Welcome Luna, Sophie, and Renée to the PedResp group!
We are happy to welcome three new students to the PedResp group at the start of the new academic year! Each student will be working on a different project and a different continent, covering all our locations and bringing enthusiasm and fresh perspectives to the team. We look forward to seeing their work develop over the coming months!
Luna Borsen
Luna Borsen is a second-year Medical Biology master’s student joining postdoc Myrthe Reiche on the B-HIVe study, helping investigate whether polyreactive antibodies designed based of antibodies from people living with HIV, can offer general protection from respiratory infections at the mucosal surface.
Renée Burger
Renée Burger is a Drug Innovation master’s student from the University Utrecht, who will start with writing a review on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prevention in children in low- and middle-income settings. Followed by a joined research internship in Cape Town, South Africa, studying host mucosal immune dynamics with Dr. Marieke van der Zalm, Dr. Novel Chegou, en Dr. Lilly Verhagen.
Sophie Brouwer
Sophie Brouwer is a Biomedical Sciences Master’s student doing an internship within the RISE study under supervision of Sam Engels. Her project examines the feasibility of implementing RSV prevention strategies on Sint Maarten using a cost-effectiveness analysis. For five months of the internship, she will be based at the Sint Maarten Medical Center in order to support ongoing data collection for the RISE study.
