Gerrit Meijer

Gerrit Meijer is a professor of Pathology with a special interest in gastrointestinal oncology and translational research. Professor Meijer leads a translational research group that focuses on gastrointestinal cancer, especially biomarker development for early detection of colorectal cancer, as well as on definition of molecular intermediate endpoints for screening. This work is amongst other funded by a Stand Up To Cancer & Dutch Cancer Society “Dream Team” grant for early detection of colorectal cancer. Next to that he is involved in the development of (inter-)national research infrastructures for biobanking and research IT, including TraIT, Health-RI, BBMRI, EATRIS, tranSMART foundation as well as AACR GENIE.

Gerrit Meijer has been closely involved in the development, implementation and execution of the Dutch national colorectal cancer screening program, serving on several program committees.