Jos van der Meer

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Jos W.M. van der Meer
Jos W.M. van der Meer, 2010
Born	(1947-04-15) April 15, 1947 (age 77) The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Alma mater	Leiden University
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine Infectious diseases
Institutions	Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Doctoral advisor	Ralph van Furth
Other academic advisors	Charles A. Dinarello
Doctoral students	J. S. Ploem
Other notable students	Mihai G. Netea

Jos W.M. van der Meer (born April 15, 1947) is emeritus professor and former chairman at the department of internal medicine of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in Nijmegen, Netherlands. He is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 2003), of which he was vice president and chairman of the division of natural sciences (2006-2012). He is a member of Academia Europaea. Between 2014 and 2016 he was president of European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC).^[1] He performs research on cytokines and host defence, chronic fatigue syndrome and hyper-immunoglobulinemia D syndrome (HIDS). He is also active in graphic art and makes cartoons, for example for the Dutch science journal Mediator.^[2]