Daniel Duprez, MD, PhD

Administrator Info
Name: Roberta Beach
Email: rmbeach@umphysicians.umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE
MMC 508 Mayo
8508A (Campus Delivery Code)
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Summary
Daniel Duprez, MD, PhD was born in Belgium and received his MD and PhD degree at the University of Ghent in Belgium. He completed his medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of Ghent, followed by a fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. He obtained a Hospital Management degree at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. He was Professor Medicine/Cardiology at the University Ghent Belgium. In 2002, he joined the University of Minnesota, where he is tenured Professor of Medicine/Cardiology, holder of the Donald and Patricia Garofalo Chair in Preventive Cardiology at the School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health at the School of Public Health.My clinic research is focused on early detection and treatment of cardiovascular disease, arterial stiffness/elasticity in health and disease, lipids and novel biomarkers of inflammation and thrombosis in different ethnicities (CARDIA study, MESA study population, HIV population). I have received multiple NIH grants in these domains. I am a clinical trialist and I have studied dozens of new compounds of clinical trials in phase II, III and IV and have served on many study committees regarding design and adjudication events committees of international outcome trials.I serve at different NIH scientific grant review committees in USA, at different scientific grant committees of several European countries (Belgium, UK, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Poland), South Africa, United Arabic Emirates, Singapore. I have been involved in international education programs with the European Union regarding review and development.As a clinician, I focus on early detection of cardiovascular disease, lipid abnormalities, hypertension, and prevention of established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.