Full Professor
Strategic program(s):
Biography
Dr A. van Royen-Kerkhof is senior consultant in Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology at the department of Pediatric Immunolgy an Rheumatology of the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital Utrecht, the Netherlands. She obtained her MD degree in 1990 at the Medical School of the University of Utrecht. She was trained as a paediatrician from 1991-1996 In Utrecht and Eindhoven (Catharina Ziekenhuis) In 2002 she achieved her specialist degree in Pediatric Immunolgy and Rheumatology. In 2005 she finished her PhD thesis on “Fcg-receptors in the clinics”.
The main focus of her clinical work is on Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases, the research focus is on Juvenile Dermatomyositis.
Currently she is involved in the development of the Medical/Research Master programme SUMMA in the University Medical Center Utrecht (2016-present).
As a member of the Medical Ethical Committee she was involved in reviewing investigational protocols for research in children and persons who are incapable of giving consent.
Currently she is involved in the national and international discussions on accessibility of (expensive) treatment in pediatric patients
Research aim
We aim to develop adaptive, creative, responsible future health professionals by investigating learning in education and at workplaces. This leads to evidence-informed education and innovations that foster the health domain.
Go to group2018: Cure JM grant USD 90.000,-
2017: KAISZ - bijdrage onderzoek naar vermoeidheid en pijn bij kinderen met auto-immuunsysteemziekten
consultant Pediatric Rheumatology, De Kinderkliniek Almere
