Personalised Immunotherapy in Sepsis:
a precision medicine approach

Radboud University Medical Center

— Radboudumc —

The Radboud university medical center (Radboudumc) is one of eight university medical centers in The Netherlands. With more than 11,000 employees and 3,000 students, the Radboudumc combines patient care, research as well as education/training and aims to have a significant impact on healthcare by providing excellent quality of care and research with a focus on participatory and personalized healthcare. The participating departments of the Radboudumc are the department of Internal Medicine (division of Experimental Internal Medicine, Prof. Mihai Netea), the department of Intensive Care (division of Intensive Care Research, Prof. Peter Pickkers), and the department IQ healthcare (Scientific Center for Quality of Healthcare, Prof. Marlies Hulscher).

Role within ImmunoSep

Investigators from Radboudumc will contribute to work package 2 by contribution to the design of the study, and recruitment of sepsis patients. Next, Mihai Netea is the overall coordinator of work package 3 and will organise and coordinate the sample collection and analyses for the omics studies. Moreover, they will contribute to the development of a pipeline of theranostics approach in sepsis, together with the other researchers from work package 4. Finally, Marlies Hulscher will be involved in work package 5 in the elaboration of the plans for the integration of the study findings in the national health systems.

Main contacts

Photo of Prof. Mihai G Netea
Prof. Mihai G Netea
Coordinator of ImmunoSep
Photo of Prof. Peter Pickkers
Prof. Peter Pickkers
Internist-intensivist
Photo of Prof. Marlies Hulscher
Prof. Marlies Hulscher
Implementation scientist in the field of infectious diseases