Associate Professor
Strategic program(s):
Biography
Dr. Stefan Nierkens (PhD) is Associate Professor and Medical Immunologist, accredited according to guidelines of the College of Medical Immunologists of the Dutch Society of Immunology, in the UMC Utrecht and Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology. Within the ISO15189-accredited laboratory his focus areas are Hemato-oncology, Immune monitoring, Cell and functional diagnostics, and Serology.
Dr. Nierkens is Associate Professor Pediatric Tumor Immunology and HCT and focusses on the development of innovative immunotherapy treatment strategies (based on dendritic cells and gene-engineered T cells) to improve the outcome of pediatric cancers (e.g. acute leukemia and neuroblastoma). Furthermore, his lab (12 fte) focuses on the combination of advanced immune monitoring and PK-PD modeling to provide predictable immune reconstitution after hematopoietic cell transplantation.
Research aim
We strive to improve efficacy and safety of immune therapy against pediatric cancers, specifically focussing on the function of immune cells in children undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation or receiving CAR-T cells.
Go to groupResearch aim
To address unmet medical needs by detecting novel primary immunodeficiency, and improving clinical practice by optimizing diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease.
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Kika
ZonMW-TAS
VillaJoep
Ammodo
Medische Immunologie - Overeenkomstige taken als Medisch Immunoloog bij LTI UMCU - Prinses Maxima Centrum voor Kinderoncologie
commissie - expertise medische immunologie - NVVI
