Specialization
biostatistics, bioinformatics, immunology, oncology, pigment cell research, dermatology, autoimmunity, cancer immunotherapy, immunomonitoring, vitiligo, skin cancer, melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, (atopic) dermatitis, psoriasis, heart failure, cardiology
Focus of research
Wouter Ouwerkerk is a researcher trained in biostatistics, bioinformatics and genetic epidemiology. He has (co-)authored over 100 publications in international peer-reviews journals across the fields of cardiology, dermatology, cancer and immunology, intergrating multi-omics and systems biology approaches to advance personalized medicine.
After earning his PhD, under Prof. Dr. A.H. Zwinderman and Prof. Dr. A.A. Voors, he joined the Department of Dermatology (Prof. Dr. R.M. Luiten) at the Amsterdam UMC. He got recognized internationally, when he was invited by Prof. Dr. C.S.P Lam to join the National Heart Centre Singapore as senior research fellow, continuing his research on Heart Failure.
He continues working in the field of dermatology where he focusses on high-dimensional data analyses in different diseases: melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancer, vitiligo, (atopic/hand) dermatitis and psoriasis.
Wouter has received multiple competitive awards, including grants from the Cancer Center Amsterdam (2023), Melanoma Research Alliance (2020), and the AII (2028), and has been repeatedly invited as expert to the transatlantic heart failure biomarker working groups in Cannes.