Professor
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
Brief CV
Prof. Dr. Thierry VandenDriessche
Prof. Dr. VandenDriessche is currently holding several academic appointments. He is tenured Full Professor at the Free University of Brussels (VUB, Belgium), Faculty of Medicine & Pharmacy, where he is Founding Director of the Department of Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine. Prof. Dr. VandenDriessche obtained his PhD at the Free University of Brussels in 1992 in the field of gene therapy and was a visiting fellow at the Weizmann Institute for Science (Israel). He continued his research in gene therapy as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health (USA) where he started his research on gene therapy for hemophilia. He previously served as President of the European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy, was member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy and has been committee member of the World Federation of Hemophilia and US National Hemophilia Foundation. He is member of the editorial board of most of the gene therapy journals and European editor of Human Gene Therapy. Prof. Dr. VandenDriessche has published over 140 peer-reviewed publications in the field and received several awards for his work. His main research focuses on gene therapy and gene editing for hereditary diseases, particularly hemophilia, for the past 30+ years.
Sunday, June 23, 2024
09:30 – 09:45 ICT