Dr. van den Broek has a degree in medicine from the University of Utrecht, College of Medicine, the Netherlands (2006).  He is currently working to distill mechanism of clinical response in peptide-specific immune therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in addition to work in the investigation of mechanisms of immune deviation and tolerance induction in JIA/RA with anti-TNFalpha therapy.  In the future, Dr. van den Broek looks forward to completing his residency in pediatric medicine and pediatric rheumatology training in combination with earning a PhD focusing on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (immune deviation/tolerance induction and maintenance).  He will continue to collaborate on research projects in the US and the Netherlands.

Work History

2003-2005: Student researcher, Experimental Cardiology

 

2005-2006: Student researcher 6 months, Pediatric Rheumatology/Immunology (Prof. Dr. B. Prakken)

 

2006-2007: Resident Pediatric Medicine,

 

Nov 2007- Jan 2008, Research Fellow, UCSD (Prof. Dr. S. Albani)

 

Jan 2008- Present, Research fellow,  Arizona Arthritis Center.(Prof. Dr. S.Albani,)