Prof. Dr. Ingrid Meulenbelt

Prof. Dr. Ingrid Meulenbelt is professor of molecular biology of osteoarthritis (OA) and head of the OA research group within the section Molecular Epidemiology and the department of Biomedical Data Sciences. She is chair of the LUMC VENI committee and member of the executive body of education of the master Biomedical Science (OOO MaBMS). In 2016 Meulenbelt has obtained a NWO-VICI grant to study the underlying mechanisms of the diverse OA pathophysiological processes and in 2020 an OC ENW-GROOT, together with UTwente on single cell microgel embedded iPS-cells to map molecular variability of cell differentiation using a systems biology approach (SCI-MAP). She has been a board member of the international OA research society (OARSI) and member of the organizing committee of the associated congresses as abstract chair in 2019 and program chair in 2020.