Institute: University Medical Center Utrecht
Biography
Louis Bont is a Paediatrician Infectiologist at the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital in the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. His vision is that basic and clinical research are required to improve the health of children. He leads the Utrecht RSV Research Group. He has published more than 150 papers in peer reviewed journals. He is the current chairman of ReSViNET, an international RSV Research Network. He is an active member of various other research networks, including GEN, GOLD, IMPRIND, TAILORED and RESCEU. Dr. Bont has a strong interest in the education of young talented researchers and founded the successful Training of Upcoming Leaders in Pediatric Science (TULIPS) career training program in the Netherlands. Dr. Bont served as advisor of the Europarliament, the World Health Organization (WHO), the The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) and the European Center of Disease Control (ECDC).
Key Publications
A list of publications can be found here.
Web Links of Interest
www.umcutrecht.nl/en/Research/Research-programs/Infection-Immunity/Research-Groups/Group-Bont