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dr. Alma Tostmann
About Alma Tostmann
As hospital epidemiologist, dr Tostmann is responsible for the surveillance and outbreak detection of Healthcare associated infections in Radboudumc; together with the Hygiene and Infection Control Unit team which consists of a clinical microbiologist and infection prevention experts. Her research and teaching interests include global public health, infectious disease prevention and outbreak detection and control. She is the regional epidemiologist for the regional antimicrobial and infection prevention network GAIN and is appointed as one the Regional Epidemiologists by the Dutch Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). She teaches in the European training program for field epidemiologists (with ECDC) and international activities include a consultancy for RIVM on infection prevention on the Dutch Caribbean islands and international research on antimicrobial resistance.
Position(s)
- epidemioloog/plaatsvervangend hoofd HIP
Education
- European Program for Intervention Epidemiology Training (European Centre for Disease Control / Public Health England; https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/epiet-euphem)
- PhD Tuberculosis treatment and transmission in The Netherlands and Tanzania (Radboud University Nijmegen)
- MSc Biomedical Sciences / Epidemiology (Radboud university medical centre, Nijmegen)
Personal prizes & awards
- 2017: Radboud Netwerk Vrouwelijke Hoogleraren, Jubileumprijs Jonge Vrouwelijke Wetenschappers (https://www.ru.nl/nvh/nvh-jubileumprijs/prijswinnaars-2017/)
- 2014/2015: teacher of the Year; Biomedical Sciences bachelor. Radboudumc.
Additional Functions
- Associate Principle Lecturer at Radboudumc
- Member European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Member EPIET (Eur. Program for Intervention Epidemiology Training) Alumni Network
