Margien Boels - Investment Manager F1RST

Margien Boels is Investment Manager of the FIRST Fund, she oversees fund management and investments for pre-seed fund, dedicated to accelerating innovation in regenerative and cardiovascular medicine and advancing solutions to prevent and cure chronic diseases. She obtained a master’s degree in Nutrition and Health from Wageningen University and continued her academic career pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Medicine from Leiden University Medical Center in 2016 with the project “The glomerular endothelial glycocalyx in diabetic nephropathy, as part of a consortium of the Dutch Kidney Foundation. Later one, she worked as a stakeholder manager and as a Medical affairs Manager for Nutricia Nederland Medical.