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Pierre Van Damme is a visiting professor at the University of Antwerp, affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine. His career spans clinical medicine, epidemiology, and vaccinology, with a focus on hepatitis B, polio, and measles vaccines.
- Education: Medical Doctor (1984), Master's in Occupational Medicine (1991), PhD in Epidemiology and Social Medicine (1994).
Research interests include vaccine development, immune response modeling, and public health strategies for disease eradication. His recent work explores cervical cancer screening, vaccine timing in pregnancy, and Ebola vaccine trials.
Key trends across his publications highlight long-term vaccine efficacy, maternal immunity dynamics, and innovative approaches to infectious disease control.
Scientific awards include:
- PRoF award of Research (2021)
- Balmis distinction Award (2019)
- AHA Antwerp Innovation Award (2019)
- Paul Harris Fellowship Award (2017)
- ACRP outstanding leadership award (2017)
- Bill Marshall Award (2014)
- Jean Van Beneden award for Social Medicine (2000)
- University of Antwerp Research Award (1998)
Grants and projects include EU-IMI funding for EBOVAC3, Flemish Scientific Fund grants for cervical cancer screening, and Methusalem funding for VAX-IDEA, a multidisciplinary initiative on infectious diseases. He has held leadership roles in WHO advisory groups and the Flemish Vaccination Platform.
