NRS Webinar-Next-Gen Approaches to Tuberculosis Control

Invited Speakers

Dr. Reinout van Crevel (Radboud): Sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; resistance, transmission and pathogenesis

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Dr. Paula Niewold (LUMC)

Reinout van Crevel is an internist-infectious disease specialist who combines clinical work in infectious diseases at Radboudumc, tertiary center for mycobacterial diseases, with teaching and research. In his research he links patient studies and laboratory sciences to better understand susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) and improve clinical care. He has collaborated with Indonesian universities for over 25 years, and now leads international consortia in Africa and Asia, on TB meningitis, the most severe form of disease, and the interaction of TB and diabetes. Prof van Crevel holds a part-time position at the Queen Mary Univeristy London and enjoys teaching, especially in international context.

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