Global Health Institute search menu search content Patrick MITASHI Novel diagnostic tests for human African trypanosomiasis: what is their role in primary health care services? Thesis summary Introduction The control of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is mainly based on active case detection (i.…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Zacharie NDIZEYE Exploring strategies for cervical cancer control in Burundi Thesis abstract The project is about the performance of OncoE6 rapid HPV test to detect cervical lesions in HIV positive women. This group of women is at a higher risk of c…

ScreenUrSelf search menu search content About self-sampling Population Screening for cervical cancer started in June 2013. Too few women are still having a cervical smear taken by a doctor. To keep motivating women who have stopped having their smears taken in recent years to get tested, Antwerp Uni…

Severien Van Keer assistant professor - senior researcher Research Severien Van Keer Research team Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) Expertise Severien Van Keer graduated in 2014 as Master in Biomedical Sciences, major 'Infectious and Tropical Diseases' and minor 'Molecular and Cellular…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Oriero ENIYOU Field implementation and evaluation of novel isothermal, nucleic acid – based diagnostic tools for malaria elimination in sub Saharan Africa Thesis summary Malaria is a disease that affects humans and is caused by five species of int…

John-Paul Bogers full professor Research John-Paul Bogers Research team Laboratory of cell biology and histology Global Health Institute (GHI) Community engagement and novel technologies: a winning team for the integral management of cervical cancer in a rural context. 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2027 Abstra…

Ken Op de Beeck assistant professor Research Ken Op de Beeck Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Tackling delayed diagnosis and therapy resistance in pleural mesothelioma: identification of biomarkers and molecular therapeutic targets. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Pleural mesoth…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Eshetu Lemma Haile Evaluation of cervical cancer screening uptake, HPV genotyping and self-sampling collection techniques in Ethiopia PhD summary Invasive cervical cancer (ICC) is the fourth most prevalent malignancy and cause of death in women worl…

Alex Vorsters TT. asst. research professor Research Alex Vorsters Research team Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) Expertise Prof. Vorsters is involved in several vaccine preventable disease projects including the Viral Hepatitis Prevention board (www.vhpb.org). Since 2015 he coordinates…

Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology search menu search content Projects Cell Biology & Histology Ongoing projects Mapping the recruitment and dissolution kinetics of DNA damage repair factors after high-energy ion radiation to identify synthetic vulnerabilities in brain cancer. 01/11/2024 - 31/…

Guy Van Camp full professor Research Guy Van Camp Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise For several decades, Guy Van Camp has a strong international reputation is in the field of hereditary hearing loss, with a main emphasis on nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing impairment and otoscleros…

Medicine and Health Sciences Public defences 2021 Attend a phd defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2021 Attend a phd defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research The role of the primary health care system in prevention, control and elimination of …

VAXINFECTIO search menu search content Projects List of research projects lead by VAXINFECTIO members In the following section, you can find all research projects, split up per research group. Many projects are executed by a collaboration between several VAXINFECTIO research groups. The projects are…