stroke

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Ancillary activities

  • Rijnstate Hospitalmedical doctor
  • Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhemmedical doctor
  • Rijnstate HospitalMedical Docter

Publications

2025

Author Response: Quantitative Characterization of Rhythmic and Periodic EEG Patterns in Patients in a Coma After Cardiac Arrest and Association With Outcome (2025)Neurology, 104(10), e210036. Van Putten, M. J. A. M. & Hofmeijer, J.https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000210036Treatment for cerebral recovery after cardiac arrest (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Nutma, S.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036564588Don't lose heart: Neuropsychological outcome and treatment after cardiac arrest (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. van Gils, P.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036564465Predictive value of resting-state fMRI graph measures in hypoxic encephalopathy after cardiac arrest (2025)Neuroimage : clinical, 46. Article 103763. Lange, P., Verhulst, M., Tuladhar, A. M., Tewarie, P., Keijzer, H., Klijn, C. J. M., Hoedemaekers, C., Blans, M., Tonino, B., Meijer, F. J. A., Helmich, R. C. & Hofmeijer, J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2025.103763Brain topology and cognitive outcomes after cardiac arrest: A graph theoretical analysis of fMRI data (2025)Neuroimage: Reports, 5(1). Article 100244. Verhulst, M. M. L. H., Lange, P., Tuladhar, A. M., Tewarie, P., van Gils, P. C. W., van Heugten, C., Bonnes, J., Delnoij, T., Helmich, R. & Hofmeijer, J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynirp.2025.100244Sleep disorders after cardiac arrest: Prevalence and relation with cognitive function (2025)Resuscitation Plus, 22. Article 100913. Glimmerveen, A. B., Bos, J., Zandbergen, E. G. J., Hofmeijer, J. & Keijzer, H. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2025.100913Effects of hyperglycemia on neuronal network function in an in vitro model of the ischemic penumbra (2025)Brain research, 1849. Article 149370. Kersten, C. J. B. A., Vrielink, T. H., den Hertog, H. M., Hofmeijer, J. & le Feber, J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2024.149370Cerebral Ischemia-on-a-Chip: Investigating Neuronal Responses to Hypoxia and Treatment (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Voogd, E.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036564762Endovascular treatment in comatose patients with anterior circulation ischemic stroke (2025)Frontiers in neurology, 16. Article 1524262. Sluis, W. M., Uniken Venema, S. M., van der Hoorn, A., Bot, J. C. J., van Zwam, W. H., Hofmeijer, J. & van der Worp, H. B.https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2025.1524262Ghrelin for neuroprotection in post-cardiac arrest coma: a 1-year follow-up of cognitive and psychosocial outcomes (2025)European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 14(1), 5-11. van Gils, P., Nutma, S., Meeske, K., van Heugten, C., van den Bergh, W., Foudraine, N., le Feber, J., Filius, M., van Putten, M., Beishuizen, B. & Hofmeijer, J.https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuae119

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