Human challenge models

Research Research programs Human challenge models

Our purpose

We aim to strengthen the capacity, broaden the scope and increase the impact on health research in an area where we already have a strong scientific track record: in vivo human models to investigate infection, pathophysiology and transmission of infectious agents.

Goals

See some of the most important goals for this research program.

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Goals

Innovation in methodology.
Increase efficiency through use of synergies among the members of this program.
Capacity building and development of a framework.

Research groups contributing to this research program

Experimental internal medicine

Mihai Netea's research group investigates the regulation of innate immune responses in health and disease, and based on that it designs and tests new approaches of immunotherapy in infections and immune-mediated diseases.

Infection and immunity

Marien de Jonge's research group conducts research on mucosal immunity in the respiratory tract and aims to unravel host-pathogen interactions to improve diagnosis and protection against airway infections.

Spokesperson

prof. dr. Benjamin Mordmüller

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