{"entity":{"id":"rene-medema","kind":"person","name":"René Medema","aka":[],"tldr":"Cancer biologist and former head of the Netherlands Cancer Institute who sits on the three-member executive board of the Princess Máxima Center as Chief Scientific Officer.","summary":"Prof. dr. René Medema is Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and a member of the Raad van Bestuur of the Prinses Máxima Centrum voor kinderoncologie in Utrecht, the national centre for paediatric oncology in the Netherlands. The centre's board page describes a collegial executive board of three without a designated chair: Medema (scientific), drs. Gita Gallé as COO/CFO (administrative and financial) and prof. dr. Edward Nieuwenhuis as Chief Medical Officer, with mr. Ton van Dooremalen as board secretary. His profile notes a strong scientific track record, a prominent research group and an extensive network, and more than ten years of executive experience as bestuursvoorzitter of the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (Netherlands Cancer Institute). Alexander Eggermont, previously CSO, no longer appears on the board page.","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Source: Prinses Máxima Centrum Raad van Bestuur page","url":"https://www.prinsesmaximacentrum.nl/nl/over-ons/organisatie-bestuur-en-advies/raad-van-bestuur"}],"tags":["leadership","clinician-scientist","research-institute"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["nki"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Chief Scientific Officer and member of the Raad van Bestuur, Prinses Máxima Centrum voor kinderoncologie","institutionId":"princess-maxima","specialisms":["Cancer cell biology","Research leadership","Paediatric oncology research"],"profiles":[{"label":"Prinses Máxima Centrum: Raad van Bestuur","url":"https://www.prinsesmaximacentrum.nl/nl/over-ons/organisatie-bestuur-en-advies/raad-van-bestuur"},{"label":"Board member profile","url":"https://www.prinsesmaximacentrum.nl/nl/over-ons/organisatie-bestuur-en-advies/raad-van-bestuur/rene-medema"},{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Medema+RH%5BAuthor%5D"}],"papers":[{"title":"The same, only different – DNA damage checkpoints and their reversal throughout the cell cycle","journal":"Journal of Cell Science","year":2015,"doi":"10.1242/jcs.163766"}],"orcid":"0000-0002-6754-0381"},"route":"/people/rene-medema/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"nki","kind":"institution","name":"Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI-AvL)","route":"/institutions/nki/"},{"id":"princess-maxima","kind":"institution","name":"Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology","route":"/institutions/princess-maxima/"}]}}