Loading…
Eureka International Summer Course in Translational Medicine...
Friday July 10, 2026 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
A review of what we've learned and experienced together over the past week and a look to your future in Translational Medicine as a Eureka Alumnus.
Speakers
avatar for Ernest Diez Benavente

Ernest Diez Benavente

Assistant Professor, University Medical Center Utrecht
As an Assistant Professor in experimental cardiology at the UMC Utrecht (Netherlands) my group focusses on the analysis of complex biological data to understand sex differences in atherosclerosis. In addition, we have a strong motivation to valorise our findings into clinically relevant... Read More →
avatar for Richard Foty

Richard Foty

Director of Epidemiology & Data Analytics, Respond Health, HealthEdge Innovation
Richard Foty is the Director of Epidemiology & Data Analytics at Respond Health, where he is helping to develop and leverage sophisticated techniques in AI to draw critical intelligence from the largest health dataset in the USA. His work focuses on translating complex data into actionable... Read More →
avatar for Pat Furlong

Pat Furlong

Founding President and CEO, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD)

avatar for Janine Geerling

Janine Geerling

Assistant Professor, UMC Utrecht
As a biomedical scientist specialized in higher education teaching, I dedicate myself to designing and providing educational activities that stimulate the development of student's research skills. More specifically, I focus on training students to design their research in an inclusive... Read More →
avatar for Roos de Jonge

Roos de Jonge

Assistant professor community engaged learning, UMC Utrecht
Roos de Jonge studied Medical Biology at the University of Amsterdam and obtained her PhD in the AMC at the Department of Neurosience with the topic: "Genetic profiling of the peripheral nervous system". Due to an extensive role as a caregiver for her daughter with a congenital heart... Read More →
ST

Sanne ter Meulen

Assistant professor, UMC Utrecht
Biography Sanne ter Meulen – de Jong, PhDSanne ter Meulen is assistant professor in biomedical education at University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. She obtained her PhD at the department Medical Physiology of the UMC Utrecht in 2015, concerning the detection of cardiac... Read More →
avatar for Marc van Mil

Marc van Mil

Associate Professor Biomedical Education, UMC Utrecht
Marc van Mil is associate professor biomedical education at University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. He cares about and contributes to the professional development of future clinicians, clinician scientists and biomedical scientists; both by being an excellent teacher and... Read More →
LN

Luigi Negri

Managing Partner; Venture Partner, ThinKeen Global Consulting; Obloo Ventures
avatar for Berent Prakken

Berent Prakken

Emeritus professor, UMC Utrecht
Berent Prakken (MD, PhD) is vice-dean and director of the biomedical education centre at the Utrecht Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), the Netherlands. He is also professor of pediatric immunology at the UMCU and honorary professor at the University of Ghent, Belgium. Berent Prakken... Read More →
CD

Chiara Di Resta

Associate Professor, Clinical Pathology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan

avatar for Norm Rosenblum

Norm Rosenblum

Pediatric Nephrologist, Senior Scientist, SickKids, U Toronto
Dr. Norman Rosenblum is Professor of Paediatrics, Physiology, and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto, a Paediatric Nephrologist and Senior Scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children, and Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research... Read More →
avatar for Hester den Ruijter

Hester den Ruijter

Professor of Cardiovascular disease in women, Univ. Med. Ctr., Utrecht
I am a professor at the Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology in the University Medical Center Utrecht. My research focusses on sex differences in cardiovascular diseases. I have been trained in fundamental research as well as in clinical epidemiology. Currently, I coordinate both... Read More →
avatar for Casper Schoemaker

Casper Schoemaker

Advisor patient involvement in research and double talent, UMC Utrecht
Casper Schoemaker, PhD is an advisor on patient involvement in research at the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital of the UMC Utrecht and INVOLV.He was trained as a researcher and he used to be a senior researcher and project leader at the National Institute for Public Health and the... Read More →
avatar for Vicki Seyfert-Margolis

Vicki Seyfert-Margolis

Respond health
Dr. Seyfert-Margolis founded RespondHealth (previously known as My Own Med, Inc.) to disrupt incumbent methods of clinical trialing, new product trialing and patient registry development – all in service of her aim to deliver better health outcomes to those afflicted with disease... Read More →
avatar for Anita Small

Anita Small

Owner/Founder, Small LANGUAGE CONNECTIONS
Dr. Anita Small is a sociolinguist, educator, mediator and researcher - inspired to bridge different worlds through communication, arts, language and culture. Founder/owner of small LANGUAGE CONNECTIONS, working with non-profit organizations, educational institutions, museums, theatres... Read More →
avatar for Anna van Suchtelen

Anna van Suchtelen

visual artist & writer, independent
Anna van Suchtelen (New York 1961) studied Literature (MA) in Groningen, the Netherlands and Visual Arts at University of California San Diego, USA. She is an artist and a writer. Text and narrative play a crucial role in her visual work, which includes installations, audio works... Read More →
avatar for Bas Vastert

Bas Vastert

Head of department of pediatric rheumatology ad inmunology, Wilhelmina Childrens’ Hospital, UMC Utrecht
I am a pediatric rheumatologist/immunologist and a translational researcher with a PhD on mechanisms of disease and therapy in severe Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) in 2013. I am staff member of the department of pediatric rheumatology & immunology since 2012, and head of this... Read More →
avatar for Femke van Wijk

Femke van Wijk

Professor Immunology and Manager Research Pediatrics, UMC Utrecht
Femke van Wijk is a Professor in Tissue Immunology at the Center for Translational Immunology at the University Medical Centre Utrecht (UMCU) in the Netherlands. Dr. van Wijk obtained her PhD on mechanisms of oral tolerance and allergic sensitization to peanut at the Utrecht University... Read More →
Friday July 10, 2026 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
TBA

Sign up or log in to save this to your schedule, view media, leave feedback and see who's attending!

Share Modal

Share this link via

Or copy link