Jon van Rood

Jon van Rood (Robert Koch Prize, Dec. 1977

Johannes Joseph "Jon" van Rood (7 April 1926, Scheveningen–21 July 2017, Leeuwarden) was a Dutch immunologist. He founded Eurotransplant in 1967[1], a non-profit organization responsible for encouraging and coordinating organ transplants.

Awards

In 1977 van Rood was awarded the Robert Koch Prize [2]. In 1978, he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Medicine, jointly with George D. Snell and Jean Dausset, "for his contribution to the understanding of the complexity of the HLA system in man and its implications in transplantation and in disease."[3] Van Rood became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978.[4]

Death

He died on 21 July 2017 in Leeuwarden.[5]

Publications (sel.)

References

  1. ↑ History, Eurotransplant. Retrieved on 29 Juli 2017.
  2. ↑ Robert Koch Stiftung
  3. ↑ The Wolf Prize in Medicine Archived 2009-02-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "Jon van Rood". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Oprichter Eurotransplant overleden" [Founder Eurotransplant died] (in Dutch). Telegraaf.nl. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.


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