Global Health Institute search menu search content Maternal and Child Health About Maternal and Child Health More information about this research group will follow soon. Overview of partnerships/ongoing research: In-house staff Yves Jacquemyn Gynaecologist Veronique Verhoeven General practitioner Jo…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content Maternal Metabolism and Fertility How does a western-type diet influence oocyte and embryo development? Do mitochondria influence cellular stress signaling in the oocyte in response to metabolic stress? Can anti-oxidants protect oocyt…

Wendt Müller hoofddocent The Family Ecology Team Wendt Müller People Current members Natalia Estramil (PhD) Parent-offspring conflict in canaries: individual plasticity, genetic basis and co-adaptation. Carsten Lucass (PhD) Conflict and co-adaptation: the evolution of parental care in a wild bird …

Jo Leroy hoogleraar Publicaties Jo Leroy Mitochondrial dysfunction and epigenetic alterations in metabolically compromised oocytes : a key pathway to subfertility and a target to improve offspring health Bron Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Scienc…

Waleed Marei doctor assistent - senior onderzoeker - projectcoördinator Publicaties Waleed Marei Mitochondrial dysfunction and epigenetic alterations in metabolically compromised oocytes : a key pathway to subfertility and a target to improve offspring health Bron Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Fa…

Waleed Marei doctor assistent - senior onderzoeker - projectcoördinator Onderzoek Waleed Marei Onderzoeksgroep Veterinaire fysiologie en biochemie Expertise Ongoing studies: - Maternal obesity and "fetal programming": the consequences for reproductive physiology of the offspring. - Fundamental unde…

External scholarships Name Programme level Short description More information Agha Khan Foundation Master The foundation offers scholarships in the form of a 50% grant. Eligible countries are: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ma…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content PhD Sara Valckx Maternal Metabolic Disorders and Fertility: insights into the effect of a changed maternal micro-enviroment on follicular growth, the acquisition of oocyte developmental compentece and subsequent embryo quality Sara Va…

Katherine Loens senior researcher Research Katherine Loens Research team Laboratory of Medical Microbiology (LMM) Expertise Coordination, development, validation and implementation of molecular assays in the framework of respiratory infections in different European Projects: GRACE (Genomics to comba…

Inne Xhonneux onderzoeker Publicaties Inne Xhonneux The impact of offspring and maternal obesogenic diets on adult offspring oocyte mitochondrial morphology in primordial and preantral follicles Bron PLoS ONE - ISSN 1932-6203-19:6 (2024) p. 1-20 Auteur(s) Inne Xhonneux, Waleed Marei, Ben Meulders, J…

Roxanne Bleijenbergh onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Roxanne Bleijenbergh Pregnancy-related anxiety and associated coping styles and strategies : a cross-sectional study Bron International journal of childbirth - ISSN 2156-5287-13:3 (2023) p. 159-173 Auteur(s) Charlotte Brosens, Yannic van Gils, …

Justus Asasira onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Justus Asasira Is oil and gas discovery a generational curse? The plight of children in land compensation dispossession in Uganda Bron Journal of internal displacement - ISSN 1920-5805-13:1 (2023) p. 2-19 Auteur(s) specioza Twinamasiko, Novatus Nyema…

Alejandro García Antón predoc researcher FWO Research Alejandro García Antón Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology A social life right from the start. How mothers adaptively shape offspring social phenotype for the within family environment - and beyond. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstr…

Silke Andries gespecialiseerd med.- expert Publicaties Silke Andries The interplay of maternal and offspring obesogenic diets : the impact on offspring metabolism and muscle mitochondria in an outbred mouse model Bron Frontiers in physiology - ISSN 1664-042X-15 (2024) p. 1-16 Auteur(s) Inne Xhonneux…

Kirsten Maertens assistant professor - senior researcher Research Kirsten Maertens Research team Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) PReparing for Optimal Phase III/IV maTErnal Group B StreptococCal vaccine Trials in Africa (PROTECT). 01/03/2024 - 28/02/2027 Abstract Two vaccines designed…

Stefanie Lahaye education supervisor Research Stefanie Lahaye Research team Adaptive value and mechanisms of variation in maternal hormones in the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus). 01/10/2010 - 30/09/2012 Abstract In this study we examine maternal yolk hormones in the budgerigar (Melopsittacus u…

Centre for Evaluation of Vaccination search menu search content Vaccine preventable diseases and pregnancy Ongoing research Our research on vaccine preventable diseases and pregnancy includes a range of themes, such as experiments describing the presence and persistence of maternal passively acquire…

Lien Loier predoc researcher FWO Research Lien Loier Research team Veterinary physiology and biochemistry OOMITOCARE: Strategic mitochondrial interventions in the oocyte as preconception care in conditions of maternal metabolic stress. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Obesity is a global threat that…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content PhD Karolien Desmet Maternal metabolic disorders and fertility: importance of lipotoxicity on oocyte, sperm and embryo Karolien Desmet, DVM, PhD Date: 19th November 2019, at 5 PM Location: Auditorium O8, Campus Drie Eiken Download the…

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…

Anouk Smits unpaid staff Research Anouk Smits Research team Development of strategic preconception care to improve maternal fertility and protect offspring's health in obese individuals: steps towards evidence based clinical advice. 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021 Abstract Obesity is becoming a global threa…

Greet Hendrickx Research Greet Hendrickx Research team Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) PReparing for Optimal Phase III/IV maTErnal Group B StreptococCal vaccine Trials in Africa (PROTECT). 01/03/2024 - 28/02/2027 Abstract Two vaccines designed for pregnant women, to protect their unbo…

Waleed Marei principal research fellow - senior researcher - project coordinator Research Waleed Marei Research team Veterinary physiology and biochemistry Expertise Ongoing studies: - Maternal obesity and "fetal programming": the consequences for reproductive physiology of the offspring. - Fundamen…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content PhD Lies Jordaens Maternal metabolic health and female fertility: upregulated lipolysis and the consequences for in vitro bovine oviduct physiology and function Lies Jordaens, DVM, PhD Date: 18th of May, at 16h30 Location: ‘Promotie…

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…