Ben Sprangers
Ben Sprangers graduated magna cum laude as medical doctor in 2001 (KU Leuven, Belgium) after which he started his training in internal medicine. He performed his PhD research in the laboratory of experimental transplantation. In 2008-2009, he was a clinical fellow at the Columbia Center for Glomerular Diseases (Professor Jerry Appel) and from 2010-2012 he was a research scientist at the Columbia Center for Translational Immunology (Professor Megan Sykes). In July 2012, he was appointed clinical staff member in the department of nephrology and is currently associated professor at the University of Leuven, and clinical investigator in the laboratory of molecular immunology at KU Leuven. His research focuses on onco-nephrology and he has been involved in several national and international collaborations in this context.
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