Onderzoekschool Oncologie Amsterdam
Oncology Graduate School Amsterdam

Meet our team

The OOA is managed by three executive directors and a manager. The management team is responsible for the education program, and the design and implementation of new policies. They are assisted by a supportive staff and the OOA PhD council.

Professor of Experimental Oncology and Angiogenesis Translational cancer researcher developing therapeutic cancer vaccines.
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Prof. dr. Arjan W. Griffioen

Executive directory, Chair

Marcel Spaargaren is associate professor at the dept. of Pathology of the Amsterdam UMC location UvA and Cancer Center Amsterdam with a major research interest in hemato-oncology, in particular B-cell malignancies lymphoma, multiple myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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Dr. Marcel Spaargaren

Executive directory

Dr. Heinz Jacobs

Executive directory

As the manager of the OOA, I oversee the OOA training programs and lead the development of new educational initiatives
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Dr. Esther M. Ruhé

Manager

Stafmember Education
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Evelien Bos

Supportive staff

Flexstudent education
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Noëlle Commandeur

Supportive staff

Communication and Administration for Cancer Center Amsterdam and website host and editor for the OOA
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Jolieke Weijmer

Supportive staff

PhD student council

Contact

ooacouncil@amsterdamumc.nl
ooa-events@nki.nl

From left to right: Maud Schoot Uiterkamp, Britt van der Swaan, Ben Ooms, Konstantina Strepi, Maxime Kempers & Merel Lucassen

The interests of PhD candidates are represented by the PhD candidate council. The council advises the management team and organizes (social) events to stimulate close connections between PhD candidates. The council is made up of PhD candidates from each institute and serves as a bridge between PhD candidates and the management team.

From left to right: Maud Schoot Uiterkamp, Britt van der Swaan, Ben Ooms, Konstantina Strepi, Maxime Kempers & Merel Lucassen

Welcome to the new OOA website!

Our website had a big restyling. 

Enjoy reading!