Ron van Schaik

Prof. Dr. Ron H.N. van Schaik (PhD/FACB) is a European Specialist Laboratory Medicine and Full Professor Pharmacogenetics (2013) and Clinical Chemistry (2023). He is head of the Dept. Clinical Chemistry at Erasmus MC – University Medical Center Rotterdam and Director of the International (IFCC) Expert-Center for Pharmacogenetics. Main interest is implementation of pharmacogenetics in clinical practice. He published >350 peer reviewed articles (h-index 81; Google Scholar). Specific research topics include pharmacogenetics in oncology, cardiology, psychiatry and pain medication, as well as ctDNA/liquid biopsy analyses and opioid use disorder. Prof. van Schaik participates in national (DPWG) and international groups on pharmacogenetics (ESPT, PGRN, CPIC, PharmVar, AMP, EMA) and chairs the Dutch Network Clinical Pharmacogenetics. Besides pharmacogenetics, he is involved in prostate cancer and cardiac biomarker research. He is recipient of the Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Award for Outstanding Research (2001), the AACC Outstanding Speaker Award (2009) and the AACC/Mol Pathology Award for Outstanding Scientific Research (2010).