Institut Jules Bordet

Hospital in Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

50°48′44″N 4°15′43″E / 50.812334°N 4.261826°E / 50.812334; 4.261826OrganisationAffiliated universityUniversité libre de Bruxelles (ULB)HistoryOpened1822

Institut Jules Bordet is a specialised general hospital (with in part university beds) and research institute of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) specialising in oncology. It is located in Brussels, Belgium, and is the only accredited OECI-designated comprehensive cancer centre in Belgium.

The institute is named after Jules Bordet (1870–1961), an immunologist and microbiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1919 for his discoveries relating to immunity.

The hospital is located nearby the academic Erasmus Hospital in Anderlecht since November 2021.^[1]^[2]

List of notable people

Dominique Bron, baroness, Head of hematology
Albert Claude, Director 1949-1970
Marc Lacroix (biochemist), Breast cancer researcher
Martine Piccart, baroness, Head of chemotherapy
Francoise Meunier, baroness, former IJB staff member and EORTC general director

References

^ "Le nouvel Institut Bordet inauguré sur le campus Erasme à Anderlecht". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-25.
^ Mossati, Yassine (2021-11-17). "L'institut Jules Bordet déménage durant la semaine du 22 novembre sur le campus Erasme". BX1 (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-25.