Researcher
Elfi Vergaelen
- Disciplines:Nursing, Other paramedical sciences, Other biological sciences, Laboratory medicine, Palliative care and end-of-life care, Regenerative medicine, Other basic sciences, Other health sciences, Other translational sciences, Other medical and health sciences
Affiliations
- Faculty of Medicine (Faculty)
Member
From1 Jan 2023 → Today - Mind-body Research (Lab)
Member
From1 Dec 2017 → 30 Apr 2019 - Research Group Psychiatry (Division)
Member
From1 Feb 2017 → 30 Nov 2017 - Clinical Genetics (Division)
Member
From1 Feb 2014 → 31 Jan 2017
Projects
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- The Gut-Immune-Brain axis: the key to understanding fatigue in inflammatory bowel disease?From1 Oct 2024 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Inflammation-based stratification for adjunctive immune targeting in major depressive disorderFrom21 Aug 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- INSTA-MD: INflammation-based Stratification for immune-Targeted Augmentation in Major Depressive disorderFrom1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Applied Biomedical Research (TBM)
Publications
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- Endocrine manifestations in adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a retrospective single-center cohort study(2024)
Authors: Karel David, Ann Swillen, Elfi Vergaelen, Brigitte Decallonne
Pages: 1827 - 1836 - The relationship between oxidative stress and psychotic disorders in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome(2023)
Authors: Elfi Vergaelen, Ann Swillen
Pages: 16 - 21 - Blood brain barrier permeability increases with age in individuals with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome(2022)
Authors: Elfi Vergaelen, Stephan Claes, Ann Swillen
Pages: 475 - 482 - Stressed parents, happy parents. An assessment of parenting stress and family quality of life in families with a child with Phelan-McDermid syndrome(2021)
Authors: Gilles Droogmans, Elfi Vergaelen, Griet Van Buggenhout, Ann Swillen
Pages: 1 - 13 - Resilience and quality of life in young adults with a 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a patient's perspective(2021)
Authors: Kris Van de Woestyne, Kristof Vansteelandt, Bea Maes, Elfi Vergaelen, Ann Swillen
Pages: 1885 - 1894 - Recent developments in Phelan–McDermid syndrome research: an update on cognitive development, communication and psychiatric disorders(2021)
Authors: Annick Vogels, Gilles Droogmans, Elfi Vergaelen, Griet Van Buggenhout, Ann Swillen
Pages: 118 - 122 - Cognitive deficits in childhood, adolescence and adulthood in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and association with psychopathology(2020)
Authors: Ann Swillen, Elfi Vergaelen
- Genetic contributors to risk of schizophrenia in the presence of a 22q11.2 deletion(2020)
Authors: Isabelle Cleynen, Matthew Hestand, Ann Swillen, Joris Vermeesch, Wolfram Demaerel, Jeroen Breckpot, Koenraad Devriendt, Elfi Vergaelen, Annick Vogels, Maude Schneider
Pages: 1 - 15 - Atypical chromosome 22q11.2 deletions are complex rearrangements and have different mechanistic origins(2019)
Authors: Lisanne Vervoort, Elfi Vergaelen, Jeroen Breckpot, Koenraad Devriendt, Ann Swillen, Joris Vermeesch
Pages: 3724 - 3733 - Low prevalence of substance use in people with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome(2019)
Authors: Elfi Vergaelen, Annick Vogels, Ann Swillen
Pages: 661 - 667