Nicole Dinnissen has been promoted to the role of Project Co-ordinator for Scientific Research at Netherlands Leprosy Relief, which organisation wishes to improve the effectiveness of leprosy control through its support for fundamental and applied scientific research.

In 1987, Netherlands Leprosy Relief established a Committee for Scientific Research comprising a number of experts, each of whom monitors a particular field of research. This Committee appraises all proposals on leprosy research submitted to NLR for their quality, feasibility and relevance, and subsequently advises the Board of the NLR on funding these proposals. The Secretariat of the Committee is located in the office of NLR. One of the tasks of the Project Co-ordinator for Scientific Research is to manage this Secretariat, while another role is to be the Secretary of this Committee.

Nicole takes over this co-ordinating position from her colleague Mr Jan Willem Dogger. She had been his assistant for eight years and considers that this experience will be invaluable to her as she takes on this responsibility. Nicole considers research an important instrument to develop more effective tools for leprosy control. Having studied human geography of developing countries and having done field work in Bolivia, Nicole realised her dream of working for a not-for-profit organisation involved with stimulating international development, when she became a member of the NLR team in 2002.

E-mail: n.dinnissen@leprastichting.nl 

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