PhD candidate
Ghent University, Belgium
Dr. Stefanie Gijsels graduated magna cum laude as a medical doctor in 2021 at Ghent University, Belgium. She started as a surgical trainee in august of 2021 and worked at the departments of thoracovascular and cardiac surgery at Ghent University Hospital. Since February of 2022, she combines a PhD research with her surgical traineeship at the department of gastro-intestinal surgery of UZ Ghent.
She has a specific interest in sarcoma and surgical oncology. Her research focuses on the development of patient-derived models for sarcoma, specifically patient-derived xenografts, that can be used as guidance in therapeutic decision-making.
