Global Health Institute search menu search content Eva VAN GINDERDEUREN Implementation practices of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) for children and HIV-positive adults – a prospective cohort study at primary care Project summary Globally, South Africa has one of the worst TB epidemics, with ap…

Beyond The Genome search menu search content Beyond The Genome Ethical aspects of large-cohort studies Welcome to the website of the "Beyond the Genome: Ethical Aspects of Large Cohort Studies" Research Foundation – Flanders Junior Project (project ID: FN 701000004). This is a joint project betwee…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Frank Mulindwa Glucose metabolism changes in Ugandan HIV patients on dolutegravir Project summary There has been improved survival of HIV patients in sub-Saharan Africa where the HIV incidence and prevalence is notably high. This could be attributed…

Global Health Institute search menu search content HIV Ongoing (sandwich) PhDs: Aggrey David Mukose, Uganda Rose Apondi, Uganda Frank Mulindwa, Uganda Finalized PhDs: These academics have obtained their doctoral degree under GHI supervision on an HIV related topic. By clicking on the name, the abstr…

Patrick Van Reempts emeritus occasional assignment Publications Patrick Van Reempts The early educational environment at five years of age in a European cohort of children born very preterm : challenges and opportunities for research Source BMC pediatrics - ISSN 1471-2431-24:1 (2024) p. 1-12 Author(…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Uganda Glucose metabolism changes in Ugandan HIV patients on dolutegravir Abstract There has been improved survival of HIV patients in sub-Saharan Africa where the HIV incidence and prevalence is notably high. This could be attributed to the scale u…

Sabrina Laroche unpaid staff Publications Sabrina Laroche Maternal wellbeing five years after a very preterm delivery : prevalence and influencing factors in a European cohort Source Children - ISSN 2227-9067-11:1 (2024) p. 1-17 Author(s) Lena Wohlers, Rolf F. Maier, Marina Cuttini, Emilija Wilson, …

Kurt Boonen guest professor Research Kurt Boonen Research team Cell death signaling (CDS) Beyond the genome: Ethical Aspects of Large Cohort studies. 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025 Abstract The way we practice medicine now and in the near future will be different. One the one hand we have the ever decreasi…

Iemke Sarrechia unpaid staff Publications Iemke Sarrechia The early educational environment at five years of age in a European cohort of children born very preterm : challenges and opportunities for research Source BMC pediatrics - ISSN 1471-2431-24:1 (2024) p. 1-12 Author(s) Alyssa Smith-Longee, Sa…

Geert Roeyen assistant professor - postdoc researcher FWO Publications Geert Roeyen Minimally invasive robot-assisted and laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy in a pan-European registry a retrospective cohort study Source International journal of surgery - ISSN 1743-9191-110:6 (2024) p. 3554-3561 Auth…

Thiery Chapelle associate professor Publications Thiery Chapelle Prognostic value of total tumor volume in patients with colorectal liver metastases : a secondary analysis of the randomized CAIRO5 trial with external cohort validation Source European journal of cancer - ISSN 0959-8049-207 (2024) p. …

Ayşe Candayan Niron senior researcher Research Ayşe Candayan Niron Research team VIB CMN - Molecular Neurogenomics Expertise I am a human geneticist specialized in neuromuscular diseases. I have broad experience in second- and third-generation sequencing analyses, cellular and molecular biology, a…

Merlijn Nemegeer doctoral scholarship holder Research Merlijn Nemegeer Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) The role of the COL4A2 NC1-domain in cerebrovascular and aneurysmal disorders: a functional approach. 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025 Abstract COL4A1- and COL4A2-related disorders cause a broad spe…

Toxicological Centre search menu search content Flexigut FLEXiGUT: The Flemish exposome project How do our surroundings influence our health? In the simplest terms, health is the total sum of the effect of genes, behaviour, and surroundings. But of course, we cannot just change our genes. Therefore,…

Marije Meuwissen associate professor Research Marije Meuwissen Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) A transcriptome-directed approach to brain malformations. 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026 Abstract Malformations of cortical development (MCD) are a heterogenous group of brain malformations, which represe…

Erika Vlieghe associate professor Publications Erika Vlieghe Low tuberculosis treatment initiation after positive tuberculosis lipoarabinomannan results Source ERJ Open Research - ISSN 2312-0541-10:4 (2024) p. 1-4 Author(s) Tinne Gils, Thandanani Madonsela, Mashaete Kamele, Irene Ayakaka, Alastair V…

Gonzalo Leguía Fauró predoc researcher FWO Research Gonzalo Leguía Fauró Research team VIB CMN - Microglia and Inflammation in Neurological Disorders (MIND) lab From population-based study to functional biology: combinatorial effect APOE and low-risk genetic risk factors of Alzheimer's Disease i…

Arno Furquim d'Almeida doctoral scholarship holder Publications Arno Furquim d'Almeida Predictors of hepatic flares after nucleos(t)ide analogue cessation : results of a global cohort study (RETRACT-B study) Source Journal of hepatology - ISSN 0168-8278- (2024) p. Author(s) Edo J. Dongelmans, Grishm…

Fabio Affaticati predoc researcher FWO Research Fabio Affaticati Research team ADReM Data Lab (ADReM) RAPTOR: a novel multi-view integrative framework to identify key features of T cell based immunology. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Disentangling the complex reticular components of the immune sy…

Bart Bracke unpaid staff Publications Bart Bracke Postpancreatectomy hemorrhage after pancreaticogastrostomy compared to pancreaticojejunostomy : a single-center prospective cohort study in 274 patients Source Journal of the pancreas - ISSN 1590-8577-24:5 (2023) p. 45-49 Author(s) Geert Roeyen, Elin…

Evelien Van Dijck predoc researcher FWO Research Evelien Van Dijck Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Unraveling the Role of Paraoxonase 1 and 3 in the Etiology and Progression of Obesity and Obesity-Associated Liver Disease. 01/11/2020 - 16/01/2025 Abstract Obesity is a complex disorder (with …

Dirk Ysebaert emeritus with assignment Publications Dirk Ysebaert Impact of risk factors on the incidence of tunneled dialysis catheter infections : a systematic review and meta-analysis Source Acta chirurgica Belgica - ISSN 0001-5458- (2024) p. Author(s) Stijn van Meurs, Jonne Hopman, Guy Hubens, N…

Nicole Berens-Riha assistant professor Research Nicole Berens-Riha Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Expertise Clinical studies (cross-sectional, cohort) on leishmaniasis, malaria, Chagas, mpox Vaccine studies (investigator and pharma-driven, phase I-IV) Diag…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content LMM researchers identify biomarkers predictive of CDI LMM researchers identify biomarkers predictive of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) Berkell M, Mysara M, Xavier BB, Werkhoven CH van, Monsieurs P, Lammens C, Ducher A, Vehreschi…

Thomas Vanwolleghem professor - fund. clinical researcher Publications Thomas Vanwolleghem Predictors of hepatic flares after nucleos(t)ide analogue cessation : results of a global cohort study (RETRACT-B study) Source Journal of hepatology - ISSN 0168-8278- (2024) p. Author(s) Edo J. Dongelmans, Gr…