prof. dr. R.H. (Rolf) Sijmons

Rolf Sijmons is a senior consultant clinical geneticist and professor of medical translational genetics at the Department of Genetics, UMCG. He leads the department’s Mainstreaming programme, which aims to increase the use of genetics knowledge and technology broadly in clinical practice. His main research interests are familial cancer, clinical pharmacogenetics, other areas of mainstreaming and applied informatics/decision support in clinical use of genetics. He is organizer of the nationally accredited UMCG expert centre on familial colorectal cancer and member of the EU accredited European Reference Network (ERN) on hereditary cancer (GENTURIS).