List of Phd theses defended
2017
- Effects of pertussis vaccination during pregnancy.
Kirsten Maertens, Universiteit Antwerpen
Promoters: Elke Leuridan & Pierre Van Damme
2016
- Detection of HPV DNA in urine: demonstration, optimization, feasibility, acceptability and applicatility for impact monitoring in HPV vaccination.
Alex Vorsters, Universiteit Antwerpen
Supervisors: Pierre Van Damme & Margareta Ieven - Health econometric studies into the determinants of antibiotic consumption & the cost-effectiveness of adult influenza and pneumococcal vaccination strategies.
Adriaan Blommaert, Universiteit Antwerpen
Promoters: Prof P. Beutels & Prof N. Hens - Exercising the immune system: Dendritic cells as mediators of the exercise-associated health benefits in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Nathalie Deckx, Universiteit Antwerpen
Co-promoter: Pierre Van Damme
2015
- Rotavirus vaccination: assessment of the implementation in Belgium
Tessa Braeckman, Universiteit Antwerpen
Promoter: Pierre Van Damme
Co-promoter: Koen Van Herck - Oral fluid as a detection tool for viral infections: application in public health.
Veronik Hutse, Universiteit Antwerpen
Promoter: Pierre Van Damme - Agent-based models for infectious disease transmission : exploration, estimation & computational efficiency.
Lander Willem, Universiteit Antwerpen
Promoter: Philippe Beutels
2014
- Explaining social inequalities in health and health behaviour: the case of human papillomavirus vaccination in Flanders (Belgium).
Eva Lefevere, Universiteit Antwerpen
Promoter: Pierre Van Damme - Equity, efficiency & public health : studies in the ethics and economics of vaccination policy.
Jeroen Luyten, Universiteit Antwerpen
Co-promotor: Pierre Van Damme - Measuring the impact of vaccination programmes on clinical disease: a conceptual approach and methodological challenges.
Germaine Hanquet, Universiteit Gent
Promoter: Koen Van Herck
Co-promoter: Pierre Van Damme
2012
- Maternal antibodies against vaccine preventable diseases.
Elke Leuridan, Universiteit Antwerpen
Promotor: Pierre Van Damme
2011
- Assessment of immunization programs through serological surveys and immunization coverage studies. Implications for vaccination policy in Flanders, Belgium.
Heidi Theeten, Universiteit Antwerpen
Promoter: Pierre Van Damme - Development of a new childhood vaccine against rotavirus gastroenteritis
Beatrice De Vos, Universiteit Antwerpen
Promotor: Pierre Van Damme
2010
- Exploring uncertainty in the economic evaluation of vaccination programs.
Joke Bilcke, Universiteit Antwerpen
Co-promotor: Pierre Van Damme
2008
- Epidemiology and prevention of measles, mumps and rubella
Corinne Van der Meulen, KULeuven
Co-promotor: Pierre Van Damme
2005
- Epidemiology and control of hepatitis C in injecting drug users.
Cathy Matheï, KULeuven
Co-promotor: Pierre Van Damme
2003
- Vaccine-induced hepatitis A antibodies : observed and model-based persistence, persistence of protection and impact on booster policy.
Koen Van Herck, Universiteit Antwerpen
Promotor: Pierre Van Damme
2002
- Economic evaluation of vaccination programmes in humans: a methodological exploration with applications to hepatitis B, varicella-zoster, measles, pertussis, hepatitis A and pneumococcal vaccination.
Philippe Beutels, Universiteit Antwerpen
Co-promotor: Pierre Van Damme
List of ongoing doctoral research
Influence of maternal antibodies on the neonatal immune response after vaccination.
Doctoral researcher: Marjolein Orije
Supervisors: Elke Leuridan, Pierre Van Damme
Non-invasive self-sampling for follow-up of preventive and therapeutic interventions to control HPV.
Doctoral researcher: Jade Pattyn
Supervisors: Alex Vorsters, Pierre Van Damme
Predicting Immune responses by Modeling immunoSequencing data.
Doctoral researcher: Nina Keersmaekers
Supervisors: Philippe Beutels, Pierre Van Damme & Niel Hens (Uhasselt)
Epidemiology and prevention of Bordetella pertussis in Vietnam.
Doctoral researcher: Nguyen Dac Trung
Supervisors: Pierre Van Damme, Heidi Theeten, DAng Duc Anh
New vaccines: challenging the evaluation of vaccination programs.
Doctoral researcher: Martine Sabbe
Supervisors: Pierre Van Damme, Koen Van Herck & Philippe Beutels
Biomarkers in first-void urine for improved diagnosis and monitoring of cervical (pre)cancer.
Doctoral researcher: Severien Van Keer
Supervisors: Pierre Van Damme, Xavier Van Ostade, Wiebren Tjalma & Margareta Ieven
Individual behaviour and extra-utilitarian ethics in health economic evaluation: an individual-based modelling approach for measles elimination.
Doctoral researcher: Frederik Verelst
Supervisors: Philippe Beutels
Assessment of the nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other common pathogens in infants (6-30 months)with acute otitis media and in healthy infants (6-30 months) attending day-care centres in Belgium
Doctoral researcher: Ine Wouters
Supervisor: Heidi Theeten