Frank J. Wolters (MD PhD) is assistant professor at the departments of Epidemiology and Radiology & Nuclear Medicine at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Trained at Oxford, Rotterdam, and Harvard, he developed expertise in research methodology, applied notably to the prevention of cerebrovascular disease and dementia in clinical studies as well as large-scale datasets. Dr Wolters leads the nationwide BIRD-NL consortium on dementia prevention in the Netherlands, and is a co-investigator on various national and international initiatives including the Cross-Cohort Collaboration, Dementia Risk Prediction Project, and the Heart-Brain Connection collaborative research group. He is executive committee member for the International Society of Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders (VasCog), and formerly for the ISTAART executive committee for Vascular Cognitive Disorders, and holds current positions on the editorial board of the European Journal of Epidemiology and the International Journal of Stroke. His work is supported by research grants from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), Netherlands Organisation for Health Research & Development (ZonMw), Alzheimer Nederland, Alzheimer’s Association, Dutch Heart Foundation, Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, and Erasmus Trust Fund. If you are looking for an open-minded and resourceful medical academic, equipped with élan vital and the tools of a wordsmith, please feel free to reach out for academic collaborations or consultancy to promote public health globally.