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…

Degefaye Zelalem Anlay doctoral scholarship holder Research Degefaye Zelalem Anlay Research team Centre for Research and Innovation in Care (CRIC) Using big data to strengthen the evidence about effects of prescribing and deprescribing of medications in older people with limited life-expectancy. 15/…

Sabrina Laroche unpaid staff Publications Sabrina Laroche One year respiratory and neurodevelopmental outcome of premature neonates after exposure to plasticizers in the neonatal intensive care unit : a prospective cohort study Source Environmental research - ISSN 0013-9351-274 (2025) p. 1-10 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…

Sheila Orwa predoc researcher FWO Research Sheila Orwa Research team Global Health Institute (GHI) Early-Life Exposure to Antibiotics and Proton Pump Inhibitors: Utilization Patterns, Microbiome Impact, and Short-Term Health Outcomes. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract Early-life exposure to antibioti…

Zakaria Eddafir doctoral scholarship holder Research Zakaria Eddafir Research team VIB CMN - Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Diagnostic utility of a methylation-driven mutli-omics approach for prioritization of structural variants in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies. 01/02/2025 -…

Patrick Van Reempts emeritus occasional assignment Publications Patrick Van Reempts Associations of language barriers with very preterm children's behavioural and socio-emotional problems across Europe Source Pediatric research - ISSN 0031-3998- (2024) p. Author(s) Julia Jaekel, Adrien M. Aubert, Ni…

Paolo Palma full research professor Research Paolo Palma Research team Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) Investigating Influenza Immunity at the systemic and mucosal Interfaces in Human challenge model study and maternal-child study choorts. 01/07/2025 - 30/06/2029 Abstract Influenza re…

Ayşe Candayan Niron postdoc researcher FWO 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 biolo…

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,…

Nele Brusselaers professor Research Nele Brusselaers Research team Global Health Institute (GHI) Expertise I am a clinical epidemiologist with as main research interests the long-term effects of commonly prescribed drugs such as antibiotics and gastric-acid suppressors, potentially through interacti…

Iemke Sarrechia unpaid staff Publications Iemke Sarrechia Associations of language barriers with very preterm children's behavioural and socio-emotional problems across Europe Source Pediatric research - ISSN 0031-3998- (2024) p. Author(s) Julia Jaekel, Adrien M. Aubert, Nils Jaekel, Raquel Costa, S…

Geert Baggerman unpaid staff Publications Geert Baggerman Unmasking tumor antigens : immunopeptidomics and the role of human neutrophil peptides in lung cancer immunity Source Antwerp, University of Antwerp,XVI, 259 p. Author(s) Daniel Flender, Geert Baggerman, Evelien Smits Citation link An mRNA-ba…

Lidia Casas Ruiz guest prof. external funds - associate professor - guest professor Publications Lidia Casas Ruiz Urban green spaces and health : a Global North and South perspective Source Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,xii, 252 p. Author(s) Hilbert Mendoza,…

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…

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…

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 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Disentangling the complex reticular components of the immune sy…

Patrick De Boever unpaid staff Publications Patrick De Boever The association between preschoolers' retinal microcirculation and the indoor microbial environment : results of the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort Source Scientific reports - ISSN 2045-2322-15:1 (2025) p. 1-12 Author(s) Wouter van Dyck, Martin …

Paulien Cleys researcher Publications Paulien Cleys Chemical exposure in childhood : a study on organophosphate flame retardants and plasticizers in a Flemish birth cohort Source Environmental research - ISSN 0013-9351-288 (2026) p. 1-13 Author(s) Fatima den Ouden, Adam Cseresznye, Liesa Engelen, El…

Karolien Dams unpaid staff Publications Karolien Dams Macronutrient intake is different across Europe : results of a Belgian cohort of critically ill adults Source Journal of critical care - ISSN 0883-9441-87 (2025) p. 1-8 Author(s) Karolien Dams, Denis Glorieux, Eric Gilbert, Nicolas Serck, Xavier …

Daan Van Brusselen Pediatric infectiologist Publications Daan Van Brusselen Economic impact of RSV infections in young children attending primary care : a prospective cohort study in five European countries, 2021 to 2023 Source Eurosurveillance : European communicable disease bulletin - ISSN 1025-49…

Anna Jansen associate professor Publications Anna Jansen Clobazam versus corticosteroid for developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with spike-wave activation in sleep ((D)EE-SWAS) : results of a multicenter observational study Source Epilepsia - ISSN 0013-9580- (2025) p. Author(s) Marleen M.L. v…