Prof. Dr. Gerjo van Osch

Prof. dr. Gerjo J.V.M van Osch studied Medical Biology. Her research focusses on cellular mechanisms in cartilage repair and involves tissue engineering of the osteochondral unit as well as disease models for osteoarthritis. Since 2012 Gerjo holds a chair in Connective Tissue Regeneration at Erasmus MC and since 2020 she was co-appointed as Medical Delta Professor at Delft University of Technology. Gerjo has supervised more than 40 PhD students and postdocs and co-authored over 250 publications. She has been involved as PI and coordinator in (inter)national research projects and active in various committees and boards. She is currently the vice dean of research at Erasmus MC, projectleader of the LoaD consortium and Co-organiser of the annual meeting of the International Cartilage Repair Society 2027 in Rotterdam.