Renée Schmitz MD, is currently an MD PhD-student at the Netherlands Cancer Institute under the supervision of professor Jelle Wesseling. She received her medical degree at Maastricht University in the Netherlands in 2019 and started her PhD trajectory shortly after. Her field of interest is in oncology, and more specifically in breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ. She is an active member of the young breast cancer group of the European Organization of Research and Treatment of cancer (EORTC) and the Dutch Breast Cancer Research Group (BOOG).