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Prof. Janneke van de Wijgert is a translational infectious disease researcher with a rich background in biomedical sciences and public health epidemiology. She earned her degrees from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and the University of California at Berkeley in the USA. Her extensive work experience spans clinical epidemiological public health research and laboratory research, which includes product development on a global scale. Throughout her career, she has held significant positions, such as Director of the UZ-UCSF Collaborative HIV Research Program in Harare, Zimbabwe, and has worked with organizations like the Population Council in New York and the University of Liverpool in the UK. In 2017, she was appointed as a Full Professor at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at UMC Utrecht. She has also served as the Chief Science Officer of the Dutch Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) from 2022 to 2024. Prof. van de Wijgert has supervised numerous PhD and Master's students and has published extensively in her field. Her current research focuses on optimizing the prevention, diagnosis, and management of common infections in general practice, as well as on improving the response to emerging infectious disease threats through international research collaborations.
PhD candidates at UMC Utrecht are generally considered employees. Admission requires first securing a position with a professor (promotor) within the Graduate School of Life Sciences.