Background For PhD student and epidemiologist Marjan Molemans, working in research is a puzzle – and AIGHD is the perfect fit. Long before she joined the organization, Molemans followed the work of the team. She was attracted to the interdisciplinary nature of AIGHD. Seeking a career in...
Can the gut microbiome tell us something about increases in noncommunicable diseases in people with HIV? Two of AIGHD's PhD students, Ornella Sortino and Eveline Verheij, with NIH intramural AIDS Research Fellow Ivan Vujkovic-Cvijin, and supervised by Prof. Peter Reiss, Dr. Irini Sereti and others...
On Thursday, April 30, 2020, Heleen Nelissen defended her PhD in a very unconventional setting. Rather than presenting her work in front of a room full of professors, family, friends, and onlookers, Heleen sat in a room with Emilie Berkhout and Marjan Molemans in front...
On Thursday, May 7, The Clingendael Institute hosted a webinar as part of the Clingendael Global Health Initiative. These webinars are comprised of discussion sessions around themes in Global Health. These sessions are attended by representatives of Dutch NGOs, business and industry, and academia and...
World Immunization Week is a WHO initiative that promotes the use of vaccines to protect people against infectious diseases. Immunizations save millions of lives every year and they are widely recognized as one of the most successful and cost-effective health interventions around the world. With...
The fourth Sustainable Development Goal involves ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all. Poor teacher accountability leads to poor education quality for students. This is especially true in schools situated in remote areas. In order to improve education quality and teacher accountability in remote...