Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Global study highlights deaths from neonatal sepsis & steps to improve treatment Geneva - A global observational study, which involved more than 3,200 newborn babies suffering from sepsis in 19 hospitals in 11 countries, has shown that ma…

Centre for Research and Innovation in Care search menu search content News and press releases Staff shortages lead to more deaths 'Staff shortages lead to more deaths' UAntwerp research links lower nurse staffing to higher hospital mortality A new study by researchers from UAntwerp has found that th…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Christine MANYANDO Options for Treatment and Control of Malaria in Pregnancy in Zambia Thesis summary Malaria is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with pregnant women being among the most severely affected. Sub S…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Malaria Treatment University of Antwerp leads international research into problem of frequent malaria treatments "Treatment of recurrent malaria is possible with the same therapy" Malaria may seem to be on the way out, but in fact it remains a serio…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Joseph NGONZI Postpartum Infection at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, South Western Uganda: epidemiology, microbiology and control Abstract This PhD thesis entitled “Postpartum Infection at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, South Western Uga…

VAXINFECTIO search menu search content Coronavirus Research News Why COVID-19 has to be taken seriously Geert Molenberghs (UHasselt and KU Leuven), Pierre Van Damme (UAntwerpen), Sarah Vercruysse (UHasselt), Niel Hens (UHasselt and UAntwerpen) - July 2020 It has often been claimed that the infection…

Jasper Verswyvel predoc researcher FWO Research Jasper Verswyvel Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Targeting therapy-induced senescence in non-small cell lung cancer: development and optimization of a novel triple-step, senescence-focused treatment strategy. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/202…

Jana Baroen doctoral scholarship holder Research Jana Baroen Research team Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - Antwerp (PLASMANT) Inducing neoantigens with cold atmospheric plasma to improve cancer immunotherapy. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Globally, cancer incidence is…

Leen Jacobs predoc researcher FWO Research Leen Jacobs Research team Toxicological Centre Forensic thanatometabolomics of the vitreous humour: characterizing an alternative matrix in forensic science to investigate the cause of death (FORTHAVIT). 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract Forensic science and…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Rapid evolution & host immunity drive the rise and fall of antibiotic resistance Rapid evolution and host immunity drive the rise and fall of antibiotic resistance during acute infection Antibiotic resistance poses a serious threat to hum…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Daniel KYABAYINZE Strategies to optimise parasitological diagnosis and treatment of malaria in Uganda Thesis summary Background and rationale Malaria is one of the leading causes of fever and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 655,000…

Line De Vocht predoc researcher FWO Research Line De Vocht Research team Medical Biochemistry Identification of potent single-domain antibodies against the malaria sporozoite through a synthetic single-domain antibody library containing unconventional diversification strategies. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2…

Hanne Hendrickx predoc researcher FWO Research Hanne Hendrickx Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Early effects of air pollution on respiratory function and neurobehavioral abilities in children, and the influence of lifestyle changes to reduce exposure. 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Flory Luzolo Impact of scaling up the use of rectal artesunate pre-referral treatment on selection of artemisinin drug resistance in hard-to-reach communities in Africa PhD summary Malaria remains a major public health challenge in tropical and sub-…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Jane ACHAN Challenges in the management of uncomplicated and severe malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa and new interactions between malaria and HIV treatments Thesis summary Background and Rationale Malaria is a public health problem in over 100 countrie…

FASS-Food EU search menu search content Research The dramatic environmental impact of food chains in the EU is an undeniable fact: Food production, transportation and waste accounts for 31% of global greenhouse gas emissions; 41% of habitable land is used for agriculture; 44% of freshwater withdrawa…

Christian Rolfo unpaid guest prof. Research Christian Rolfo Research team Targeting CD70-positive cancer-associated fibroblasts to improve chemotherapy and alleviate the immuno-suppressive tumor microenvironment in advanced colorectal cancer. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2023 Abstract Colorectal cancer (CRC) …

Alejandro Valverde De La Fuente postdoc researcher FWO Research Alejandro Valverde De La Fuente Research team Antwerp engineering, PhotoElectroChemistry & Sensing (A-PECS) Expertise Dr. Alejandro Valverde develops biosensing platforms for the rapid, sensitive and affordable detection of clinically r…

Sergio Araujo postdoctoral scholarship hold. Research Sergio Araujo Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Expertise Dr. Sergio Araujo is currently a postdoc in the Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) at UAntwerp and has a distinguished tra…

HPV Prevention and Control Board search menu search content Reports and documentaries The State of Vaccine Confidence Vaccine Confidence Report 2015 (.pdf, 2.7 MB): Analysis of a number of vaccine confidence issues and the paths to their resolution over the past decade, including and beyond polio. O…

Celine Gys assistant professor - senior researcher Research Celine Gys Research team Toxicological Centre Expertise 2016-2020 Celine graduated as a pharmacist from the Uantwerpen in 2016. Subsequently, she performed her PhD research in the Toxicological Center, working on human exposure to BPA and o…

Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences Olaf Drummer Honorary Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2016) Olaf Drummer Honorary Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2016) In 2016 the Department of Pharmacutical Sciences of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences has c…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content AmReSu project LMM will strengthen the innovation capacity in AMR surveillance in Croatia and Hungary: the EU-funded AmReSu project Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is on the rise, resulting in 700 000 deaths worldwide every year. In Croati…

Global Engagement search menu search content I Shall not Hate 26 March | 18:30-21:00 Film screening Palestinian doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish wrote a best-selling book in 2011 about his life in Gaza and the deaths of three of his daughters after an Israeli shell hit their bedroom in 2009, during the fir…

Yasmina Drissi El Boukili unpaid staff Research Yasmina Drissi El Boukili Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Exposing the effect of host, parasite and immunoparasitological factors on Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte conversion. 01/11/2020 - 30/11/2024 Abstrac…