Ron Van Schaik

Professor van Schaik is a specialist in Laboratory medicine and a Full Professor of Pharmacogenetics . He is Director of the International Reference Center for Pharmacogenetics and he leads the Research & Development Unit of the Dept. Clinical Chemistry at Erasmus University Medical Center in The Netherlands.

His research focuses on clinical implementation of Pharmacogenetics. Specific targets are Transplantation / immunosuppression, Oncology, Pain, Psychiatry, HIV and Anticoagulation. He has published over 175 articles in this field and has participated in research grants with a total value of over €8 million.

Prof van Schaik has given over 200 invited lectures and participates on multiple national and international advisory committees on pharmacogenetics In 2001, he received the Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Award for Outstanding Research, in 2009 the AACC Outstanding Speaker Award, and in 2010 the AACC/Mol Pathology Award for Outstanding Scientific Research.