- Benjamin Van Camp
Benjamin Van Camp (born 1946) is a Belgian scientist working on the immunobiology of B cell malignancies and multiple myeloma, and autologous bone marrow transplantation. He is known as the
rector of theVrije Universiteit Brussel Benjamin Van Camp was born in
Mechelen ,Belgium , in 1946. He graduated magna cum laude at theVrije Universiteit Brussel in 1971, and earned his Ph.D. degree in 1979. He spent several years working abroad at theUniversity of California, San Diego ,Stanford University andUniversity of Nebraska , and he worked with the IMF's chairman, Dr. Brian G.M. Durie, at both theUniversity of Arizona and theUniversity of London .Currently, he is a professor of hematology and immunology at the
Vrije Universiteit Brussel . He is also the head of the Blood Transfusion Center Jette and head of the Clinical Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology at the academic hospitalUZBrussel .Benjamin Van Camp has held numerous appointments including President of the Belgian Hematological Society and the Belgian Immunological Society, and he is currently President of the International Crythropoietim Advisory Board and a Scientific Advisor to the International Myeloma Foundation. He was knighted by King Albert II in 2006 for his achievements in life sciences and in the Belgian academic world.
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