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Richard van Wijk did his PhD in 2004 in UMC Utrecht on molecular mechanisms of disease in hereditary red blood cell enzymopathies. Currently he holds a position of Associate Professor at the Department Central Diagnostic Laboratory of the UMC Utrecht. He combines diagnostics, consultancy, and (translational) research activities on rare hereditary disorders of the red blood cell, affecting its production, function, or survival. Under his supervision the Central Diagnostic Laboratory has established itself as a National and International Center of Expertise for diagnosis and research on rare red blood cell disorders. Novel advanced and state-of-the art laboratory methods and the concept of ‘personalized diagnostics’ are applied to diagnosing and investigating patients with such disorders. Because of their rarity, the pathophysiology of many of these disorders is poorly understood. The key element of his research therefore is to gain a better understanding of pathophysiology and genotype-to-phenotype correlations, and the identification of novel (modifier) genes.

• Member of the European Hematology Organisation (EHA; member 6775).
• Member of EHA Scientific Working Group on Red Cells and Iron (member SWG-202108-00993).
• Member of the Dutch Hematology Association (NVvH).
• Member of the Dutch Society for Hematological Laboratory Investigation (VHL).
• Member of the working group ‘Non-oncological Hematology’of the Dutch

Hematology Association (NVvH).

• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board on PKD of the Rare Anaemias Disorders European Epidemiological Platform (RADEEP)

• Consultant for Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Cambridge, MA, USA)
• Consultant and Scientific advisory board for Global Blood Therapeutics

• Reviewer for peer reviewed journals, i.e. Blood, British Journal of Haematology, Blood Advances, Haematologica, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, European Journal of Haematology, International Journal of Laboratory Haematology, Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
• Abstract reviewer for the annual Congress of the EHA (2011 – present).
• Reviewer for Genetics Home Reference at the U.S. National Library of Medicine 
• Reviewer for National Information Centre for Metabolic Diseases Climb (Children Living with Inherited Metabolic Diseases), UK
• Reviewer for Orphanet Professional Encyclopedia

• Associate editor of Red Blood Cell Physiology (specialty section of Frontiers In Physiology
• Topic editor of Frontiers in Physiology Research Topic - Pathophysiology of Rare Hemolytic Anemias
• Topic editor of Frontiers in Physiology Research Topic - Novel Diagnostic Devices for Red Blood Cell Related Diseases / New Methods for Red Blood Cell Research