David Kijlstra Md, Phd Email & Phone Number

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Clinical Program Leader for Lysosomal Storage Disorders

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

I supervised a team with a mix of technical professionals and product analysts. Together we developed and maintained datasets of clinical outcome quality registries and contributed to innovation projects to future-proof our datasets.I collaborated with medical doctors, utilizing a blend of medical knowledge and technical expertise to translate their needs into defined logical datasets. Furthermore, I led innovation projects focused on data standardization across our registries and products,… Show more I supervised a team with a mix of technical professionals and product analysts. Together we developed and maintained datasets of clinical outcome quality registries and contributed to innovation projects to future-proof our datasets.I collaborated with medical doctors, utilizing a blend of medical knowledge and technical expertise to translate their needs into defined logical datasets. Furthermore, I led innovation projects focused on data standardization across our registries and products, significantly contributing to the company's strategic direction. Show less

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

As a Product Owner, I worked with several internal teams and external stakeholders within the healthcare space to deliver products that support data-driven decision making and value based healthcare. Specifically, I led the creation of two new clinical quality registries. Next to this, I contributed to several product innovation projects focused standardization of our data platform.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Worked on the development of light-activated cancer therapeutics. Responsible for fundraising, strategy, preclinical and clinical development.

Year-long accelerator program with weekly workshops, pitch presentations and business coaching to build network, operations, product development, and business development capacities for Lumento Therapeutics.

• Developed strategy, identified mission-critical goals, set clear deliverables with international board members and their teams (15 people total), and followed up with progress reviews.• Improved outreach resulting in 25% increase in membership numbers.• Organised two international conferences for MD-PhD students.• Directed Europewide survey to gain insight into the needs of our members.

• The European MD-PhD Association is the largest platform of physician-scientists across Europe and is advocating for increased availability of MD-PhD programs with the ultimate goal of improving healthcare for all.• Reduced costs and increased revenue significantly.

Groningen, Netherlands

PhD: Mimicking Heart Disease in a Dish• Initiated project to engineer miniature human hearts and replicate heart disease in a lab dish to gain new insights into disease mechanisms.• Published 4 scientific articles in top 5% journals in my field.• Co-Designed innovative machine vision model to analyse miniature hearts.• Automated this model to speed up workflow by 500 times.• Developed a quantitative model of functional status of heart cells allowing for comparative… Show more PhD: Mimicking Heart Disease in a Dish• Initiated project to engineer miniature human hearts and replicate heart disease in a lab dish to gain new insights into disease mechanisms.• Published 4 scientific articles in top 5% journals in my field.• Co-Designed innovative machine vision model to analyse miniature hearts.• Automated this model to speed up workflow by 500 times.• Developed a quantitative model of functional status of heart cells allowing for comparative analysis between research groups.• Built succesful relationships with peers and supervisors, and leveraged expertise within academic network to maximize productivity. Show less

Groningen Area, Netherlands

• Worked effectively with supporting staff and patients for recruitment and follow-up in clinical trials.• Monitored adverse events during clinical trials and worked together with Clinical Research Associates from pharmaceutical companies and contract research organisations to ensure safety.

Boston

Performed a large part of my PhD research as a Research Fellow in the lab of Ibrahim Domian, M.D. Ph.D. at Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital.

• Footballdeal was an online football game to trade football players with 20.000+ users in The Netherlands and Belgium.• Footballdeal acquired € 120,000 from angel investors and achieved a positive cashflow• Co-developed an advanced stock exchange market system with the faculty of Econometrics of the University of Groningen.

Research Fellow, Medicine

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Medicine

Activities and Societies: MD-PhD Honours Program Obtained € 130,000 in grants, accepted for Honours program combining a Doctor of Medicine.

Doctor Of Medicine - Md

Activities and Societies: Junior Scientific Masterclass. Senior internships in Cardiology.

Finance For Growth

A crash course on financial concepts, business cases and valuation for non-financials with a focus on the biopharma market. Based upon.

Business Administration, Management And Operations

The BioBusiness Summer School is a 1 week program aimed at helping MDs, PhDs and Post-docs develop a sophisticated business toolkit..

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc) In Medicine

Activities and Societies: Junior Scientific Masterclass, R.K.S.V. Albertus Magnus, Groene Uilen Basketball • Graduated without delay.

Programming With Python, Computer Programming

Learned Python programming and implemented automation of a quantitative model that I developed for my PhD research, speeding up.

Biology Meets Programming: Bioinformatics For Beginners, Bioinformatics

Finding Hidden Messages In Dna (Bioinformatics I), Bioinformatics, Passed With Honors