Chris J L M Meijer
Academics
Vrije Universiteit Medical Center,
Netherlands
Biography
Chris J L M Meijer received his MD in 1972 at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Netherlands, and was awarded with his PhD during his medicine study in 1971 at the Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, (VUMC) Amsterdam. He is board certified as Surgical Pathologist (1977 Leiden) Medical Immunologist since1981. He was staff Pathologist at the Dept. of Pathology of LUMC till 1980, and staff member and Head of the Department of Immunopathology at the SSDZ, Delft, from 1980-1982. From 1983-2009 he was chairman and Director of the Dept. of Pathology of the VUMC, Amsterdam. He is and has been chairman or member of numerous national and international scientific and strategy committees advising in the field of oncology and pathology. He received several awards for his scientific work. Presently he works at the Dept. of Pathology, VUMC, Amsterdam heading a research group aiming to elucidate molecular aspects of HPV infections leading into transforming cervical intra-epithelial neoplasms and cancer and focuses on the role of promotor methylation of tumor suppressor genes involved in carcinogenesis. Chris J L M Meijer received his MD in 1972 at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Netherlands, and was awarded with his PhD during his medicine study in 1971 at the Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, (VUMC) Amsterdam. He is board certified as Surgical Pathologist (1977 Leiden) Medical Immunologist since1981. He was staff Pathologist at the Dept. of Pathology of LUMC till 1980, and staff member and Head of the Department of Immunopathology at the SSDZ, Delft, from 1980-1982. From 1983-2009 he was chairman and Director of the Dept. of Pathology of the VUMC, Amsterdam. He is and has been chairman or member of numerous national and international scientific and strategy committees advising in the field of oncology and pathology. He received several awards for his scientific work. Presently he works at the Dept. of Pathology, VUMC, Amsterdam heading a research group aiming to elucidate molecular aspects of HPV infections leading into transforming cervical intra-epithelial neoplasms and cancer and focuses on the role of promotor methylation of tumor suppressor genes involved in carcinogenesis.
Research Interest
Immunology,Medical bacteriology and virology
