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Irene Heijink
Talent Track Professor (Experimental Pulmonology) Profile
Talent Track Professor (Experimental Pulmonology)
The main focus of my research is the damage, repair and immunological role of the respiratory mucosal barrier in health(y ageing) and chronic disease. My research is mainly performed using molecular approaches and advanced, patient-specific cellular models in a highly translational setting, including the recently set-up human lung organoid models and the development of an airway-on-chip model. The aim is to increase our understanding of the mechanisms underlying abnormal lung epithelial repair and regeneration in diseases such as asthma and COPD, in order to gain more insight in novel therapeutic strategies to repair the damaged epithelium. My research is embedded within the Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC) of which I have recently become program leader.
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- European Respiratory Society (ERS) (External organisation)Irene Heijink (Chair) 2022 → 2025 Membership > Academic
- Advances in Cell and Gene-Based Therapies for Lung Diseases and Critical IllnessesIrene Heijink (Invited speaker) 16-Jul-2021 Academic presentation > Academic
- Damage and repair of the epithelial barrier in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseIrene Heijink (Invited speaker) 15-Apr-2021 Academic presentation > Academic
- Supervision of PhD student Roy WoldhuisCorry-Anke Brandsma (Supervisor), (Supervisor), Wim Timens (Supervisor), Irene Heijink (Supervisor) 7-Apr-2021 Supervision and examination of PhD students of the UG > Academic
- American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology (Journal)Irene Heijink (Editorial board member) 2021 → Editorial work > Academic