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Principal Investigator

Prof. H.R. (Ruud) Delwel, PhD

  • Department
  • Hematology
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About Prof. H.R. (Ruud) Delwel, PhD

Education and career

Training

  • 1977: VWO-B, Libanon Lyceum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • 1980: BSc in Biology at the Rijks Universiteit Leiden
  • 1983: Master's (‘Doctoraal’) at the Rijks Universiteit Leiden

Main subjects:

  1. Parasitology, Rijks Universiteit Leiden (Dr. P. Rotmans)
  2. Immunology, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Dr. W. van Ewijk)
  3. Molecular Biology, Rijks Universiteit Leiden (Dr. J.L. Bos)
  • 1990: Doctorate Erasmus University Rotterdam (Cum Laude), Supervisor (‘Promotor’): Prof. Dr. B. Löwenberg, Title of thesis: “Characterization of human acute myeloid leukemia cells”

Work experience since graduating

  • 1991 - 1992 Post-doctoral fellowship, St. Jude Children’s Hospital Memphis, Tenessee, USA (Dr. J.N. Ihle)
  • 1993 - 1999 Assistant Professor Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • 1999 - 2010 Associate Professor, Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2010: Professor “Molecular Leukemogenesis”, Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Teaching activities

  • Coordinator of “Keuze onderzoek” program at the Hematology department
  • Coordinator of Master of Science, Molecular Medicine (2nd year students)
  • Teacher in “Thema 2, Abnormale Celgroei” (first year medical students)
  • Organiser of the “Erasmus Hematology Lectures”
  • Training of university students and students from the “HLO"

Other positions

Advisory Functions 

  • 2007 - 2010: Official member of the Leukaemia Research Fund Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel
  • November 2007: chairing a site visit to review the Leukaemia Research Fund Proteomics Programme (Director : Professor Tony Whetton), University of Manchester, UK
  • Spring 2008: chairing a site visit to review the Leukaemia Research Fund program on “AML in Downs syndrome patients”, Hammersmith, Londen, UK
  • May 2009: chairing a site visit to review the Leukaemia Research Fund program on APL: (Director : Professor David Grimwade), University of Manchester
  • Board member of EHA
  • Member of the Scientific subcommittee on Myeloid Biology of the American Society of Hematology 
  • Member of the Scientific subcommittee on “Epigenetics in Hematological disorders” of the American Society of Hematology 
  • 2020: Vice chair of the Scientific subcommittee on “Epigenetics in Hematological disorders” of the American Society of Hematology 
  • 2021: Chair of the Scientific subcommittee on “Epigenetics in Hematological disorders” of the American Society of Hematology
  • 2021: Program director of EHA in Barcelona.

Editorial board

  • Experimental Hematology
  • Haematologica
  • Blood

Scholarships, grants, and awards

  • KWF Research Fellowship to visit Prof. Dr. JN Ihle, St Judes Children’s Research Hospital, Biochemistry department, Memphis, USA, 1991--1992
  • NWO-NATO-Fellowship to visit Prof. Dr. JN Ihle, St Judes Children’s Research Hospital, Biochemistry department, Memphis, USA, 1991--1992
  • Fellowship from the Royal Dutch Academy of Science (KNAW):1994-1998
  • Stipends from the Dutch Cancer Society (NKB) and Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
  • The 2015 Dutch Cancer Research Price (KWO-Price)
  • Jose Carreras Award and Lecture, EHA 2017
    Awards and Fellowships for graduate students and postdocs within the research groep: P.J.M. Valk (KWF Research fellowship with Prof. Orkin, Boston), E.van den Akker (Jose Careras Young Investigator Award), M.Alberich-Jorda (Jose Careras/EHA Research Fellowship), and N. Rayman (KWF fellowship for “arts-assistenten”), Sanne Lugthart (Jose Careras/EHA Research Fellowship and KWF travel grant for a 5 months visit to Cornell in NY)