Associate Professor
Strategic program(s):
Biography
Rieke van der Graaf is an Associate Professor of Bioethics at the Julius Center, UMC Utrecht, where she leads the Bioethics and Health Humanities department. Her work centers on research ethics—particularly in relation to vulnerable populations, diversity, equity, and inclusion in research, and the ethical dimensions of innovative trial designs. She also focuses on the ethics of emerging health therapies, such as gene therapy and CAR-T, as well as global health ethics and climate ethics.
In addition to her academic roles, she serves as co-director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Bioethics in Utrecht. She contributes her expertise to several national advisory bodies, including the Committee on Vaccinations of the Dutch Health Council and the Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO). At UMC Utrecht, she also teaches courses in Medical Ethics and Research Ethics.
Research aim
Our mission is to drive impactful innovation for cancer prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and care through interdisciplinary research, fostering collaboration among researchers across disciplines within the Julius Center and beyond.Research aim
This research group aims to contribute to health equity from an ethical and epidemiological perspective. We identify and explain health inequalities and ethically evaluate whether identified health inequalities also lead to health inequity.Research aim
The Department of Bioethics & Health Humanities is an interdisciplinary research department. Our expertise spans fields such as bioethics, health law, history of medicine, narrative medicine, health research governance, and patient involvement.Evaluator - Evaluator for Horizon Europe: EISMEA / European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency - European Commission
Lid Ethicus - Beoordelen protocollen, CV's, beroep - Centrale Commissie Mensgebonden Onderzoek (CCMO)
Independent Ethical Advisor - Scientific Ethics Advisory Committee (SEAC) member malaria vaccine CAPTIVATE project - University Clinical Heidelberg
Member of the patient advisory board (MAC) - Advisor to the EU GEREMY project (Gene therapy and trearare inherited arrythmogenic cardiomyopathy) - EUPATI
Teacher - Teaching Medical Ethics in course for young hematologists - European Hematology Association-CRTH
Lid Beoordelingscommissie Wetenschappelijke Adviesraad - Lid Beoordelingscommissie - Stichting Long Covid
Director WHO Collaborating Center Utrecht, Netherlands - Director - WHO
Lid ethicus Commissie Vaccinaties en Commissie Vitamine K bij pasgeborenen - Meewerken aan onafhankelijk wetenschappelijk advies om regering en parlement te adviseren - Gezondheidsraad
Ethicist - Member of DSMB - National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
