Marion Koopmans
Professor Marion Koopmans DVM PhD
She is the head of the Viroscience department of Erasmus MC, a Centre of
Excellence in Virology. Her research focuses on unravelling the modes of
transmission of viruses among animals and between animals and humans,
and the use of pathogenic genomic information to unravel these pathways
and to signal changes in transmission or disease impact.
She is PI of VEO, a large H2020 funded (16Meuro) project aiming to create
a Versatile Emerging infectious disease Observatory for the generation and
distribution of high-quality actionable information for evidence-based
early warning, risk assessment and monitoring of emerging infectious
diseases (EIDs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) (https://www.veoeurope.eu) and scientific director of the newly established PDPC (https://convergence.nl/nl/pandemicdisaster-preparedness-center/)
As an expert advisor for the WHO on foodborne diseases and emerging disease outbreaks, she serves as
expert on the WHO emergency committee on COVID-19, the One Health High Level Expert Panel
(OHHLEP). She is director of a WHO collaborating centre for emerging viral diseases and a driving force of
the scientific advisory group for the WHO R&D Blueprint for action to prevent epidemics by fast-tracking
the availability of effective tests, vaccines and medicines. She is head of the designated National Reference
Laboratory for high threat viral pathogens for the European Commission.
She has published >550 papers in international format and is active in science advocacy.
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