1st delegate for the Dutch Society
Dr. Jaco J. Verweij
Principle areas of interest: infectious diseases, intestinal parasites, soil transmitted helminths, Strongyloides, (molecular) diagnostics, epidemiology, coinfection, zoonotic infections, capacity building, technology transfer, teaching.
Jaco J. Verweij earned his PhD degree at Leiden University in the Netherlands on “Molecular tools in the diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections”. For more than 20 years, he worked in the department of Parasitology of the Leiden University Medical Center, on the development, validation and implementation of new diagnostic tools, molecular methods in particular.
He has a passion for teaching and is a strong advocate for knowledge exchange, technology transfer and capacity building in the countries suffering the most from parasitic diseases. Since 2012, he holds a position as a medical molecular microbiologist and parasitologist in the Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology of the Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Dr. Jaco J. Verweij
Microvida, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
