- Joep Lange
Joep MA Lange (born 1954,
Nieuwenhagen ) (MD 1981, PhD 1987) is a clinical researcher fromThe Netherlands , specialising inHIV therapy. He is currently (2006) Professor of Medicine at the Academic Medical Center,University of Amsterdam and Senior Scientific Advisor to the International Antiviral Therapy Evaluation Centre,Amsterdam . He is also co-director of the HIV Netherlands Australia Research Collaboration (HIV-NAT), based in Thailand.Lange is a former president of the
International AIDS Society (2002-04). In 2001, he founded thePharmAccess Foundation , a not-for-profit organisation based in Amsterdam which aims to improve access to HIV/AIDS therapy in developing countries; he currently serves as Chairman. Lange is also the Scientific Director of HIV [e] Ducation, an online learning system for medical doctors, nurses and counsellors working with HIV-positive people.He is a founding editor of the academic journal, "
Antiviral Therapy ".Society memberships include the
American Association for the Advancement of Science ,American Society for Microbiology and International AIDS Society.External links
* [http://www.thebody.com/confs/lipo99/lange/lange.html Biography at The Body]
* [http://www.pharmaccess.org/ PharmAccess Foundation]
* [http://www.hiveducation.net/index.php?p=1 HIVeDucation]
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