About
Introduction
Margreet Vos is a professor in Healthcare-related Infections at the Erasmus Medical Centre (Erasmus MC) in Rotterdam since 2012. Since 1995, she is employed as a clinical microbiologists and since 2012 she is a professor of Healthcare-related infections at the department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam. Her research line focuses on transmission, endoscope-device contamination, endoscopy related infections, the innate environment; cleaning and disinfection, transmission and risk factors for Highly Resistant Microorganism, S aureus carriage.
Field(s) of expertise
- Healthcare related infections
- Hand hygiene
- Transmission
- Environment
- Endoscopy-related infections
- She has publiced over 180 peer reviewed publications
Education and career
Margreet Vos received her medical degree cum laude from the medical faculty Erasmus University Rotterdam. Since 1995, she is a clinical microbiologist and working as the dept of Medical Microbiology and Infections, ErasmusMC . Since 2012 she is a professor of Healthcare-related infections at the department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
She has published over 180 peer reviewed publications. She is the chair of European Study Group of Nosocomial Infection (ESGNI) of the ESCMID and she is the chair of the MRSA working group of the ISAC.
She has published over 180 peer reviewed publications. She is the chair of European Study Group of Nosocomial Infection (ESGNI) of the ESCMID and she is the chair of the MRSA working group of the ISAC.
Publications
Publications of Margreet Vos can be found at Scopus
Teaching activities
- Supervising and supervised > 15 PhD students in the field of healthcare-related infections
- Teaching at the medical faculty curriculum/education in bachelor medicine school Erasmus MC, residents clinical microbiology, infection prevention practitioners
Other positions
- chair of European Study Group of Nosocomial Infection (ESGNI) of the ESCMID
- chair of the MRSA working group of the ISAC
- member of EUNETIPS
- chair of the Infection prevention quality guideline (KRIZ)
- past chair of the Infection prevention working group of the NVMM
- (past) member of different SKMS and WIP guidelines (operation theatre, disinfection, endoscopy, BRMO. MRSA etc)
Scholarships, grants, and awards
She has received grants from ZonMw, JPI, and several smaller funding societies.
PI of MACOTRA; a JPI funded research on success of MRSA
PI of MACOTRA; a JPI funded research on success of MRSA
