“It is my ambition to continuously improve the outcome of breast cancer patients and those at risk of the disease, by connecting research, care and education. This will only succeed when professionals with expertise from various backgrounds collaborate in a fertile and stimulating environment, such as can be found on Utrecht Science Park.” 

Research focus: new treatments for breast cancer, medical oncology

Elsken van der Wall (b. 1960) is University Professor, Internist Oncologist at the UMC Utrecht, Professor of Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, and an Associate Professor at John Hopkins University in Baltimore (US). Van der Wall’s scientific interests focus on the development of new methods for the treatment of breast cancer, and she is very active in the field of public breast cancer education.

Areas of interest:

• Early detection of breast cancer
• Treatment of breast cancer
• Beneficial effects of exercise on patient well-being