Author Profile

Gerrit is the Chief Editor for the new selective journal BMC Global and Public Health. He holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Science, and completed his PhD in cell and molecular biology at the Philipps-University Marburg, Germany, with a focus on lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis. After working for a time across research centers in Germany, the Netherlands and the US, Gerrit joined BMC as an Editor for Genome Medicine where he handled content in areas such as immunology, epidemiology, infectious diseases, public health and clinical diagnostics.