Global Health Institute search menu search content Florian VOGT Operational challenges during the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa Thesis summary Tremendous progress has been made in the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in recent years thanks to better and cheaper dru…

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…

Guido Erreygers emeritus with assignment Research Guido Erreygers Research team Economics Expertise I do research about history of economic thought, socioeconomic inequality of health, and linear production systems. Task complexity, framing effects and post-hoc individual-level model analysis in dis…

Yves Jacquemyn professor Research Yves Jacquemyn Research team Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC) Global Health Institute (GHI) Expertise anythig concerning pelvic floor pathology ,myoma, endometriosis, preeclampsia, pregnancy, prenatal ultrasound, maternal health care p…

Department of Biology search menu search content PhD pitch presentations PhD pitch presentations In the main program from 13.10 to 14.40. Name Research Group Title Raïssa De Boer BECO Genes & environment: Effects on trait expression in canaries Thomas Raap BECO Disruption of behaviour and physiolog…

Global Health Institute search menu search content MEPI Alumni Meeting 2023 (Europe based MEPI alumni ) 20-22/09/2023 In July 2022, with the support of VLIR-UOS, the Global Health Institute reunited our academic staff with Master of Epidemiology alumni in Tanga, Tanzania, for our very first Alumni E…

Sigrid Stroobants full professor Publications Sigrid Stroobants Molecular imaging for early response assessment of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and drugs targeting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway in HER-2 amplified breast cancer Source Antwerp, University of Antwerp, 2024,223 p. Author(s) Yanina Dockx, Sigri…

Timon Vandamme assistant professor - fund. clinical researcher Publications Timon Vandamme Efficacy and safety of short-course radiotherapy versus total neoadjuvant therapy in older rectal cancer patients : a randomised pragmatic trial (SHAPERS) Source ESMO gastrointestinal oncology - ISSN 2949-8198…

Fuatilia Maji search menu search content Academic output Publications Publications on Fuatilia Maji Research Brief: Added Value of Community Based Monitoring (CBM): Lessons from the Fuatilia Maji Project | Jenipher Biira Salamula, Josué Guerrero Calle, Nathalie Holvoet and Sara Dewachter Lessons fr…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Tom DECROO Community-based ART in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons learnt from Community ART Groups in Tete province, Mozambique Thesis abstract Globally an estimated 36.7 million people are living with HIV (PLHIV). By June 2016, 18.2 million were enroll…

Wendt Müller associate research professor Family Ecology Unit Wendt Müller Current members As a team we aspire to achieve excellence in our research by fostering a supportive and inclusive research environment. PhD students Tim Andries (PhD) Sources of individual variation (in the mechanics) of fe…

USOS search menu search content Dependent development Presentations Ian Taylor Alice Nicole Sindzingre Pictures The next Asia? Globalization, dependence and African development African growth accelerated significantly after the turn of the century. For nearly two decades, African economies have been…

Marijke Verpoorten professor Research Marijke Verpoorten Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise My research focuses on the economic causes and consequences of armed conflict; on natural resources, religion, global supply chains; and more broadly, on the economic and insti…

John-Paul Bogers full professor Research John-Paul Bogers Research team Laboratory of cell biology and histology Global Health Institute (GHI) Community engagement and novel technologies: a winning team for the integral management of cervical cancer in a rural context. 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2027 Abstra…

EnviroStress search menu search content PhD defenses PhD defenses 2020 Promovendus: Iván Laoiza Alamo, Promotors: Marleen De Troch & Gudrun De Boeck. Title: Marine species associated to Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus culture: trophic interactions and contaminant exposure. 28 February 2020. …

SPICES search menu search content News & Publications - SPICES Scientific meeting with the SPICES team on the prevention of cardiovascular disease in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa: lessons and experiences On the 9th of March, we organize a scientific meeting with the SPICES team on the prevention of…

Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden full professor Research Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden Research team Global Health Institute (GHI) Expertise My main expertise lies in bio-statistical support, designing and implementing (clinical) epidemiological study designs and conducting clinical trials (Phase 1-2-3). (…

Medicine and Health Sciences Public defences 2023 Find the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2023 Find the archive of concluded doctoral research Dynamics of lower limb impairment & standing balance early post-stroke - measurement, mechanisms & treatment - Jonas Schröder (22/12…

Wendt Müller associate research professor seminars Wendt Müller Seminars in Ecology and Evolution 2022-23 The next seminar is on Thursday 17th of November (12h15 in D 0.39): Jana Tesikova (EVECO) Virus hunting: the diversity of selected rodent-borne viruses. Valentina Burskaya (EVECO) Does hybridi…

Stefaan Marysse emeritus occasional assignment Research Stefaan Marysse Research team Local Governance and post-conflict development. 22/04/2007 - 21/04/2009 Abstract Researcher(s) Promoter: Marysse Stefaan Research team(s) Project type(s) Research Project Poverty and poverty reduction in the great …

Sarah Weckhuysen associate professor - fund. clinical researcher Research Sarah Weckhuysen Research team Translational Neurosciences (TNW) VIB CMN - Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Expertise The focus of my research group is the elucidation of the molecular basis of genetic epilepsies. State…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects The effect of antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors on the gut microbiome and infection risk in early life. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2028 Abstract Our gut microbiome is affected by many factors, and it seems (prescribed…

Wendt Müller associate research professor Research Wendt Müller Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Expertise Movement Ecology: studying foraging behaviour, migration and parental care. Behavioural Ecology: using natural populations and field-based research to investigate the effects…

Economics search menu search content Research projects Ongoing projects FWO Sabbatical Leave 2024-2025 (Prof. S. Vujić). 15/09/2024 - 14/09/2025 Abstract The content of my sabbatical comprises of continuation of the existing research agenda and new research and collaboration opportunities in an int…

Institute of Development Policy Presentations Presentations On the occasion of trainings, seminars and other activities, BOS-staff are invited to present their views. To keep an overview, we grouped the presentations per year and around the three pillars of the project: Political Economy of aid, ref…