Experience

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  Pieter van foreest

  Jun 2004 - Jun 2010

  Adult day care assistant
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  Female cancer foundation

  May 2010 - Oct 2010

  Student assistant

  The Female Cancer Foundation is a non-profit organization that fights cervical cancer by screening, education, research and treatment in developing countries. I assisted in the coordination and planning of meetings and trips, assisted in preparation of reports and maintained contact with different stakeholders such as sponsors.

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  Amc - academic medical center

  Jan 2012 - Dec 2015

  Phd student cardiovascular immunology

  Thesis title: "Cytokines in atherosclerosis: an intricate balance". I mainly focussed on the role of interferons in atherosclerosis development and plaque stability.Results: 10 published papers, presented several moderated and conventional posters at national and international conferences, 1 award received, supervision of 4 students.

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  Stanford university

  May 2016 - Oct 2018

  Postdoctoral researcher neuroimmunology, department of neurosurgery, steinberg lab

  Project:• Helping to advance stem cell-based therapies for stroke to the clinic, by identifying the molecular mechanisms of stem cell-induced brain recovery and by identifying optimal parameters for successful stem cell transplantation.• Studying temporal and spatial dynamics of different immune cells following stroke in order to improve stroke recovery. Tasks:• Planning and coordinating experimental studies.• Supervising and training a research assistant; assigning tasks, providing guidance in the laboratory, helping with data analysis and explaining my projects/techniques in layman’s terms.• Assigning experimental tasks to research technicians. • Establishing and maintaining research collaborations.• Presenting scientific data and writing research papers.• Developing and writing experimental protocols.• Proofreading/editing of grant proposals for our clinical studies and other scientific documents.• Maintaining general laboratory databases.Techniques:- Flow cytometry- Immunohistochemistry- Cell culture- Molecular tools- Animal handling Show less

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  Patient+

  Oct 2018 - Aug 2020

  Medical writer/content manager

  My role is to develop decision aids that support shared decision making between patients and healthcare professionals. In order to do so, I collaborate with healthcare professionals, healthcare institutions such as pharmaceutical companies and scientific and patient organisations. My main tasks are writing the content of the decision aids, chairing working groups with the abovementioned stakeholders and managing different projects we are working on.

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  Central committee on research involving human subjects (ccmo)

  Oct 2020 - now

  Scientific staff member at ccmo