The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) selected Prof. Herman Goossens (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium) to receive its most prestigious award, the ESCMID Award for Excellence in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2020. At the recent European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) 2021 online conference, Prof. Goossens presented his keynote recipient lecture and accepted his award, which was delayed due to last year’s COVID-19 cancellations.

His keynote presentation titled “Transcending European clinical research in infectious diseases through collaboration to break down traditional silos” outlined difficulties in the EU COVID-19 clinical research response and highlighted the need to focus on partnerships and clinical trial networks to streamline research. The alliance between ARLG and COMBACTE is one example of this type of collaboration and correlates to Prof. Goossens’ work as vice-chair of the European Clinical Research Alliance on Infectious Diseases (ECRAID)-Base and the coordinator of The Platform foR European Preparedness Against (Re-) emerging Epidemics (PREPARE).

The ESCMID executive committee selected Prof. Goossens for the award in recognition of his significant contributions in the areas of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. He is the author of more than 600 Web of Science papers, which have been cited close to 25,000 times. Prof. Goossens has presented at more than 400 international events and received many past honors and awards.

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