Organisation

The Executive Board is responsible for decision making on all activities within the research institute, herein assisted by the Managing Director. The Institute Board meets each month. Besides these monthly Board meetings, the project leaders participating within the research institute meet three times a year.

• The Scientific Director: Prof. dr. Manon van Engeland
• Leader of the Programme Prevention: Dr. Florian Caiment & Dr. Martijn Bours
• Leader of the Programme Basic and Translational Cancer Biology: Dr. Veerle Melotte & Dr. Kim Kampen

• Leader of the Programme Innovative Cancer Diagnostics & Therapy: Dr. Janine van Elssen & Dr. Lizza Hendriks

   

• Leader of the Programme Reproduction and Perinatal Medicine: Dr. Liesbeth Scheepers & Dr. Masoud Zamani Esteki

   

   

The daily management is the responsibilty of the Scientific Director and the Managing Director, supported in their tasks by the Secretary.

• Managing Director: Judith Doomen
• Secretary's Office: Brigitte Custers & Lina Nellissen

• Dermatology
• Epidemiology
• Genetics & Cell Biology
• Health, Ethics & Society
• Imaging
• Internal Medicine (Hematology, Medical Oncology & Gastroenterology)
• Radiotherapy
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery  
• Pathology
• Pediatrics
• Precision Medicine
• Pulmonology
• MAASTRO Clinic
• Reconstructive Surgery
• Respiratory Medicine
• Surgery
• Transplantation Immunology
• Toxicogenomics

The GROW Research Board (‘GROW Research Raad’) was established in 2017 for the evaluation of grant applications from within GROW. These may concern the grant applications for the projects funded by the Limburg Cancer Research Fund (KankerOnderzoeksFonds Limburg), but also applications for internal GROW PhD grants. The GROW Research Board can also be asked for advice in case of personal grant applications within the Netherlands (VENI, VIDI, VICI, KWF Fellowships) or EU grant applications (e.g. ERC). External advisors can be asked to support the Research Board.

Dr. A. Voogd is the chair of the Research Board, supported by the secretary B. Custers.

The GROW PhD student coordinators have the following responsibilities:

• monitoring the continuity of progress of each individual PhD student
• acting as a contact person and mediator for PhD students, exercising a critical attitude towards all parties involved (PhD students, mentor, supervisors, division or programme leader) and, if necessary, meeting with personnel consultants
• representing the research institute in the Interfaculty PhD students Committee (IPC)