Elke Smits earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Leuven, a Master of Science in Biotechnology and a PhD in Veterinary Sciences in 1998 from the University of Gent in Belgium.
Elke Smits joined Devgen Inc, a spin-off company in Gent, as manager molecular cell biology for target discovery and drug development projects. In 2004, she became senior scientist at the Flemish Science Policy Council, the advisory body for the Flemish regional government concerning science and innovation policy. She has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles, holds several patents, wrote many policy advices and recommendations and authored the study serie Technology and Innovation in Flanders: Priorities.
Prof. dr. Elke Smits currently heads the Science & Innovation department of the Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium and has gained extensive experience in merging translational research and biobanking within a clinical setting. She holds a visiting professorship position at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Antwerp and is liaison officer for the Clinical Research Center Antwerp.
As Past-President,prof. Elke Smits leads the European, Middle East and Africa Society for Bio preservation and Bio banking. She served for a term as councilor, president-elect and president.She also started ESBB Translate working group with Christina Schroeder from Fraunhofer Institute in Germany and Eoin Gaffney, Pathologist and founder of the Biobank Ireland trust. The goal is to bring together a forum to enable and enhance public-private biobank related partnerships within the European framework and foster biobank-based R&D and innovation within the pharmaceutical, biotech and ICT industry.
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