Dr. Pim de Boer

- Consultant for research project proposals and grants procedures; - Partner in research projects (e.g. manager stakeholder platform IMI SPRINTT project) - Trainer/lecturer on dedicated topics for organisations, companies or projects

Advance (bio)medical research, cure, care & skills via: - advice (grants, organisation), - education, and - development & execution of related policies, research and client partnerships. Examples: 1) consultancy & policy (EU grants; grants policy MLDS & Liver Foundation NL; MSc education plan “eye care” Hogeschool Utrecht; e-course EPAP; personalised medicine projects) 2) manager (stakeholder platform SPRINTT project) 3) education (stakeholder involvement strategies) 4) association with EU-Open

1) managing research department (6+ employees directly, 3+ in matrix; annual budget 3.8 million euro; project control, monitoring, communication 70+ projects) 2) development & implementation of organisation vision and research policy making (prioritising, grants and valorisation strategies; 1 - 4 year cycles) 3) patient partnerships (research; development & implementation of patient partnership policies; education) 4) networking (spin-off: Netherlands Respiratory Society, Lung Alliance Netherlands)

Topic: Studying disturbed epithelial barrier function in airways of people with asthma and the role of inflammatory cells and their mediators. Experience: - Establishing and coordination of lung tissue bank & research airway pathology meetings; - Establishing and managing pathobiological research (beta defensins, chemokines/receptors); - Initiation and participation in clinical trial research; - Education & training (students, scientists); - Applying for research grants and scientific publishing.

Topic: Studying functional role inflammatory mediators in airway diseases on remodelling & repair. Experience: - Project leader lung pathology research, chairing LUMC research on mRNA in situ hybridization; - Scientist & advisor in studies (antimicrobial peptides, Alzheimer disease, long bone & bladder cancer; and immunohaematology); - Education & training (students, scientists); - Fund raising & scientific publishing. - Organization international workshop on image analysis.

Topic: Studying auto- &d paracrine effects of growth factors on (de-)regulation of 1) uro-epithelial repair, 2) abnormal urothelial growth, and 3) tumorigenesis in man. Experience: - Felix Guyon Scholarship (European Board of Urology) & fellow of Association Claude Bernard and ARC - International coordination of growth factor research in urothelial studies - Education & training (students, scientists) - Fund raising & scientific publishing - Establishing a molecular laboratory within the department

PhD in uropathology studying auto- and paracrine effects of growth factors on (de-)regulation of 1) uro-epithelial repair and foetal development, and 2) abnormal urothelial growth in mice.

MSc in molecular and cell biology, and toxicology.