What is Hans Galjaard?
{{Infobox person | name = Hans Galjaard | image = Hans Galjaard.jpg | caption = Galjaard in 2004 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|4|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Leiden]], Neterlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|26|1935|4|8|df=y}} | death_place = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = professor | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Hans Galjaard''' (8 April 1935 – 26 October 2022) was a Dutch [[genetics]] professor. He was a physician and researcher who was also known to the general public due to regular television appearances.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2449962-emeritus-hoogleraar-genetica-hans-galjaard-overleden-op-87-jarige-leeftijd |title=Emeritus hoogleraar genetica Hans Galjaard overleden op 87-jarige leeftijd|work=[[NOS]]|date=27 October 2022|access-date=27 October 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/show/hans-galjaard-87-vader-van-erland-galjaard-overleden~a7ceaf23/ |title=Hans Galjaard (87), vader van Erland Galjaard, overleden|work=[[Algemeen Dagblad]]|date=27 October 2022|access-date=27 October 2022|language=nl}}</ref> From 1968 to 1993 Galjaard was professor and department head of cell biology at [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]]. During this period, he focused on prenatal diagnosis, whereby diseases or abnormalities can already be identified in the unborn child. He later became head of clinical genetics department at Erasmus University Rotterdam.<ref name=ref1 /><ref name=ref2 /> He was also a member of [[UNESCO]]'s [[bioethics]] Committee and a member of the Terlouw Committee on [[genetically modified food]]. He appeared in a scientific role in television programs including ''Willen wij weten'' (NCRV, 1981), ''Erfelijkheid en jij'' (1990) and ''Alle mensen zijn ongelijk'' (VARA, 1994).<ref name=ref1 /><ref name=ref2 /> In 1989 he was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Galjaard_Hans |archive-url=https://w