Marc Van Ranst

Marc Van Ranst (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.

Education

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

Career

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

References

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

Source

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

External links

• Marc Van Ranst

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Name	Van Ranst, Marc
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Short description	virologist, epidemiologist
Date of birth	20 June 1965
Place of birth	Bornem, Belgium
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