Ralph Huits

Dr Ralph Huits is a clinician-scientist at Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy, an infectious disease consultant practicing in Antwerp, Belgium, and Research Lead of GeoSentinel, the global emerging infections network of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has over 30 years’ experience working in tropical medicine and infectious diseases in various settings across Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe. Dr Huits’s research focuses on the clinical management of infections in travelers and endemic populations, the epidemiology of emerging vector-borne diseases including dengue, and climate-based early warning systems for outbreaks. He holds a PhD from KU Leuven, Belgium, on emerging arboviruses and he has co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications. Dr Huits is a Fellow of ISTM, a councilor of the Clinical Group of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and a member of the WHO Strategic