Decisions are made together with the AGEM research board, consisting of approximately 9 senior scientists across AGEM's three research programs. Additionally, AGEM is supported by a Business Developer, a junior board (Young AGEM) and several committees. The organization is visualized in the following figure.
AGEM Directorate
Anita Boelen, PhD
Co-director AGEM Research Institute
Amsterdam UMC, location: AMC
Endocrine laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry
Nanne de Boer, MD, PhD
Co-director AGEM Research Institute
Amsterdam UMC, location: VUmc
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Research board
The AGEM research board consists of approximately nine senior AGEM researchers, at least one representative from each of the AGEM research programs. The research board meets approximately once per two months with the AGEM directors and policy officers to discuss AGEM policy. More information can be found here.
Young AGEM
The Young AGEM board consists of a diverse group of researchers: both clinical and translational/basic science researchers, from different departments of both Amsterdam UMC locations, in various stages of their career: from young post-doctoral researcher to assistant professor.
They aim to support PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers (early-mid career researchers) in several ways, for example by organizing scientific and network events. If you have any questions about your role or your possibilities within AGEM as a Young AGEM researcher, you can send an email to youngagem@amsterdamumc.nl.
Signe Mosegaard Nielsen
I am a postdoctoral Fellow at the Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases. My research focuses on the development of stem cell derived models for rare inherited metabolic diseases and using these to detect novel disease mechanisms and testing alternative treatment strategies.
Patrick de Jonge
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the department of experimental vascular medicine, where I started after obtaining my PhD from Utrecht University in 2020. My main research focus are viruses of microbes called bacteriophages and how they interact with bacterial populations in the human gut.
Anne van der Spek
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Endocrinology, focusing on (autoimmune) thyroid disease and thyroid hormone action. Besides my research I am also a medical doctor specializing in internal medicine and endocrinology.
Jeska Fritzsche
I am a medical doctor currently training to become a gastroenterologist. In addition to my clinical work, I am pursuing postdoctoral research at the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, focusing on the endoscopic management of (pre)malignant lesions of the biliary tree.
Mohammed Ghiboub
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research and the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Amsterdam UMC, where I started after obtaining my PhD from the University of Amsterdam in 2022. My research focuses on identifying novel metabolomic and epigenetic signatures as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer. Through my work, I aim to advance precision medicine by uncovering molecular pathways that drive these diseases, ultimately contributing to improved diagnostics and treatment strategies.
Committees
Retreat committee:
Committee existing of Manon Wildenberg, Eva Dirkx-Beuling, Valentina Bravo and 6-10 PhD candidates and postdocs from different departments. You can reach the committee via agemretreat@amsterdamumc.nl.
PhD candidate course committee:
Annemieke Heijboer, Hilde Herrema, Eva Dirkx-Beuling, Valentina Bravo.
Tager lecture committee:
Noam Zelcer, Riekelt Houtkooper, Eveline Bruinstroop, Susanne La Fleur.