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Personalized Healthcare Fellowship Program

ErasmusMC

Host: Dept. of Pathology & Clinical Bioinformatics Unit, ErasmusMC, The Netherlands

Main Areas of Interest

By Prof. Dr. Ing. Peter J. van der Spek:

As a geneticist and bioinformatician I study how variations in our genome contribute to the differences between health and disease. Moreover, we have learned from pharmacogenetics studies that various different genetic variants also can contribute to therapy response and drug metabolism. Sharing therapy response data is therefore essential to optimize and roll out these novel personalized healthcare strategies in day to day clinical practice. In order to implement Personalized Medicine we need to use the Whole genome sequence for diagnostics in order to decide which targeted treatment is most optimal for a given patient at a specific point in time of the disease process. Insight in molecular pathways that can be activated or repressed by biologicals (agonists or antibody based antagonists is the modern way to treat disease.

About Prof. Dr. Ing. Peter J. van der Spek:

Peter J. van der Spek has been appointed as professor and head of the department of bioinformatics at the Erasmus MC. He obtained his doctoral degree in 1995 in the field of molecular carcinogenesis by cloning cancer predisposition genes.

Van der Spek has 6 years of pharmaceutical experience from Akzo-Nobel and Johnson & Johnson and holds several international academic appointments in Japan, Australia, and the USA. The bioinformatics group at the Erasmus MC focuses on the support of datamining and analysis. This expertise is used for fundamental research, molecular diagnostics, molecular imaging, (forensic) molecular biology and support of clinical trials. Erasmus MC is one of the largest medical centers in the Netherlands.

Van der Spek runs an immunological research program which provides the biological and technological basis for the bioinformatics group. It concentrates on the way the immune system and the genome as a whole contribute to the evolution, development, structure, and function of vital organs in our body.

Techniques You Will Learn

Techniques related to

Genetics
Bioinformatics
Big Data
Molecular Diagnosis

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Curriculum

2-4 week Personalized Medicine traineeships at ErasmusMC

The Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC) based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, affiliated with Erasmus University and home to its faculty of medicine, is the "largest and one of the most authoritative scientific University Medical Centers in Europe." Furthermore, the hospital is the largest of the eight university medical centers in the Netherlands, both in terms of turnover and number of beds. The Erasmus MC ranks #1 of the top European institution in clinical medicine and #20 in the world according to the Times Higher Education rankings.

ErasmusMC offers 2-4 week personalized medicine internships illustrating the power of molecular diagnostics followed by targeted treatment strategies.

During the internship complex genetic cases will be discussed to illustrate the variable clinical presentation linked to specific perturbed molecular pathways underlying auto-immune and auto-inflammatory disorders.

The intracellular metabolism in monocytes, macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs) appears crucial for the function of these critical controllers of innate and adaptive immunity. They undergo profound metabolic reprogramming in response to environmental cues, such as hypoxia or nutrient alterations, but also upon triggering by danger signals and cytokines. Therefore, metabolic alterations in monocytes, macrophages and DCs appear crucial to maintain immune homeostasis and metabolic dysregulation could lead to disease pathology. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team comprising of internists, pathologists immunologists, molecular biologists and bioinformaticians studying patients suffering from auto-immune and or auto-inflammatory disorders.

Accommodation

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Fees and Program Logistics

This program has the following durations available:

Duration	Fee
2 weeks	$875.00
6 weeks	$1,500.00
12 weeks	$2,750.00

This program allows Merit Applications. If you successfully are awarded a merit application - Trialect will take care of all bench and service fees, but you will have to take care of travel and accommodation. All applications will be scrutinized under the merit category. Considering 50 million health professionals around the world, the chances of getting selected under the merit category would be very low.

Who Can Apply

All physicians and biomedical scientists from around the world can apply

Host Details

Host Name: Prof. Dr. Ing. Peter J. van der Spek

Affiliation: ErasmusMC

Address: Doctor Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, Netherlands

Website URL: https://www.erasmusmc.nl/

Disclaimer:It is mandatory that all applicants carry workplace liability insurance, e.g., https://www.protrip-world-liability.com (Erasmus students use this package and typically costs around 5 € per month - please check) in addition to health insurance when you join any of the onsite Trialect partnered fellowships.

Onsite/On-Campus Program

Fellowship - Basic/Translational/Clinical Research Program

Netherlands

Application Review Deadline:

Jun 1st, 2024

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Program Logistics and Administrative Fees

This program has the following durations available:

Duration	Fee
2 weeks	$875.00
6 weeks	$1,500.00
12 weeks	$2,750.00

Questions and Answers

Commonly asked questions about this program from the host and other attendees.

are there any oncology nursing programs for fellowship that are still active

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My colleague Dr. Chiayen Hung has submitted her application to this program in Arpril 2023. The decision should be early May 2023 according to the information on Trialect. But she has not yet received any decision/information from Trialect. Please let us know what should we do next. Thank you.

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Can I request for extension of the payment deadline?

Sure.

I recieved an email informing that my application was accepted for this fellowship and, before paying the fees, I would like to know about the possible dates that I will be able to go. Do I choose the date or is defined by the host of the programme? Thank you.

Usually, we request to consider a couple of options as you will have to match with the host mentor schedules to have the best experiences

I tried to contact the host mentor by mail to schedule the fellowship but I did not receive any reply. I paid the fee for 4 weeks fellowship.

Please contact support@trialect.com to assist you accordingly.

Hello! I am Indian Passport holder - but currently under F1 OPT visa with work authorisation. I wanted to know what the visa status would be like. Secondly also wanted to know if we can choose to go for the priority category in case we don’t get selected in the merit category? Last of all , is this a paid fellowship option?

The host institution will give you the directions regarding the appropriate visa

Is it still possible to apply for this fellowship?

You can also use this link to apply now for the same program: https://trialect.com/personalized-healthcare-fellowship-program-for-2022/program-details