Background
Coutinho, Roeland Arnold was born on April 4, 1946 in Laren, The Netherlands. Son of Maurice Sigismund and Lore (Frensdorf) Coutinho.
Coutinho, Roeland Arnold was born on April 4, 1946 in Laren, The Netherlands. Son of Maurice Sigismund and Lore (Frensdorf) Coutinho.
Doctor of Medicine, University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1984.
Head rural hospital, Provisional Government Guinee-Bissao, Ziguinchor, Senegal, 1973-1974;
general practitioner, The Netherlands, 1974;
head department public health, Municipal Health Svc., Amsterdam, 1977-1995;
director division public health, Municipal Health Svc., Amsterdam, since 1997;
research fellow department virology, U. Amsterdam, 1974-1977;
professor epidemiology and control of infectious diseases, U. Amsterdam, since 1989. Consultant smallpox eradication World Health Organization, Geneva, 1975. Consultant infectious diseases National Institute Public Health, Bilthoven, 1988-1990.
Visiting scientist Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, 1990-1991. Member several public health advisory boards.
Member American Public Health Association, International Epidemiological Association, International Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Society, American Society for Epidemiologic Research, Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Diseases, Dutch Society for Microbiology, Dutch Society for the Study of Venereal Diseases, Dutch Society for Infectious Diseases.
Married Johanna Wiggelendam, March 21, 1970. Children: Hannah, Marye, Jonathan.