Jaap van Dissel
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| Born | 29 April 1957  (age 63)Amsterdam |
| Occupation | University teacher |
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Jaap Tamino van Dissel (born 29 April 1957) is a Dutch virologist and infectiologist.
Van Dissel is director of the Centrum Infectieziektebestrijding (CIb) of the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).[1] He is also professor at the Leiden University with specialization Internal Medicine, in particular infectious diseases.
Life[edit]
Van Dissel was born on 29 April 1957 in Amsterdam.[2] He obtained his doctorate at Leiden University in 1987 with a thesis titled: "Divergent bactericidal activity of resident and activated macrophages for Salmonella typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes". He became a professor of internal medicine, in particular infectious diseases, at Leiden University in 2000.[2] In 2013 he succeeded Roel Coutinho as head of the Centrum Infectieziektebestrijding.[3]
Corona crisis[edit]
In 2020, Van Dissel made frequent headlines as an infectious disease control expert and as chairman of the Outbreak Management Team following the COVID-19 pandemic - the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands - SARS-CoV-2 causing the contagious respiratory disease COVID-19. Partly on his advice, measures were taken by the Rutte III cabinet for the public health to prevent the spread of this virus disease, including the “intelligent lockdown”.[4] As a speaker at several government press conferences, he explained the background to these measures.
References[edit]
- ^ "Prof. dr. J.T. (Jaap) van Dissel" (in Dutch). National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). 10 May 2020. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Jaap Tamino van Dissel (Jaap)" (in Dutch). Leiden University. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Eigenlijk is het stom toeval dat Jaap van Dissel nu onze voornaamste coronabestrijder is" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 28 March 2020. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020.
- ^ Maarten Keulemans (2020-03-12). "Are we doing enough? RIVM boss Van Dissel: 'As soon as something indicates infection in the family: isolation'". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-03-13.
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