Marino van Zelst

Marino van Zelst

Senior policy advisor

Ministry of Health

Biography

I am a policy advisor at the Dutch Ministry of Health. In my work, I coordinate legislative changes, focusing on data and information exchange for infectious disease control and surveillance. I also work on infectious disease modelling and innovation for pandemic preparedness.

Trained as an organizational sociologist and raised as infectious disease modeller, I combine insights from social science and infectious disease epidemiology. I now apply these transdisciplinary insights into policy and law.

Interests
  • Infectious disease modeling
  • Outbreak management
  • Strategic decision-making
  • Science communication
Education
  • PhD in Organization Studies, ongoing

    Tilburg University

  • MSc (res) in Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2016

    Tilburg University

  • BSc in Organization Studies, 2012

    Tilburg University