09/12/2025: Kick-off event 'The Social Study' - Oral presentation "What factors determine the preference for family involvement in medical decision-making in Belgium?" by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology, and Prof. Veerle Buffel, promotor Sociology
28/11/2025: Symposium 'Optimizing communication in healthcare' in Brussels (Belgium) – Oral presentation "Preferences and challenges regarding medical decision-making among patients with a migration background in Belgium: A focus group study" by Flore Vermijs, PhD researcher in primary care
16/10/2025: SDM-Dutch Study Day in Leiden (The Netherlands) – Oral presentation "Preferences and challenges regarding medical decision-making among patients with a migration background in Belgium: A focus group study" by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology
08-09/09/2025: European Forum for Primary Care Conference 2025 in Vienna (Austria) – Oral presentation "Family involvement in medical decision-making: does the legal framework apply to practice? A vignette survey among Flemish general practitioners" by Flore Vermijs, PhD researcher in primary care
02-05/09/2025: 2nd World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health in Lisbon (Portugal) – Oral presentation "Preferences and challenges regarding medical decision-making among patients with a migration background in Belgium: A focus group study" by Flore Vermijs, PhD researcher in primary care
05-08/08/2025: World Association of Medical Law (WAML) Conference in Istanbul (Turkey) - Poster presentation "Communication Barriers in Healthcare: Implications for Patient Safety, Rights and Obligations, and Strategies for Mitigation" by Marta Łotoczuk, PhD researcher in Law
06-11/07/2025: International Sociological Association (ISA) Conference in Rabat (Morocco), attended and presentation by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology
07/05/2025: Research day "Cultural diversity in healthcare" in Leuven (Belgium) – Poster presentation "Preferences and challenges regarding medical decision-making among patients with a migration background in Belgium: A focus group study" by Flore Vermijs, PhD researcher in primary care
04/02/2025: Interuniversity networking event Belgian Health Law in Leuven (Belgium) - Presentation preliminary findings MEDIMIG project by Marta Łotoczuk, PhD researcher in law
14/11/2024: Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITG) and Network on Migration and Global Mobility (MIGLOBA) ‘Migration and Health’ Seminar in Antwerp (Belgium): Presentation ‘Medical Decision-Making among People with a Migration Background’ by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology
17-19/10/2024: European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN) Conference in Budapest (Hungary) - Presentation ‘Preferences and Challenges in Medical Decision-Making involving Patients with a Migration Background in Belgium: a focus group study’ by Flore Vermijs, PhD researcher in family medicine
18-20/09/2024: European Association of Health Law (EAHL) Conference in Warsaw (Poland) - Presentation Young Scholars Workshop “Improving medical decision-making within a super-diverse society in light of the right to culturally appropriate healthcare” and Presentation Main Conference “Cultural dimensions of the right to health: the scope of the right to culturally appropriate healthcare” by Marta Łotoczuk, PhD researcher in law
27-30/08/2024: European Sociological Association (ESA) Conference in Porto (Portugal) - Presentation ‘Medical Decision-Making among People with a Migration Background’ by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology
03-05/07/2024: European Society for Health and Medical Sociology (ESHMS) Conference in Antwerp (Belgium) - Presentation ‘Medical Decision-Making among People with a Migration Background’ by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology
17/06/2024: Sociology Day 2024 in Nijmegen (the Netherlands) - Presentation ‘Medical Decision-Making among People with a Migration Background’ by Amina Yakhlaf, PhD researcher in sociology
14/06/2024: Belgian Association for Public Health (BAPH) Symposium ‘Tackling inequities in public health’ in Brussels (Belgium) - Presentation ‘Preferences and Challenges in Medical Decision-Making involving Patients with a Migration Background in Belgium: a focus group study’ by Flore Vermijs, PhD researcher in family medicine
08/02/2024: Presentation of ongoing PhD research projects in Belgian Health Law in Ghent (Belgium) – Presentation PhD Project “Improving Medical Decision-making in Migrant populations within a super-diverse society: Challenges and Legal Opportunities” by Marta Łotoczuk, PhD researcher in law