Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Perfectly healthy Citizens increasingly demand the government to provide a healthy living environment. In both, health sector and spatial planning, attention for the interaction between health and environment is gaining attention. Despi…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Macro- and micronutrients for healthy ecosystems ECOSPHERE studies the role of nutrients in the ecology and biogeochemistry of aquatic (e.g. ponds, lakes, rivers) and terrestrial (e.g. wetlands, meadows) ecosystems, focusing on the interaction with plants and ani…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Healthy cities In the 19th century, urban planning had to serve as a kind of spatial vaccine against the many plagues our cities had resisted. So far, spatial planning is mainly trying to limit or mitigate the negative impact of the env…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Healthy corridors as drivers of social housing neighbourhoods for the co-creation of social, environmental and marketable NBS Project URBiNAT focuses on the regeneration and integration of deprived social housing urban developments through an innovative …

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Epigenetic clock rejuvenation towards healthy aging A deeper understanding of this can be used for therapeutic nutritional or pharmaceutical rejuvenating interventions to promote healthy aging, or to prevent cancer and cardiometabolic and neurodegenera…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Sustainable and healthy food environments Neighbourhoods differ in terms of the quality and quantity of food that is offered and promoted. This leads to differences in health outcomes. Hence, whether a neighbourhood is considered ‘hea…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Healthy corridors as drivers of social housing neighbourhoods Co-creation of social, environmental and marketable Nature Based Solutions (NBS) - URBiNAT URBiNAT focuses on the regeneration and integration of deprived social housing urba…

University Fund search menu search content A healthy cornea - ARGOS Support research into corneal damage and help achieve clear vision Who is ARGOS? The ARGOS research laboratory focuses its ophthalmological research on the cornea, the transparent layer at the front of the eye. A healthy cornea is e…

Care and the natural living environment search menu search content Healthy Core Plan for a healthier core spatial planning in the Merode area Abstract It is widely acknowledged that the living environment is an important determinant of human health. Historically, planning and health professionals co…

10 exam surviving tips First Aid for Studying Study plan It all starts with a good study plan. Make sure your notes are ‘crammable’ before the start of the cramming period so you can focus all your attention on memorising the material. Make a realistic plan for the exam period itself, too. Count…

Master of Laws (LL.M) New teaching assistant to the LLM programme 2021 New teaching assistant to the LLM programme 2021 Our new full-time graduate research and teaching assistant Arınç Onat Kılıç joined our Master of Laws team on 15 September. Arinç holds an LLM degree from Lund University, Sw…

SUSTAIN | Biobased Sustainability Engineering search menu search content SUSTAIN Biobased Sustainability Engineering SUSTAIN focuses on biobased engineering for a more sustainable, resilient and healthy society. Technology- and nature-based solutions target local and global environmental challenges …

Gerrit De Blust unpaid staff Research Gerrit De Blust Research team Primary and interdisciplinary care Antwerp (ELIZA) Sustainable Logistics Sites (SuLoSi). 01/11/2023 - 30/04/2026 Abstract With the 'Sustainable Logistics Sites' project, VIL, VITO and UAntwerpen want to inspire and stimulate the log…

Advanced master of Youth Health Care Learning outcomes Learning outcomes Compentence area 1: Expert youth health care 1. Thorough knowledge and advanced insight in the concepts of health and disease, health promotion and disease prevention, focused on infants, children and adolescents, and acting ac…

Daniel Flender onderzoeker Onderzoek Daniel Flender Onderzoeksgroep Ecosphere Identificatie van neoantigenen in longkanker met behulp van massaspectrometrie. 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2026 Abstract Over the past few decades, the survival rate for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, most lung cance…

UAntwerp students going abroad Would you like to do an exchange, internship, fieldwork or summer school abroad? Would you like to develop yourself, explore new territory and learn lots of new things as part of an experience abroad? From an internship abroad to Erasmus, the University of Antwerp want…

Master of Biomedical Sciences: Neurosciences Programme info Programme info 120 ECTS-credits Programme taught in English Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Science Campus Drie Eiken What does the programme entail? The field of biomedical sciences The field of biomedical sciences stu…

Jeroen Cant academic interim staff postdoc Research Jeroen Cant Research team Transport and Regional Economics Expertise I do research within the general field of economic geography, with special attention for retail. I focus on the location of economic activities, accessibility (of food), and e-com…

Kanchanamala Withanage senior onderzoeker Publicaties Kanchanamala Withanage Immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of a recombinant measles-vectored Lassa fever vaccine : a randomised, placebo-controlled, first-in-human trial Bron The lancet : international edition - ISSN 0140-6736-401:10384 (202…

Stéphanie De Keulenaer doctoral scholarship holder Research Stéphanie De Keulenaer Research team Experimental Neurobiology Unit (ENU) Neurophysiological Markers of Cognition in Healthy Ageing & Neurodegeneration. 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026 Abstract Early and reliable diagnosis of neurodegenerative di…

Ann Carette onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Ann Carette Milieuzakboekje 2024 Bron Mechelen, Wolters Kluwer, 2024,1298 p. Auteur(s) Ann Carette, P. Lefranc, T. Malfait, E. Rentmeesters, H. Schoukens Citatielink Right to a healthy environment and the remediation of ecological damage : seeking effec…

Tinne Van Aggelpoel onderwijsbegeleider Publicaties Tinne Van Aggelpoel Do disposable diapers reduce urination elimination signals in non-toilet-trained children? Bron European journal of pediatrics - ISSN 1432-1076-184:11 (2025) p. 1-8 Auteur(s) Lola Bladt, Tinne Van Aggelpoel, Gunter De Win, Stefa…

Ellen Faes onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Ellen Faes MicroRNAs targeting VEGF are related to vascular dysfunction in preeclampsia Bron Bioscience reports - ISSN 0144-8463-41:8 (2021) p. Auteur(s) Isabel Witvrouwen, Dominique Mannaerts, Jessica Ratajczak, Evi Boeren, Ellen Faes, Amaryllis Van Cra…

Charlotte De Backer hoogleraar Publicaties Charlotte De Backer Sharing is caring : how can commensality, or the act of eating together, be leveraged to promote healthy eating and well-being? Bron Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Communication Studies,186 p. A…

Pieter Van Dyck docent Publicaties Pieter Van Dyck Delaying arthroplasty : the potential of knee joint distraction in young osteoarthritis patients — a prospective case series Bron Journal of experimental orthopaedics - ISSN 2197-1153-12:4 (2025) p. 1-10 Auteur(s) Jasper Vandenrijt, Jef Michielsen…