Dr. Lourens Bloem

Dr. Lourens T. Bloem (PharmD, MSc) is an assistant professor at the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology of Utrecht University. He has been trained as a pharmacist (2016) and is currently in training as a clinical pharmacologist. Next to the Utrecht Young Academy, he is a member of the Open Science Team of the Faculty of Science.

Lourens aims to optimise outcomes of medicines in patient care through interdisciplinary research, integrating drug regulatory science (the science of evaluating and improving drug regulatory decision-making), clinical pharmacology (the science of optimal clinical use of medicines), and (pharmaco)epidemiology (the science of ‘real-world’ effects of medicines). He focuses on innovative medicines for patients with cancers and rare diseases for which unmet medical needs are typically highest. These medicines are associated with substantial pharmacological, clinical, and policy-related uncertainty, and fuel scientific and societal debates about clinical relevance of outcomes.

Lourens Bloem has been a member of the Utrecht Young Academy, a bridge between young and talented researchers, since 2026.