A new partnership will leverage collective expertise to impact antimicrobial resistance around the world. A letter of intent between the Dutch consortium AMR-Global and C-CAMP (Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms) in India, was signed this week, marking a formal collaboration between the two groups. The...
Many years of intense work, research and analysis have paid off for Rosan van Zoest who successfully defended her thesis yesterday. Rosan first became interested in HIV while working at the OLVG hospital in Amsterdam where she encountered a young patient who suddenly lost her speech. “I...
AIGHD’s Dr. Remko van Leeuwen, Prof. Frank Cobelens and Prof. Constance Schultz have recently co-authored an opinion piece published in the British Medical Journal. The article, Where is the ‘global’ in the European Union’s Health Research and Innovation Agenda? is the result of a collaboration...
Dr. Mbazi Senkoro discovered a newfound passion for data during his PhD – and he owes it all to his time at AIGHD. He began his PhD in 2012 and as part of his research, conducted a national prevalence survey on tuberculosis (TB) in Tanzania to...
Moving to a healthcare system from a “sick care” system Creating solutions that ensure equal access to care for all: that was the goal of the Joep Lange Chair & Fellows symposium held last week at the Amsterdam UMC. As part of the theme “Access to care”,...
An AIGHD researcher is lending his expertise to help improve care for critically ill patients in low- and middle-income countries. Dr. Christopher Pell, Postdoctoral researcher at AIGHD [bottom left in photo], is participating in a recently launched multi-country network of intensive care units across South and...
A newly launched consortium is tackling one of the most pressing global health issues: increase human resource capacity to prevent and control antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Funded through a grant from Fleming Fund, the AMR fellowship Alliance brings together multiple institutions to provide custom made in service...
If we want better results from the aid we give to low-income countries, we need to give aid in smarter ways, according to a recent publication in the Quarterly Journal of Economics (QJE is the highest ranked journal in Economics). Youdi Schipper, senior researcher at AIGHD,...
Completing his PhD not only helped him develop as a researcher, it helped him grow a lot as a person. Dr. Shaikh Shahed Hossain started his PhD at KNCV, the Tuberculosis Foundation, in 2008. His area of research was the tuberculosis epidemiology in Bangladesh, and his...
For PhD candidate Eveline Verheij, diversity in her studies is important – and AIGHD is a perfect fit. “I did a lot of research before I applied for my PhD at AIGHD and was attracted to this PhD position because the work is so versatile. It's...