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Willy Spaan has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the University of Amsterdam since 1 May 2021. The appointment, by the Minister of Education, Culture and Science, is for a period of 4 years. Spaan is chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Education and Research Committee of the Supervisory Board.
Willy Spaan

Prof. Willy Spaan (1954) is emeritus professor of Fundamental Virology at Leiden University, and from 2015 to 2020 was chair of the board of Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). Spaan has also been chair of the board of the Jeroen Bosch Hospital, chair of the Center for Infectious Diseases and head of the Medical Microbiology Department of the LUMC.

Other activities

  • Chair ZonMw Program Committee Quality of Care
  • Member RIVM Supervisory Committee
  • Chair Supervisory Board Ipse de Bruggen
  • Member Supervisory Board Hoogstraat
  • Member Supervisory Board Martini Hospital
  • Chair Supervisory Board Center for Human Drug Research
  • Chair ZonMw Program Committee Long Covid
  • Chair Supervisory Board Dutch National Tissue Portal Foundation