Ron van Schaik

Prof. Dr. Ron van Schaik (PhD, FACB) is a registered European Specialist Laboratory Medicine and a Full Professor of Pharmacogenetics since 2013 and Professor of Clinical Chemistry since 2023. He is head of the Dept. Clinical Chemistry at the Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam and Director of the International (IFCC) Expert center for Pharmacogenetics. His main interest is the implementation of pharmacogenetics in clinical practice. He published over 350 peer-reviewed articles in this field. Specific research topics include pharmacogenetic applications in oncology, cardiology, psychiatry and pain medication. Additionally, Prof. van Schaik performs research on prostate cancer and cardiac biomarkers. Prof van Schaik participates in several national and international groups on Pharmacogenetics, such as ESPT (Co-Founder/Past President), PGRN (founding member), CPIC, DPWG, IUPHAR, EMA, PharmVar and AMP. He is the 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). h-index 81 (Google Scholar).