Biography 

Prof. Dr. Ron HN van Schaik 

IFCC Expert-center Pharmacogenetics 

Dept. Clinical Chemistry 

Erasmus University Medical Center 

Rotterdam, The Netherlands 

P  +31-10-7033119 

E  r.vanschaik@erasmusmc.nl 

W  www.erasmusmusmc.nl/farmacogenetica  

Prof. Dr. Ron van Schaik (PhD, FACB) is a registered European Specialist Laboratory Medicine and a Full Professor of Pharmacogenetics. He is head of the Dept. Clinical Chemistry at the Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, and Director of the International (IFCC) Expertcenter for Pharmacogenetics. Main interest is the implementation of pharmacogenetics in clinical practice. He published over 350 peer reviewed articles in this field. Specific research topics oncology, cardiology, psychiatry and pain medication. Prof van Schaik participates in several national and international groups on Pharmacogenetics, such as ESPT (Co-Founder/Past President), PGRN (founding member), CPIC, DPWG, IUPHAR, EMA, PharmVar and AMP. In 2001, he received the Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Award for Outstanding Research, in 2009 the AACC Outstanding Speaker Award, and in 2010 the AACC/Mol Pathology Award for Outstanding Scientific Research. h-index 75 (Google Scholar).