E. Joost Ruitenberg#
| Membership Number: | 192 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.falw.vu.nl/en/research/athena-institute/staff/joost-ruitenberg.asp |
Present and Previous Positions
- Professor Emeritus
- 2001 Professor of International Public Health in the department of Biology and Society
- 1989 - 2001 General Director and Scientific Director for the Central Laboratory of the Blood Transfusion Service of the Dutch Red Cross (since 1998: CLB-Sanquin)
- 1986 Vice-Director General of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
- 1980 Director at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
- 1984 Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Utrecht University
- 1970 Head of the Laboratory for Pathology at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Fields of Scholarship
- Serology
- Relationship between biomedical sciences and society
- Strategies which are used to control infectious diseases in developing countries
- Public health
Honours and Awards
- 1989 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1985 Member of the Royal Dutch Academy (KNAW)
- Member of the Royal Dutch Tropics Institute (KIT)
- Chairman of the Medical Committee of The Netherlands-Vietnam (MCNV)
- Vice Chairman of the Ghanaian-Dutch Health Research Program
