Honorary titles awarded by ITM
Recognising excellence
The Institute of Tropical Medicine works closely with leading scientists and academics from institutions around the world; people with a clear, profound and ongoing commitment to our mission and vision. In addition to our institutional partnerships, we give recognition to individual academics and scientists to foster current and future collaborations. This recognition of excellence reinforces our ambition to be a vibrant, open and global campus.
We award honorary titles in recognition of collaborations with (inter)national scientists and academics. These honorary titles are awarded for a period of three years, with the possibility of one extension. The department heads of ITM nominate the candidates, after which the Management Committee reviews the applications for honorary titles twice a year.
Last update: 12 October 2026
2026
Prof Dr Peter Baron Piot
Honorary Professor
Former Under Secretary-General United Nations and Executive Director UNAIDS, Director Emeritus London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK)
Prof Dr Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum
Honorary Professor
Director at the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC)
2023
Alexander Delamou
Honorary Professor
Centre d'Excellence d'Afrique, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser (Guinea)
Conor Meehan
Honorary Professor
Nottingham Trent University (UK)
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Extension
Patricia Kingori
Honorary Professor
University of Oxford (UK)
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Extension
Freddie Ssengooba
Honorary Professor
Makerere University School of Public Health (Uganda)
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Extension
Meghnath Dhimal
Honorary Fellow
Nepal Health Research Council (Nepal)
Emmanuel André
Honorary Fellow
KU Leuven (Belgium)
Extension
2021
Halidou Tinto
Honorary Professor
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (Burkina Faso)
Larissa Otero
Honorary Fellow
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Peru)
Por Ir
Honorary Fellow
National Institute of Public Health (Cambodia)
Erika Vlieghe
Honorary Fellow
University Hospital Antwerp (Belgium)
2020
John F May
Honorary Professor
George Mason University (USA)
Emmanuel André
Honorary Fellow
KU Leuven (Belgium)
Conor Meehan
Honorary Fellow
Nottingham Trent University (UK)
Patricia Kingori
Honorary Fellow
University of Oxford (UK)
Freddie Ssengooba
Honorary Fellow
Makerere University School of Public Health (Uganda)