Organization and board members
Hartwig Medical Foundation is an independent foundation partly funded by philanthropy. The non-profit foundation reinvests all acquired funds in achieving its mission. The Board of Directors consists of Hans van Snellenberg, Edwin Cuppen en Lotte Smits and is responsible for daily management. Rob Defares en Emile Voest are founders.
Supervisory Board
- Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau (chair), envoy Techleap
- Rob Defares, director IMC
- Guido Derckx, partner Loyens & Loeff
- Emile Voest, internist-oncologist Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
- Karen Willemsen, director Van Oord Dredging & Infra
Scientific Board
The Scientific Board consists of renowned national and international scientists and advises the Board of Directors and Supervisory Board on scientific and strategic choices, when requested. In addition, the Scientific Board evaluates requests for data for scientific value and feasibility.
- René Bernards, biomedical geneticist, head of molecular carcinogenesis Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Amsterdam
- Han van Krieken
- Bob Löwenberg, hematologist Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
- Roel Verhaak, professor of neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, Connecticut (US)
Data Access Board
The Data Access Board consists of a panel of independent experts and reviews requests for data access on legal, social and ethical aspects and advises the Board of Directors.
- Mariska Kool (chair), lawyer The Data Lawyers
- Eline Bunnik, assistent professor Erasmus MC
- Warnyta Minnaard, co-founder Missie Tumor Onbekend and World CUP Alliance
Employees
Meet our enthusiastic team of lab analysts, bioinformaticians, IT specialists, clinicians and more!
In our profession, we need to know everything about the patient, but we also want to know as much as possible about the patient’s tumor.