Niels Bovenschen appointed as professor of Biomedical Research-based Education
Niels Bovenschen has been appointed professor of 'Biomedical Research-based Education' as of October 15. The emphasis of his chair is on education and aims to further strengthen the connection between biomedical research, care and education. Multidisciplinary cooperation and the connection with socially relevant problems are central to this.
Niels Bovenschen is head of the research laboratory of the Department of Pathology and his group conducts research on the immune response to cancer and viral infections. Niels has successfully completed the Senior Fellow program and he has been appointed Principal Fellow of the Centre for Academic Teaching at Utrecht University in 2020.
He is an examiner of several teaching components within the Medicine and Biomedical Sciences programs and CHARM-EU, an alliance of five European universities including Utrecht University. He is the initiator of the concept of 'Bachelor Research Hubs' to have students collaborate in multidisciplinary teams early in their education and conduct research on relevant societal problems. In 2019 Niels won the award for Teacher of the Year from Utrecht University.
Berent Prakken, Director of Education Center and Vice Dean: 'We are delighted with this appointment and immensely happy that Professor Niels Bovenschen will continue to teach and inspire students both from within and outside UMC Utrecht in the coming years. We are proud of such a unique role model of the New Utrecht School!'