Bob Löwenberg#
| Membership Number: | 5961 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://erasmusmc.nl |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-8982-5217 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2021 Professor of Hematology, Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam
- 2019 Chief Medical Officer, Frame Therapeutics, Amsterdam
- 1983 - 1986 Visiting Professor, Free University Brussel
- 1982 - 1990 Director of Research, Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam
- 2000 - 2011 Chair Cluster Hematology-Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam
- 1990 - 2011 Chairman Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam
- 1990 - 2021 Professor of Hematology, Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam
- 2013 - 2020 Editor-in-Chief, Blood, Official Journal of the American Society of Hematology
Fields of Scholarship
- Hemato-oncology
- Clinical medicine
Honours and Awards
- 1975 Ph.D. cum laude
- 1978 Eleanor Roosevelt fellow
- 1991 Penning of the University of Parma, Italy
- 1996 Elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2004 Dr. P. Muntendam Cancer Prize (National Prize of Dutch Cancer Society)
- 2006 Jacqueline Seroussi Memorial Foundation for Cancer Research Award (Tel Aviv)
- 2007 Wilhelmina Medal Dutch Cancer Society
- 2008 Bob Pinedo Cancer Prize (Amsterdam)
- 2008 Ham Wasserman Lecture, 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (San Francisco, December 6, 2008)
- 2010 Rudolf Virchov Lecture, German-Austrian Society for Hematology and Oncology (Berlin, October 2, 2010)
- 2010 Celgene Career Achievement Award for Clinical Research in Hematology, Orlando, USA
- 2011 European Hematology Association - Jean Bernard Life Time Achievement Award, London
- 2011 Knight in the Royal Order of the Netherlands Lion
- 2011 The Erasmus University Medical Center Award, highest distinction of Erasmus University Medical Center
- 2020 Honorary Membership of the German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology, Basel
- Leadership in National and International Societies (selected)
- 1981 - 2006 Founding chairman Dutch-Belgian Cooperative Group ‘HOVON’ (Hemato-Oncology for Adults in Adults)
- 1985 - 2018 Chairman HOVON Leukemia Trial Group
- 1998 - 2001 Founding Member/President of the European Hematology Association (EHA)
- 1993 - 1994 President International Society for Experimental Hematology
- 1996 - 1998 President International Society Hematology
- 2003 - 2008 Chairman Medical Council, Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2009 European Academy of Cancer Sciences
- 2012 Supervisory Board University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- 2020 Executive Board American Society of Hematology (Washington)
