Full Professor
Strategic program(s):
Biography
Prof. Jeanette Leusen, received her PhD in 1995 at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She became associate professor and head of the immunotherapy group of the University Medical Center in Utrecht in 2006, and head of the UMAB facility in 2012. She has co-authored more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals and is inventor on 13 patent applications. Her group of 24 FTE works on the mechanism of action of therapeutic antibodies, with a special interest in IgA as a novel class of antibody for the treatment of both malignant as infectious disease.
Research aim
The pediatric immunology team focuses on the under-explored research field of immune response modification for the prevention of immune-driven diseases. The goal of our research is to develop interventions that can prevent disease manifestations.
Go to groupResearch aim
In our research, we aim to understand antibodies in all aspects, from fundamental research to therapeutic applications including their mode of action, e.g. Fc receptors and complement, for cancer, auto immunity and infectious diseases.
Go to groupDr Leusen holds several grants from Health Holland, KWF, Villa Joep! and industry.
