Jasmijn Korpershoek works at the University Medical Center (UMC) in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and
the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA. She completed her MD in 2017 and her Ph.D. in 2022 at Utrecht
University. Her curiosity and dedication to improving patient care through translational research
have motivated her to pursue a career in academic research. Her research aims to improve and
understand joint preservation and to create translatable treatment options. Jasmijn carried out
studies in the full range from basic science (in vitro) research to animal studies, clinical trials, and
evaluation of established treatments. In 2021, she won the Prof. Dr. Ir. Rik Huiskes award (best basic
science abstract) of the Dutch Orthopedic Society for her work on mitochondrial transfer between
MSCs and chondrocytes as an underlying mechanism for MSC-induced chondroinduction. In 2022,
Jasmijn was one of the ICRS/ ON foundation traveling fellows and connected with different cartilage
experts in Europe.