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The coming five years, no less than five professors will share the Joep Lange Chair. This Chair is initiated by the AMC and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dan Ariely, Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics, and Dr Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the...

INVITATION We are happy to invite you to attend the public defense by Michael Head of his thesis: Research investments in global infectious diseases - a systematic analysis of the UK research portfolio Thursday 17 May at 12.00 hours. Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, 1012 EZ Amsterdam Promotor: Prof. dr. F.G.J. Cobelens (Universiteit...

Koert Lindijer's article in NRC Handelsblad/nrc.next, now translated in English. About the experience with failing antiretroviral therapy because of increasing resistance to the most commonly used antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. Which is confirmed in a study conducted in 36 countries between 1998 and 2015. Based on...

INVITATION We are happy to invite you to attend the public defense by Sonia Boender of her thesis: Long-term effects of HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: from access to quality. Friday 20 May at 12.00 hours. Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, 1012 EZ Amsterdam Promotores: Prof. dr. T.F. Rinke de Wit (Universiteit van...

On April 22 Peter Reiss and Raph Hamers were interviewed by NPO1. "HIV resistance in Africa is no surprise", says Reiss, "resistance should always be taken into account when prescribing HIV medication". In areas where drugs come (too) late, patients take meds in a less...

Next week the 10th, from 3 to 6 May,  INTEREST Workshop will take place. The abstracts of three of our researchers - Stefanie Kroeze, Ragna Boerma and Seth Inzaule - have been approved and will be presented at the multiple day conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon: “Tenofovir-containing first-line ART...