Professor of Clinical Genetics, with focus on clinical genetic advice in oncogenetics.
The chair has as aim to improve clinical genetic consultation. The focus is on hereditary and familial tumors, in particular breast and ovarian cancer. Attention is paid to: improving risk assessment; both by modelling and by means of improvement of molecular techniques, psychological aspects, risk communication, guideline development, improvement of screening methods, implementation of knowledge in the field of oncogenetics in general medicine and medical specialties working in the field of oncology.
This chair also fits in well with the National Science Agenda exemplary routes 'Personalised medicine' and 'Health care research prevention and treatment'.
There is involvement in the research programmes Hereditary cancer genetics of the department of Clinical Genetics and the innovative research themes Cancer en Medical genomics.