Edward Nieuwenhuis, pediatrician, obtained a PhD in mucosal immunology (Prof. Blumberg, Harvard University and Prof. Heijnen, Utrecht University). He became a paediatric gastroenterologist, focusing     on the innate immunesystem in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. His work includes the development of a enterocolitis model in Zebrafish. His current research focuses on IBD, somatic stemcells, epithelial biology and genetics.

In 2009, Edward Nieuwenhuis was appointed as Chairman of the Paediatrics Division of the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital Utrecht , The Netherlands. In 2010, he was also appointed as Chairman of the    leading program (speerpunt) Child Health of  the University Medical Center Utrecht.

During this period, the Hospital has established strong alliances with medical centers and research institutes in the Netherlands (e.g. Maxima, national center for pediatric oncology, Hubrecht institute for developmental biology & stem cell research) and abroad (e.g. Boston Children’s, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Medellin).

His goal is to build an integrated academic Children’s Hospital which provides health care, medical training and science of excellent standards.

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