Maaike J. Rutten – van Kranenburg has been a hospital pharmacist at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam since 2019. Prior to starting her PhD research, she served as lead hospital pharmacist for the logistics department of the hospital pharmacy. She is an active member of several committees within Erasmus MC, including the Anticoagulation Stewardship Committee and the Cytotoxic Drugs Committee, and is also involved in the Hematology Special Interest Group of the NVZA (Dutch Association of Hospital Pharmacists).

Maaike’s PhD research focuses on medication availability and drug shortages. Her projects include the MOSUPPAN study, which aims to predict medication shortages using machine learning and is funded by ZonMw. In addition, she is involved in a study exploring pharmaceutical compounding as a potential solution to drug shortages, funded by the LCG (National Medicines Coordination Centre).