1 February 2019

Bart-Jan Kullberg is nominated for the ZonMw Medical Inspirator Award. You can vote till 11 February.

This prize is awarded for the most inspiring collaboration between patients and medical researchers. Bart-Jan Kullberg works with patients' representatives to measure long-term outcomes of Lyme disease as a tool to select new therapeutic modalities. 

For more information follow this link to the ZonMw website (in Dutch). For voting click here.

Bart-Jan Kullberg is member of theme Infectious diseases and global health.
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