When COVID-19 became a pandemic, it unearthed deep uncertainties surrounding the strength of our social systems and the ways in which we respond to biological threats like viruses and bacteria. In the time since, we’ve shifted our understanding of epidemics and are continually finding more...
Join us in welcoming Anna Vassall as AIGHD's new Executive Director. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4qKYYKfe_Q...
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” - African Proverb It was with this sentiment in mind that Frank Cobelens began his work as Chair of the Executive Board of the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and...
A significant gender gap has persisted throughout the years at all levels of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines all over the world. Even though women have made tremendous progress towards increasing their participation in higher education, they are still under-represented in these fields....
AIGHD Senior Fellow, Anniek de Ruijter, is the AIGHD research lead for the END-VOC project, which is explained in detail in the story below. Interview on the emergence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, with three researchers from the END-VOC project: François Balloux, Director of the Institute...
A success for Dutch public-private partnership AMR-Global: Two Dutch Topsectors join forces to fund the GLORIA program AMR-Global, a Dutch public-private partnership bringing together experts in science, business, policy, and society to fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), has successfully obtained funding for its full GLORIA...