Prof. Joachim Aerts
Head of Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Joachim Aerts is head of the department of Pulmonary Medicine at the Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam since 2018. His main research focus is on fundamental, translational and clinical research in immuno oncology, with a strong focus on lung cancer and mesothelioma. As PI and as co-investigator, prof. Aerts is has led numerous studies on these subjects.
Prof. Aerts is member of the board of directors of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). He is a frequent invited speaker on international conferences, and he is scientific committee member of multiple national and international societies, such as the NVALT, EORTC, ASCO, ESMO, ETOP, AACR, ERS and ATS. Prof. Aerts is co-author of >250 articles in international peer reviewed scientific journals.
