Niek de Wit is Division chair ad interim of the Julius Center of Health Sciences and Primary Care at UMC Utrecht.
His research focus is on health care innovation, gastrointestinal disease and oncology in primary care. He is co-author of national and international guidelines on IBS, dyspepsia, diverticulitis and colorectal cancer. In the past years he has been involved in the development of a regional health care network , aiming at primary- hospital care collaboration, optimizing health care pathways and facilitating health care innovation initiatives in the Utrecht region.
“Adequate implementation of prevention is conditional in the coming decade, in order to attain healthy urban living, diminish health inequalities and reduce health care expenses. Care, cure and prevention need to be integrated, and professionals from these domains need to collaborate and develop a regional health care network in which preventive activities can be effectively implemented.”