About
Introduction
Education and career
2007-2011 Orthopaedic surgery ErasmusMC
2012-2014 Spine Fellowship . Montreal Canada
2014-current orthopaedic surgeon (spine) ErasmusMC Rotterdam
Recent Findings
Previous studies in the lab have shown that autologous dendritic cells pulsed with allogenic tumor cell lysate was able to induce peripheral T cell activation and tumor-reactive T cell responses in patients with mesothelioma and pancreatic cancer. Current research focuses on how to initiate an effective immune response in the tumor as well as the tumor-draining lymph node using dendritic cell vaccination. Furthermore, we are studying novel approaches for (personalized) vaccination. In addition, we have identified T cell characteristics that underlie clinical efficacy of immune check inhibitors or chemotherapeutic agents in mesothelioma. The selected publications below give an impression of our work.
Scholarships, grants, and awards
2012 and 2013 Spine fellowship grant Montreal Canada
2020 Wordvernieuwert innovation grant
Current research project
Scoliosis Screening At Home (SCRATCH)
RCT proximal fixation in scoliosis surgery (Fixit)
Dutch Multicenter scoliosis follow up study (AIS FU)