!!!Cisca Wijmenga \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='wijmenga_cisca_small.jpg' alt='Cisca Wijmenga' height='200'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ * Sept 2019 - 2023 Rector magnificus of the University of Groningen * Since Aug 2017 Lodewijk Sandkuijl Endowed Chair, University of Groningen * Jan 2016 - July 2019 Adjunct Professorship in Medicine at the University of Oslo, Norway (0.1 fte) and Principal investigator at K.G. Jebsen Coeliac Disease Research Centre, University of Oslo * Since Jan 2007 Full professor of Human Genetics, Department of Genetics, University Medical Centre Groningen, the Netherlands * 2007, 01 - 2019 Professor of Human Genetics, Department Head, Dept. Genetics, UMCG, Groningen, the Netherlands * 2003, 05 - 2007, 01 Prof. Human Genetics, section head Dept. Biomed. Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands * 2001, 09 - 2002, 03 Fulbright scholar, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA * 1999, 03 - 2003, 05 Associate professor, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands * 1995, 10 - 1999, 03 Assistant professor, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University, Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands * 1994, 01 - 1995, 10 Postdoctoral fellow under Dr. FS Collins, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA * 1993, 03 - 1994, 01 Postdoctoral fellow Dept. Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands * 1989, 03 - 1993, 03 Postgraduate research towards PhD, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ * Major awards: **2022 Galjaard lifetime achievement award **2019 European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) award **2018 United European Gastroenterology Research Prize **2015 Spinoza Prize ** 2012 Election to Dutch Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) ** 2012 Recipient ERC advanced award (CD-LINK) ** 2001 Fulbright Scholarship (Netherlands America Commission for Educational Exchange) * Prizes and honors: **2018 Knighted into the Order of the Dutch Lion **2014 - 2021 Web of Science highly cited researcher (top 1%) ** 1993 J.C. Kok Award - annual award by the Medical School, Leiden University, for the best young researcher in the medical sciences (< 40 years) ** 1993 “Neuromuscular disorders” Award - annual award by the Research Foundation for Neuromuscular Disorders for the best scientific manuscript in this field **1993 PhD degree with honors (cum laude) * Other: ** 2012 Visiting Scientist award from the Sigrid Jusélius Foundation (Finland) ** 2009 Distinguished Visiting Scientist Stipend (Netherlands Genomics Initiative) ** 2005 VICI award (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) ** 2001 Ter Meulen Fonds (Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences) Fellowship ** 1994 Visiting Fellowship Award (Fogarty) National Institute of Health, USA \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Wijmenga_Cisca/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Wijmenga_Cisca/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Wijmenga_Cisca/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Wijmenga_Cisca/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit cwijmenga}] [{ALLOW upload cwijmenga}] [{ALLOW comment All}]