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Reinout van Crevel appointed professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases
4 November 2016
Radboudumc wants to convey knowledge to contribute to treatment and international efforts to combat poverty-related infectious diseases, with particular focus on HIV and tuberculosis. Infectiologist Reinout van Crevel has strong clinical expertise and research experience in this field.
In 1994 Reinout van Crevel received his medical doctorate degree from the University of Amsterdam, and specialized in internal medicine at the Radboud university medical centre. In 2002 he obtained his PhD on research into Clinical and Pathofysical studies of tuberculosis.
Since 2004 Dr. Van Crevel works as an internist-infectious disease specialist at the department of infectious diseases of the Radboud university medical centre. From 2006 to 2009 he was working at Padjadjaran University in Bandung, as coordinator of an EU programme on prevention and treatment of HIV and aids in West Java.
Van Crevel now conducts a large international study on combined tuberculosis and diabetes in eight countries. He also works on tuberculous meningitis and other brain infections, often in HIV-patients. For this work in Jakarta he will get a part-time position at Oxford University.
Van Crevel will further strengthen research and international collaboration in the field of Global Health and Infectious Diseases.
Reinout van Crevel has been appointed Professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases at Radboud University / Radboud university medical centre with effect from 1 November 2016.
The Radboud university medical centre has a longstanding focus on Global Health and Infectious Diseases, both in terms of patient care and through the years of collaboration with universities and hospitals in developing countries.Radboudumc wants to convey knowledge to contribute to treatment and international efforts to combat poverty-related infectious diseases, with particular focus on HIV and tuberculosis. Infectiologist Reinout van Crevel has strong clinical expertise and research experience in this field.
In 1994 Reinout van Crevel received his medical doctorate degree from the University of Amsterdam, and specialized in internal medicine at the Radboud university medical centre. In 2002 he obtained his PhD on research into Clinical and Pathofysical studies of tuberculosis.
Since 2004 Dr. Van Crevel works as an internist-infectious disease specialist at the department of infectious diseases of the Radboud university medical centre. From 2006 to 2009 he was working at Padjadjaran University in Bandung, as coordinator of an EU programme on prevention and treatment of HIV and aids in West Java.
Large international study
Van Crevel combines clinical studies and more basic research in the field of tuberculosis. He was appointed principal investigator at the Radboud university medical centre in 2010 and received a Vidi grant (2009) for research related to susceptibility to tuberculosis.Van Crevel now conducts a large international study on combined tuberculosis and diabetes in eight countries. He also works on tuberculous meningitis and other brain infections, often in HIV-patients. For this work in Jakarta he will get a part-time position at Oxford University.
Van Crevel will further strengthen research and international collaboration in the field of Global Health and Infectious Diseases.
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