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I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Global Health Institute at the University of Antwerp. My research focuses on antimicrobial use and stewardship in diverse healthcare settings, in the context of the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance. More specifically, I examine how we can measure antimicrobial use in a meaningful way, and how this information can be translated into context-specific interventions to improve prescribing practices, both at the level of healthcare organisations and at the interface with health policy. I am also particularly interested in the implementation and behaviour change aspects of antimicrobial stewardship. Methodologically, I use both quantitative and qualitative approaches to understand antimicrobial use patterns and the contexts in which stewardship activities take place. During my PhD, under the supervision of Prof. Erika Vlieghe and Prof. Herman Goossens, I studied antimicrobial prescribing in an international network of hospitals (Global-PPS) and explored the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship interventions in these settings. I also contributed to the ADILA project (Antibiotic Data to Inform Local Action) and am currently involved in drive-AMS, a training programme for stewardship teams based on local data and grounded in behaviour change theory. I am trained as a pharmacist (KU Leuven, 2013) and have previous experience working in public health in Belgium at Sciensano.