Background
Furth, Ralph Van was born on April 30, 1929 in The Hague, The Netherlands.
infectious diseases and immunology educator
Furth, Ralph Van was born on April 30, 1929 in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Doctor of Medicine, University Leiden, The Netherlands, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy cum laude, University Leiden, The Netherlands, 1964.
Assistant psychiatry University Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1955. Assistant general practitioner, 1956. Resident in internal medicine St. Elisabeth's Hospital, Haarlem, The Netherlands, 1957-1961.
Chief resident in internal medicine University Hospital, Leiden, 1961-1963, research fellow department immunohaematology, 1961-1963, clinic chief department microbial diseases, 1964-1972, head laboratory for cellular immunology department infectious diseases, 1967-1994. Unesco-Unitwin professor immunology and infectious diseases Medical Faculty University Zimbabwe, Harare, since 1997. Guest investigator Rockefeller University, New York, 1964-1968, visiting associate professor, 1972, visiting professor, 1974, 85.
Lecturer internal medicine and immunology University Leiden, 1972-1975, professor internal medicine and infectious diseases, 1975-1994, emeritus professor, 1994. Visiting professor Ruitinga Foundation, Academy Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1986. Harry W. McFadden lectureship University Nebraska, Omaha, 1999.
Founder Infectious Diseases Club The Netherlands, 1970, secretary, 1970-1976. Advisory committee medical research Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research, 1982-1991. Member science committee Foundation Louis Jeantet, Geneva, 1985-1992.
Active Institute for Tropical Medicine Rotterdam-Leiden, 1987-1995. Vice president European International Union of the Reticuloendothelial Societies, 1987-1991. Advisory committee International Immunocompromised Host Society, 1988-1990.
Secretary-treasurer Dutch Institute Internal Medicine, 1989-1994. Active National Committee Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Prevention, 1990-1995. Chairman Leiden Institute for Immunology, 1991-1994.
Science advisory board Fund for Preventive Medicine, 1994-1998. Science advisory board Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Fund, since 1995. Fellow Royal College Physicians Edinburgh.
Member National Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Therapy and Evaluation Center (science board 1991-1999), Royal Academy Medicine (Belgium, foreign honorary correspondent member), Infectious Diseases Society of the Netherlands and Flanders (founder 1975, secretary 1976-1982, chairman 1983-1991, honorary, Glaxo-Wellcome award 1998), Society for Leukocyte Biology United States (honorary), The Netherlands Society for Immunology (Josip Juraj van Loghem award 1992), Dutch Lion Order of Knighthood, Rotary (board directors since 1995).
Married Anne Ghilaine Henriƫtte Vreede. Children: Eric Frank, Anne Marceline, Wouter Ralph.