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Dr Maria Van Kerkhove

Imperial College London

Dr Maria D Van Kerkhove is an Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College London and sits in the Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health.

About Dr Maria D Van Kerkhove

Maria Van Kerkhove left Imperial College back in 2015 to join the Centre for Global Health at Institut Pasteur but remains an Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College.

As a previous Senior Research fellow in Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Dr Van Kerkhove worked closely with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and MRC Centre. To this day Maria remains a technical consultant for WHO.

Heavily involved in Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases and for the policy-making for Influenza, Dr Van Kerkove’s job is now more important than ever.

Also as a member of the WHO Task Force, Dr Van Kerkove is involved in risk assessments and analysis for pandemic influenza. Dr Maria Van Kerkove is also heavily involved in pandemic responses.

The Global Classroom were thrilled to have Dr Maria Van Kerkove involved especially as she is heavily involved in the global pandemic response.

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