Sciensano
Valeska Laisnez is a highly experienced scientist specializing in the epidemiology of infectious diseases, currently employed at Sciensano since September 2020. Previously, Valeska served as an ECDC MS track EPIET fellow at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control from September 2021 to September 2023. Prior roles include Physician for the Control of Infectious Diseases at Agentschap Zorg en Gezondheid (2010-2020), and Medical Doctor at Kind en Gezin (2000-2010) and MSOC Gent (2008-2009). Valeska's medical background includes work in travel medicine at the Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde in Antwerpen and at Free Clinic Antwerpen. Educational qualifications consist of a postgraduate diploma in Infectious Diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, a postgraduate degree in Tropical Diseases from the Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, and a Master of Medicine from Ghent University.
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Sciensano
SCIENSANO can count on more than 900 staff members who commit themselves, day after day, to contributing to public health. As our name suggests, science and health are central to our mission. Sciensano’s strength and uniqueness lie within the holistic and multidisciplinary approach to health. More particularly we focus on the close and indissoluble interconnection between human and animal health and their environment (the “One health” concept). By combining different research perspectives within this framework, Sciensano connects health, science and society. For this, Sciensano builds on the more than 100 years of scientific expertise of the former Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA) and the ex-Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP).