Dr. Jan Philippé

Dr. Philippé, Jan UNIVERSITY OF GHENT
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Jan Philippé, MD, PhD Jan graduated from the University of Antwerp with an MD degree, from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp with a degree in tropical medicine and from the free University of Brussels with a degree in medical and pharmaceutical research. He obtained a PhD at the Ghent University. He pursued postgraduate training and specialisation in laboratory medicine and is now supervising the department of laboratory hematology in the Ghent University hospital and is teaching Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Ghent University. He has (co-)authored more than 100 scientific papers or chapters in books and has been promotor of 8 PhD theses. The main scientific interest is the analysis of molecular pathways in malignant hematological diseases. Jan is Secretary (and past-President) of the Belgian Society for Analytical Cytology, is member of the finance committee of the International Society for Analytical Cytology, and is also member of the editorial board of several journals. Prior to his academic career Jan has been working in Central Africa for 2 years as MD and now he is involved in North-South collaborations with Central Africa again as teacher and scientist.