Marc Van Ranst

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Marc Van Ranst (Bornem, 20 June 1965) is a Belgian virologist and epidemiologist at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium) and the Rega Institute for Medical Research. On 1 May 2007 he was appointed as Interministerial comissionar by the Belgian federal government to prepare Belgium for a influenza pandemic.

Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 References 4 Source 5 External links

[edit] Education

In 1986 he obtained a BA in medicine at Hasselt University (then L.U.C.) and graduated in 1990 as a medical doctor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He specialized in Laboratory Medicine (1998) and obtained a PhD at the K.U. Leuven.

[edit] Career

He started working at the University Hospitals Leuven in 1998 and became Professor of Virology at the K.U. Leuven.

[edit] References

• Van Ranst M., Chandipura virus: an emerging human pathogen?, Lancet. 2004 Sep 4-10;364(9437):821-2.

[edit] Source

• Prof. Marc Van Ranst over vogelgriep in Turkije (Dutch)
• Viroloog Van Ranst wordt interministerieel commissaris influenza (Dutch)

[edit] External links

• Marc Van Ranst