Laboratory Animal Science - Rodents Programme info Micro-Credential: Laboratory Animal Science - Rodents - Function AC Programme info Micro-Credential: Laboratory Animal Science - Rodents - Function AC Study load: 4 ECTS credits Language of instruction: English Location: Campus Drie Eiken Faculty: F…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Ebola EBOVAC3 EBOVAC3 project: Open-label, Randomized, Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Immunogenicity and Safety of a Prophylactic Vaccination of Health Care Providers by Administration of a Heterologous Vaccine Regimen Against Ebola in the Democrati…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Junior MATANGILA Intermittent Preventive Treatment an Option to Prevent Malaria in Schoolchildren Living in Endemic Area for Malaria Summary In high endemic areas, malaria infection and its adverse effects in schoolchildren may be prevented by inter…

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…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Innocent VALEA Malaria in pregnancy in Burkina Faso & new ways of improving current interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa Thesis summary Malaria during pregnancy is a major public health problem, affecting the mother’s and infant’s health. Intra-u…

Lennert Verboven unpaid staff Research Lennert Verboven Research team Global Health Institute (GHI) ADReM Data Lab (ADReM) A personalized recommendation system for whole genome sequencing based and individualized tuberculosis treatment. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) continues to…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Adoke YEKA Management of un-complicated falciparum malaria in Uganda : appropriate treatment options for the primary and recurrent malaria infections in children Thesis summary Background and rationale Malaria remains one of the major public health …

Siddharth Chhajlani doctoraatsbursaal Publicaties Siddharth Chhajlani Somatostatin analogue continuation upon progression in patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumour (SAUNA trial) : a randomised controlled trial protocol Bron BMJ open - ISSN 2044-6055-15:7 (2025) p. 1-11 Auteur(s) …

Global Health Institute search menu search content Second phase of Ebola vaccination trial in DR Congo In November 2020, the UAntwerp and UNIKIN team travelled to Boende for the next phase in the Ebola vaccination trial An Ebola vaccination trial focusing on health care providers in the Democratic R…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Disseminating the research findings to the participant population The University of Antwerp and the University of Kinshasa, respectively Sponsor and Principal Investigator of the Ebola vaccine trial (EBOVAC3), jointly organized a Dissemination Confe…

Global Health Institute search menu search content EBOVAC 3 Team at ASTMH Annual Meeting Mid-October 2023 the in-person American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting, aka #TropMed23, took place - just the second one since the COVID-19 pandemic. The GHI team went onsite and w…

Quanyi Yu doctoraatsbursaal Onderzoek Quanyi Yu Onderzoeksgroep Moleculaire Beeldvorming en Radiologie (MIRA) TheraCuSe: Ontwikkelen van een theranostische pre-targetingstrategie met 64Cu/67Cu voor CD70-exprimerende soliede tumoren. 01/10/2023 - 30/09/2027 Abstract Despite recent progress, an unmet …

Lise Verbruggen onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Lise Verbruggen Efficacy and safety of capecitabine-temozolomide (CAPTEM) regimen in patients with neuroendocrine neoplasms - experience from NETwerk, a Belgian ENETS Center of Excellence Bron Acta gastro-enterologica belgica - ISSN 1784-3227-88:2 (…

Leen Rigouts assistant professor Research Leen Rigouts Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Curbing rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Rwanda and beyond. 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Even after decades of attempted control, tuberculosis (TB) remains the wo…

Global Health Institute search menu search content DR Congo Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in school children: from research into policy Abstract Malaria remains a major public health threat despite considerable progress on control in the past decade. We, and others, demonstrated that …

Global Health Institute search menu search content Ebola vaccination trial Ebola vaccination trial in DR Congo in full force At the very end of 2019, an Ebola vaccination trial focusing on health care providers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was officially kick-started with the first partic…

Siddharth Chhajlani doctoral scholarship holder Publications Siddharth Chhajlani Somatostatin analogue continuation upon progression in patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumour (SAUNA trial) : a randomised controlled trial protocol Source BMJ open - ISSN 2044-6055-15:7 (2025) p. 1-…

Leen Van den Steen unpaid staff Research Leen Van den Steen Research team Dysphagia and tongue strength in patients with head and neck cancer, treated with radiotherapy. 01/09/2017 - 31/08/2018 Abstract Head and neck cancer is a distressing cancer with a great impact on quality of life. Recently, th…

Lise Verbruggen unpaid staff Publications Lise Verbruggen Efficacy and safety of capecitabine-temozolomide (CAPTEM) regimen in patients with neuroendocrine neoplasms - experience from NETwerk, a Belgian ENETS Center of Excellence Source Acta gastro-enterologica belgica - ISSN 1784-3227-88:2 (2025) p…

Farmaceutische, Biomedische en Diergeneeskundige Wetenschappen Doctoraten 2025 Doctoraten 2025 Geïntegreerde strategieën voor diagnose en controle van regionale transmissie van rifampicine-resistente tuberculose in Rwanda - Isabel Cuella Martin (23/10/2025) Isabel Cuella Martin 23 oktober 2025, 16…

PregInPoxVac search menu search content The PregInPoxVac vaccine trial The PregInPoxVac study focuses on evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of the MVA-BN vaccine for preventing mpox in pregnant women and infants, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), compared to adults in which the va…

Marc De Bodt emeritus occasional assignment Research Marc De Bodt Research team Dysphagia and tongue strength in patients with head and neck cancer, treated with radiotherapy. 01/09/2017 - 31/08/2018 Abstract Head and neck cancer is a distressing cancer with a great impact on quality of life. Recent…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Charles ABONGOMERA Challenges in clinical management of visceral leishmaniasis patients in East Africa Summary This research aimed to improve the clinical management of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) patients in East Africa through provision of a clini…

Lien Desteghe assistant professor Research Lien Desteghe Research team Centre for Research and Innovation in Care (CRIC) Cardiovascular diseases (CARDIOVASC) Expertise Research in clinical cardiology with a focus on: - Integrated care for patients with cardiovascular diseases - Advanced practice nur…

Annelies Van Rie full professor Research Annelies Van Rie Research team Social Epidemiology & Health Policy (SEHPO) Global Health Institute (GHI) Expertise Epidemiology Public Health Implementation research Global Health Infectious disease epidemiology Tuberculosis HIV Whole genome sequencing Tuberc…