Publisher Since June 20, 2017

    Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

    Description

    The Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) is one of the world's leading institutes for training and research in tropical medicine and the organisation of health care in developing countries. It also delivers outpatient, clinical and preventive services in tropical pathologies and sexually transmitted diseases. The institute has a strong reputation in biomedical, clinical and public health research, advanced education, travel medicine and care for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections, as well as capacity-building in developing countries.

    VISION
    ITM believes that each world citizen should be able to enjoy a healthy life, and that scientific progress is a motor of societal development.

    MISSION
    ITM aims at the advancement and spread of the sciences that contribute to tropical medicine and to public health in developing countries, inclusive of their global dimensions.

    CORE TASKS
    ITM conducts, within a coherent academic triad, fundamental, translational and applied scientific research; delivers advanced education and training; and provides medical, scientific and societal expert services.

    VALUES
    ITM strives in the fulfilment of its mission for excellence, integrity, specificity and efficiency. It upholds human dignity and diversity, academic creativity and critical sense, solidarity and collaboration, and the well-being of its employees, students, patients and other clients.

    Contacts

    WV

    Wim Van Bortel

    Point of contact
    WV

    Wim Van Bortel

    Administrative point of contact
    DB

    Dimitri Brosens

    Technical point of contact