• Heidelberglaan 100, UMC Utrecht

      3584 CX Utrecht

      Netherlands

    20062025

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    Biography

    Karijn Suijkerbuijk is a translational medical oncologist with special interest in melanoma and immunotherapy. During her PhD, she performed research on tumor epigenetics in breast cancer in the lab of Professor Saraswati Sukumar at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Suijkerbuijk currently participates in multiple phase II and III clinical trials on immune checkpoint inhibitors. She published papers in Oncogene, Annals of Oncology and JNCI, received research grants from KWF and NWO and was awarded an ASCO Merit Award. Her current research focuses on clinical and immunological parameters assoaciated with immune related adverse events during checkpoint inhibition and clinicopathological factors associated with checkpoint inhibitor response.

    Fellowship & awards

    2007  Research year for residents (UU2007-3977) KWF
    2008  Translational grant KWF (UU-2008-4217
    2008  AGIKO stipend, ZonMW
    2008  ASCO Merit Award

    2018 ZonMW goed gebruik geneesmiddelen

    Education/Academic qualification

    Associate Professor, University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht

    Award Date: 1 Nov 2019

    External positions

    research funding Genmab - AI onderzoekssamenwerking in Health Holland project dat door Genmab financieel wordt ondersteund - Genmab

    1 Nov 202331 Dec 3999

    ESMO melanoma faculty - expertise melanoom - European Society for Medical Oncology

    13 Jun 202231 Dec 3999

    Lid real world data working group ESMO - onderzoek patientcohorten - European Society for Medical Oncology

    10 Jun 202231 Dec 3999

    Lid wetenschappelijke adviesraad - ervaring onderzoek - Maarten van der Weijden foundation

    10 Jun 202231 Dec 3999

    Adviesraad stichting melanoom (sinds 2019) - Vanuit expertise als melanoombehandelaar - Stichting melanoom

    9 Jun 202231 Dec 3999

    Lid Data Safety Monitoring Committee CHOPIN studie (vanaf 2020; studie gesponsord door BMS) - onderzoekservaring immuuntherapie - LUMC

    9 Jun 202231 Dec 3999

    Voorzitter wetenschappelijke commissie - Kwaliteitsverbetering en onderzoek op het gebied van melanoomzorg - Dutch Melanoma Treatment Registry (DICA)

    6 Jun 202231 Dec 3999

    Adviesgroep kanker in de zwangerschap - Expertise melanoom en immuuntherapie - Adviesgroep kanker in de zwangerschap

    1 Jun 202231 Dec 3999

    Organisatie/voorzitter jaarlijks immuno-oncologie symposium - expertise en onderzoek immuunoncologie - Immuno-oncologie symposium

    1 Jan 202031 Dec 3999

    Bestuurslid Tumorfocusgroep melanoom - expertise melanoom - Tumorfocusgroep melanoom

    1 Jan 201931 Dec 3999

    medisch expert bij melanoom nascholing en congresjournaal ASCO/ESMO - expertise melanoom - Medtalks

    1 Jan 201831 Dec 3999

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