Jaap van Dissel

Jaap van Dissel
Born29 April 1957 (1957-04-29) (age 68)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Known forchairman of the Outbreak Management Team
Academic background
Alma materLeiden University
ThesisDivergent bactericidal activity of resident and activated macrophages for Salmonella typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes
Academic work
Disciplinevirology
internal medicine
Sub-disciplineinfectiology
InstitutionsLeiden University Medical Center
Leiden University
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Jaap Tamino van Dissel (born 29 April 1957) is a Dutch virologist and infectiologist.

Van Dissel is director of the Centrum Infectieziektebestrijding (CIb) of the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). He is also professor at the Leiden University with specialization Internal Medicine, in particular infectious diseases.