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Researcher
Raf Aerts
- Keywords (Hasselt University):Biology, Biomedical sciences (incl. biochemistry)
- Disciplines (Hasselt University):Other biological sciences not elsewhere classified, Community ecology, Terrestrial ecology, Plant ecology, Conservation and biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Environmental impact and risk assessment, Environmental management, Environmental monitoring, Environmental rehabilitation, Landscape ecology, Epidemiology
- Disciplines (KU Leuven):Terrestrial ecology, Plant ecology, Conservation and biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Epidemiology, Environmental health and safety, Public health sciences not elsewhere classified
- See also: Raf AERTS (Hasselt University)
Affiliations
- Forest, Nature and Landscape (Division)
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From1 Aug 2020 → 31 Oct 2019 - Healthcare & ethics (Department)
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From1 Jan 2020 → 30 Sep 2021 - Healthcare & ethics (Research group)
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From1 Jan 2020 → 30 Sep 2021 - Biology - Geology (Department)
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From16 Dec 2019 → 15 Dec 2023 - Faculty of Sciences (Faculty)
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From16 Dec 2019 → 15 Dec 2023 - Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences (Research institute)
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From16 Dec 2019 → 15 Dec 2023 - Environmental Biology (Research group)
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From16 Dec 2019 → 15 Dec 2023 - Department of Biology (Department)
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From1 Nov 2019 → 20 Nov 2019 - Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences (Faculty)
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From1 Oct 2019 → 15 Dec 2019 - Physiology - Biochemistry - Immunology (Department)
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From1 Oct 2019 → 15 Dec 2019 - Immunology - Biochemistry (Research group)
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From1 Oct 2019 → 15 Dec 2019 - Biomedical Research Institute (Research institute)
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From1 Oct 2019 → 15 Dec 2019 - Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation (Division)
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From15 Feb 2014 → Today - Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape (Division)
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From15 Sep 2003 → 31 Jul 2020
Projects
1 - 7 of 7
- An analysis of the impact of acute and chronic heat stress on various health outcomes using a distributed lag non-linear model and Bayesian spatio-temporal approachFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Green space in relation to human health: assessing the impact of improved green exposure indicators on multiple health outcomes in FlandersFrom1 Apr 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant, BOF - doctoral mandates
- Wildlife trade in Egypt: Untangling the social and economic drivers to inform policy changeFrom15 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Environmental, animal and human health in Madagascar: A One Health approach to protected area managementFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Intensification of Arabica coffee agroforestry systems in southwestern Ethiopia: Effects on coffee pollinator communities and coffee qualityFrom22 Sep 2015 → 30 Sep 2019Funding: VLIR-UOS Vladoc PhD Scholarship
- Forest ecosystem services and resilience of the social ecological system in a protected forest of the central highland of EthiopiaFrom22 Jun 2015 → 22 Jun 2019Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Productivity and genetic diversity of Wild coffee (Coffea arabica) in its center of origin, southern Ethiopia, in relation to forest management and land use.From1 Oct 2008 → 30 Sep 2011Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
21 - 30 of 117
- Environmental and anthropogenic factors affecting natural regeneration of degraded dry Afromontane forest(2021)
Authors: Tobias Fremout, Raf Aerts, Bart Muys
- Exposure to green spaces may strengthen resilience and support mental health in the face of the covid-19 pandemic(2021)
Authors: Raf Aerts, Olivier Honnay
- Association between urban environment and mental health in Brussels, Belgium(2021)
Authors: Tim Nawrot, Raf Aerts
- Association between local airborne tree pollen composition and surrounding land cover across different spatial scales in Northern Belgium(2021)
Authors: Raf Aerts, Tim Nawrot, Jean-Marie Aerts, Jos Van Orshoven, Ben Somers
- Residential green space types, allergy symptoms and mental health in a cohort of tree pollen allergy patients(2021)
Authors: Raf Aerts, Tim Nawrot, Jean-Marie Aerts, Jos Van Orshoven, Ben Somers
- Residing in urban areas with higher green space is associated with lower mortality risk: A census-based cohort study with ten years of follow-up(2021)
Authors: Tim Nawrot, Benoit Nemery de Bellevaux, Raf Aerts
- Tree pollen allergy risks and changes across scenarios in urban green spaces in Brussels, Belgium(2020)
Authors: Raf Aerts, Ben Somers, Tim Nawrot
- Maturation of Esophageal Motility and Esophagogastric Junction in Preterm Infants(2020)
Authors: Maissa Rayyan, Gunnar Naulaers, Raf Aerts, Karel Allegaert, Nathalie Rommel
Pages: 495 - 503 - Residential green space and medication sales for childhood asthma: a longitudinal ecological study in Belgium(2020)
Authors: Raf Aerts, Benoit Nemery de Bellevaux, Jos Van Orshoven, Jean-Marie Aerts, Ben Somers, Tim Nawrot
- Heat related mortality in the two largest Belgian urban areas: A time series analysis(2020)
Authors: Katrien De Troeyer, Raf Aerts