Monique Roobol, PhD, MSc

Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Monique Roobol, PhD, MSc, is a Professor, Decision Making in Urology and Head of the Scientific Research Office in the Department of Urology at the Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam in The Netherlands. Dr. Roobol specializes in epidemiology, modeling, and mobile applications, with her main interest being predictive modeling. 

Dr Roobol is the Principal Investigator of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) and co-Principal Investigator of the Prostate Cancer Research International Active Surveillance, and the Movember Global Action Plan-3 (active surveillance). Since 2018, she has been a part of the PIONEER European network for big data in prostate cancer. Dr. Roobol is also the chairwoman of the ERSPC Foundation and the Dutch Prostate Cancer Research Foundation (SWOP). 

Dr. Roobol has authored and co-authored over 350 scientific publications, book chapters, and reviews. She is also an advisory board member of several major trials related to prostate cancer. Dr. Roobol’s research has been awarded several prizes, such as the bi-annual “van Stockum prize” from the Dutch Urological Association for best thesis, the EAU best clinical paper of the year 2009, the European Urology Platinum Award 2011 and 2018, and the BJUI best urological mobile application award 2015.