Sophie Quolin

Head of the Service Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases at the Belgian Institute for Health (Sciensano) in Brussels working for 20 years in interpreting health information on infectious diseases and assessing the public health risk in order to support public health policy based on evidences. Medical doctor (UCL, 1993) she completed her education by obtaining a Master in Hospital Management (UCL, 1995) and studied tropical medicine at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITG, 1996) in Antwerp. Specific interests and experience include health information systems, surveillance on communicable diseases, epidemiological support in public health crisis, analysis of health data, assessment of health risks, description of the burden of infectious diseases on health and the impact of preventive measures at Belgian level and in a European perspective as well.