Robert Colebunders

Robert Colebunders (born 19 April 1950) is a Belgian clinician and researcher specialising in infectious diseases and epidemiology, particularly in the study and management of emerging pathogens and tropical diseases including Ebola, AIDS, tuberculosis and onchocerciasis. Colebunders investigated major outbreaks, such as the Ebola and Marburg virus epidemics, and has contributed to research on COVID-19 and monkeypox. His current work focuses on onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE), a condition prevalent in regions where river blindness (onchocerciasis) is endemic. He is professor emeritus at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (ITM), Belgium, and continues to lead international research efforts on infectious diseases at the Global Health Institute. Provided by Wikipedia