Professor Joris Veltman has joined the University of Edinburgh as Director of the Institute of Genetics and Cancer. Professor Joris Veltman For the past five years, Professor Veltman has been Dean of the Biosciences Institute at Newcastle University.Prior to that, he was Director of the Institute of Genetic Medicine at Newcastle University from 2017-2019, and worked at the Department of Human Genetics at Radboud University in The Netherlands from 2001-2017. He is an active member of the European Society of Human Genetics serving (EHSG) as current chair of the ESHG Annual Meetings Committee, former chair of the ESHG Scientific Programme Committee and organiser of the ESHG Next Generation Sequencing course.Professor Veltman has contributed significantly to unravelling the genetic causes of rare disease; to our understanding of mutational mechanisms underlying genetic disorders; and to the implementation of genomics approaches in medicine. His research using both exome and genome sequencing provided strong experimental evidence for a de novo paradigm in severe early-onset disorders. He now studies genetic factors in male infertility, working with state-of-the art genomics technologies and computational approaches. He is a founding member of the International Male Infertility Genomics Consortium, aiming to bring together expertise and share data to advance research and diagnostics in this understudied disorder. His ongoing research is funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council. In 2016, Professor Veltman and Professor Han Brunner, his colleague at Radboud University, were awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Medicine for pioneering the clinical application of next generation genetics. In 2021 he was elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. I am super excited to join the University of Edinburgh and lead the world-renowned Institute of Genetics and Cancer with its mission to improve the lives of people living with genetic disease and cancer through research. Professor Joris Veltman Director of the Institute of Genetics and Cancer IGC will be part of a School in the new College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine six-school structure. The school itself will be established later in 2025, Joris will fulfil both the Head of School and IGC Director roles and will join the College Executive Committee. School names will be confirmed and shared in Spring 2025. Link to Professor Veltman’s research page Tags 2025 Publication date 08 Jan, 2025
