Alain van Gool

Alain van Gool is a distinguished academic and researcher specializing in personalized healthcare, currently serving as a Professor of Personalized Healthcare at Radboudumc since December 2011. Van Gool leads various initiatives, including the MedTech & Data Sciences domain within the Radboudumc Research Institute for Medical Innovation, coordinating strategies among 3000 researchers. As a strategic advisor to Radboudumc's Executive Board and head of the Translational Metabolic Laboratory, van Gool focuses on developing personalized diagnostics and improving healthcare efficiency. Additionally, van Gool chairs the Biomarker Platform at EATRIS, providing leadership in collaborative translational medicine efforts across Europe, and previously held significant roles in biomarker research at organizations such as the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and Merck Sharp & Dohme. With an academic background including a PhD in Transcription-coupled DNA repair, van Gool has contributed extensively to the fields of genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics throughout a career spanning multiple prestigious institutions.