In the history of medicine, Marjo van der Knaap is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Marjo van der Knaap as Dutch professor of pediatric neurology.
Marjo van der Knaap was born at Delft in 1958. Her recorded nationality is Netherlands. She trained at Utrecht University and Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Antibiotics, imaging and the randomised trial defined twentieth-century medicine; evidence replaced authority as the standard.
Her posts were held at VU University Medical Center and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
Recognition followed: Spinoza Prize (2008).
That the work was done from Netherlands matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Marjo van der Knaap is still working, and the assessment of the contribution is not yet complete.
Achievements
- Spinoza Prize — 2008
- Held posts at VU University Medical Center and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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