Researcher

Caroline Masquillier

Research Expertise:I am a social scientist with a PhD in the domain of infectious diseases and organization of primary care. Currently, I am focussing on improving access to care for people living in socio-economically vulnerable circumstances - both in Belgium and abroad.I find my experience of working as a social scientist in the Departments of Sociology and of Family Medicine and Population Health very enriching. I have an international and social orientation (13 international research visits for more than 1.5 year in total). Regarding education, I am supervising 7 PhD students and various master students in Sociology and primary health care. In addition, I have experience in teaching qualitative research methods and courses related health and organization of health systems. With regard to service provision, I received two “dienstverleningsprojecten”, focus on the “Gezondheidskiosk” and have a passion for creative science communication (founded Field: www.field.community). Furthermore, I am a board member of the Young Academy (Jonge Academie). I have a strong international, national and intra-university network. Regarding research, I have 64 publications, aqcuired budget as a (co-)promotor for > 3 milion euro. For my research and science communication efforts, I received 5 awards.

Research techniques:Qualitative research in difficult circumstances: in-depth interviews, participant observations and focus group discussions Quantitative research: Structural Equation Modelling

Users of research expertise:Fellow researchers and the broad audience who would like to know more about science via creative science communication