Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, Netherlands
Diane van der Woude studied medicine at the university of Heidelberg in Germany and graduated with highest honors (summa cum laude) in 2004. She then commenced her training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in the Netherlands and combined this with her Ph.D.-research. In 2012 she defended her Ph.D.-thesis: “Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) in rheumatoid arthritis – linking genetic predisposition to clinical outcome” and obtained her Ph.D. with honors (cum laude). She completed her training in Rheumatology in 2014.
She is now an Associate Professor in Translational Rheumatology at the LUMC and is head of the outpatient clinic rheumatology. She participates in various teaching activities for medical students.
Her research is dedicated to the processes underlying the development of rheumatoid arthritis and ANCA-associated vasculitis. It mainly focuses on the risk factors and autoantibodies associated with these diseases. She has received various grants to support her research activities, including a Veni-grant and a Vidi-grant. Dr. van der Woude is actively involved in several international research consortia, and she supervises research activities of both graduate (Ph.D.) and undergraduate (medical) students.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
4:15 PM – 4:25 PM PT
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