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…

Occupational Medicine Learning outcomes Learning outcomes Medical expert 1. The Master can describe the relation between employment and health and the determinants of welfare for preventative purposes. In doing so, tthe Master can apply insights from related sciences such as ergonomics, occupational…

Master of Epidemiology Career prospects Career prospects Epidemiologists are mainly employed in public health, health policy, medical scientific research or education institutes or organisations. The epidemiologist’s field has greatly expanded over the last decennia. Whereas epidemiologists mainly…

Heritage and crime Heritage and Crime Micro-credential Heritage and Crime Micro-credential Heritage Studies and Criminology: together at last! What? A broad spectrum of criminal activities such as the global trafficking of antiquities, vandalism, architectural theft, unauthorised treasure hunting, m…

Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Internal Conditions Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Internal Conditions Healthcare professional 1. The Master has speciali…

Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Musculoskeletal Conditions Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Musculoskeletal Conditions Healthcare professional 1. The Maste…

Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Elderly Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Elderly Healthcare professional 1. The Master has specialised knowledge of and ins…

Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Neurological Conditions Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Neurological Conditions Healthcare professional 1. The Master has …

Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy Learning outcomes Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy Learning outcomes Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy Healthcare professional 1. The Master has specialised knowledge of and insight in domain-specific health problems in d…

Master of Biomedical Sciences: Infectious and Tropical Diseases Learning outcomes Learning outcomes General learning outcomes 1. The Master is familiar with the common scientific and practical aspects of preclinical drug research and with the main concepts of molecular and cellular research techniqu…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Suzette JORDAAN Cervical cancer in South Africa: screening status and policy pitfalls Summary High quality cervical cancer screening can reduce the incidence of and the mortality from cervical carcinoma. This because the natural evolution of cervica…

Global Health Institute search menu search content School Health Workshop kick starts School Health Project in Tanzania Launch of the VLIR TEAM project between NIMR and the Global Health Institute On Friday 8 September, representatives of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, University of …

Robert Tholen unpaid staff Research Robert Tholen Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health For better health in university and college students: pin-pointing the interplay between social support, study stress, substance use and mental health across different study programs. 01/10/2017 …

Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Excellence in Antwerp search menu search content Pierre Van Damme (promotor) Pierre Van Damme obtained his MD from the UAntwerpen, Belgium, in 1984. He obtained post-graduate degrees in health and economics, the evaluation of human corporal damage, and a master degree…

Monica van den Berg senior researcher Research Monica van den Berg Research team Bio-Imaging lab Expertise My academic training have provided me with an extensive background in multiple biomedical disciplines including, molecular biology, biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, (histo)pathology, genetics…

Wannes Heirman guest professor Research Wannes Heirman Research team Media, ICT and interpersonal relations in Organisations and Society (MIOS) Expertise Wannes Heirman (Ph.D) is a postdoctoral researcher and professor affiliated with the University of Antwerp and the Artesis-Plantijn Hogeschool Ant…

Farmaceutische, Biomedische en Diergeneeskundige Wetenschappen Paul Cotter Eredoctoraat in de farmaceutische wetenschappen (2024) Paul Cotter Eredoctoraat in de farmaceutische wetenschappen (2024) Op donderdag 28 maart 2024 eerde de Universiteit Antwerpen Professor Paul Cotter met een eredoctoraat i…

Toxicological Centre search menu search content Flexigut FLEXiGUT: The Flemish exposome project How do our surroundings influence our health? In the simplest terms, health is the total sum of the effect of genes, behaviour, and surroundings. But of course, we cannot just change our genes. Therefore,…

Applied Engineering Prof. dr. Marc Koper Honorary degree in Applied Engineering 2024 Prof. dr. Marc Koper Honorary degree in Applied Engineering 2024 The Faculty of Applied Engineering of the University of Antwerp invited you to the masterclass and official conferral of the honorary degree to Prof. …

Sara De Bruyn postdoc researcher FWO Research Sara De Bruyn Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Expertise Dr. Sara De Bruyn is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology, affiliated with the Centre for Population, Family & Health (CPFH). Her research focuses on ecolo…

WAKA HPV Africa search menu search content HPV 2017 Conference Capetown Satellite Session HPV 2017 WAKA HPV Network: HPV in Sub-Saharan Africa From 28th February up to 4th March 2017 the International Papillomavirus Conference, organized by the International Papilloma Virus Society (IPVS), took plac…

Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences Paul Cotter Honorary Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2024) Paul Cotter Honorary Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2024) On Thursday 28 March 2024 the University of Antwerp honored Professor Paul Cotter with an Honorary Degree in Pharmaceutical S…

Exposome search menu search content Outreach activities In the media 2024 Our hair doesn't lie: court increasingly detects drug or alcohol use via hair analysis. Alexander van Nuijs on VRT, 9 March 2024 (in Dutch) 2023 A Belgian study led by Tim Nawrot finds that exposure to air pollution increases …

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content A manageable group of students March 2024 Update on teaching tip 'A manageable group of students' from the book ‘50 teaching tips’ (ECHO, 2011) As a teacher, do you ever experience challenges in keeping students' attention? Are …

Waleed Marei guest lecturer - 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. - Fundamental underst…