PhD candidate ‘Circulating tumour DNA’

Radboudumc

The Department of

Medical Oncology

is part of the Radboudumc Center for Oncology. We place emphasis on working in multidisciplinary teams to improve both patient care as well as research. The nursing department, day care and outpatient clinic are all integrated to guarantee a well streamlined process in the treatment for our patients. There is extra attention for adolescence and young adults (AYA) with cancer, but also for the elderly cancer patients.

Embedded in our academic patient care are early stage clinical (medicinal) trials, and research regarding pharmacology, pathology, genetics and radiology. There is a close relation with the Department of Human Genetics. This scientific collaboration is aimed to gain a more thorough understanding of cancer biology, and on individualizing cancer treatment through molecular characterization of tumour tissue and liquid biopsies. An important activity of the department is the translation of basic research into clinical application.

At this moment there are 14 staff members working within the Medical Oncology department (partly part-time connected at our department). There is a team of enthusiastic and involved clinical fellows, PhD students, medical researchers and students that contribute to an outstanding educational and scientific climate.

The Radboudumc aims to excel in all academic tasks and in giving the patient an important voice in the treatment team. To act together within networks and partnerships are topical issues of the Radboudumc subjects for giving shape to an optimal organization of sustainable oncology care.

Research Institutes
At the moment there are more than 1,300 PhD candidates at our medical hospital. This number includes PhD candidates on our pay roll as well as external candidates (those employed somewhere else but researching on our premises).

• Radboud Institute for Health Sciences: ± 700
• Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences: ± 400
• Donders Center for Medical Neurosciences: ± 200

Read what it is like

to do a PhD at the Radboud University Medical Center.

Radboudumc
Radboud university medical center is a university medical center for patient care, scientific research, and education in Nijmegen. Radboud university medical center strives to be at the forefront of shaping the healthcare of the future. We do this in a person-centered and innovative way, and in close collaboration with our network. We want to have a significant impact on healthcare. We want to improve with each passing day, continuously working towards better healthcare, research, and education. And gaining a better understanding of how diseases arise and how we can prevent, treat, and cure them, day in and day out. This way, every patient always receives the best healthcare, now and in the future. Because that is why we do what we do.

Read more about our strategy and what working at Radboud university medical center means. Our colleagues would be happy to tell you about it. #weareradboudumc