Name "Responsible (Organisation)" "Activity (Organisation)" "Affiliation (Researcher)" "Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology" "Tatiana Kouznetsova" "The Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology (HCVE) coordinated influential clinical trials, published in top-ranking journals, such as the Systolic Hypertension in Europe Trial (Syst-Eur), the Ambulatory blood Pressure monitoring and Treatment of Hypertension trial (APTH) and the Treatment of hypertension based on Home or Office blood Pressure trial (THOP).  HCVE led the Data Safety and Monitoring Board of large clinical trials, including the Systolic Hypertension in China trial (Syst-China), the Randomised Olmesartan and Diabetes Microalbuminuria Prevention Study (ROADMAP) and the Hypertension in the very Elderly trial (HYVET).  HCVE organised the Ouabain and Adducin for Specific Intervention on Sodium in HyperTension trial (OASIS-HT) and the Newer vs. Older Antihypertensive Agents in African Hypertensive patients (NOAAH) trial, which was running at six clinical sites in sub-Saharan Africa.  HCVE played a pivotal role in delineating the deleterious adverse health effects of environmental exposure of the Flemish population to heavy metals, such as lead and cadmium, and more recently to air pollutants (fine particulate).The current research interests of HCVE focus on the clinical application of omics (genomics, epigenomics, proteomics and metabolomics), population science, and the treatment of cardiovascular disease, in particular hypertension.  In 1985, HCVE initiated the still ongoing FLEmish Study on ENvironment Genes and Health Outcomes (FLEMENGHO), which served as a template for other population studies across Europe, including the European Project on Genes in Hypertension (EPOGH) and the Swiss Kidney Project on Genes in Hypertension (SKIPOGH), in China (Jingning County), and more recently in Montevideo, Uruguay and Lugbe (Abuja), Nigeria.  In 1998, HCVE participated in several FP7 projects, including INGENIOUS HYPERCARE, HYPERGENES, EU-MASCARA and HOMAGE.  Within H2020, HCVE is the coordinator of the ERA-CVD project PROACT (2018) on the prediction and pathophysiology of acute coronary syndrome, using omics technologies. HCVE set up several international research consortia.  IDACO (International Database on Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome) and IDHOCO (International Database of HOme blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome) focus on the clinical applicability of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring or the self-measured blood pressure at home in risk stratification, using data from prospective population studies.  HCVE started the European Network coordinating research on REnal denervation (ENCOReD) and in 2017 published the pilot phase of the INSPiRED (Investigator-Steered Project on intravascular Renal Denervation for Management of Drug-Resistant Hypertension) trial.The European Research Council Advanced Researcher project EPLORE (Epidemiological Left ventricular Outcomes Research in Europe) focused on left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in the general population and was followed-up by a Proof-of-Concept project granted by the European Research Council on the use of urinary proteomics for the prediction of heart transplantation outcomes (uPROPHET – Urinary PROteomics in Predicting HEart Transplantation outcomes). HCVE coordinated PREMATCH (PREMATurity as predictor of children's Cardiovascular-renal Health), which was a case-control study comparing the health of children at 11 years, between those born with extremely low birth weight (" "Epidemiology Research Group" "Epidemiology researchEpigenetic epidemiologyDOHaD: Developmental Origin of Health and DiseasePOHaD: Paternal Origin of Health and Disease" "Unit of Veterinary Epidemiology and Biostatistics" "Epidemiology and social medicine (ESOC)" "The work of ESOC encompasses research, academic teaching and clinical practice in the following topics: - Social Medecine - Epidemiology and medical statistics - Medical sociology and Health policy - Public health - University scientific institute for drug problems" "Social Epidemiology & Health Policy (SEHPO)" "Guido Van Hal" "Regarding Social Epidemiology, an important line of research within our Research Group is the licit and illicit substance use in students. Our group has (1) a large European project on substance use and social norms, (2) collaborations with colleagues from two South-African Universities (University of Limpopo and University of Kwazulu Natal) to replicate the studies on substance use in Flemish students by using similar questionnaires and (3) two active PhDs : one about the misuse of prescription stimulants as cognitive enhancers among Flemish university and college students: the process of prescribing, supplying and acquiring, and one about better health in university and college students: pin-pointing the interplay between social support, study stress, substance use and mental health across different study programs. The Research Group is involved in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) and the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) and an own birth cohort (PIPO study) is still ongoing. An important component of these studies is the association between social-epidemiological determinants and the occurrence of atopic diseases. In 2018 results of a four-yearly survey on substance use in over 36,000 Flemish university and college students, the so-called 'Head in the Clouds' study, will be disseminated. Regarding Health Policy, evaluation research is performed on the Flemish screening programmes for cervical, breast and colorectal cancer. Within the Research Group, there is one active PhD on the screening programme for colorectal cancer. The Research Group playes an important role in advising the Flemish Government concerning the organization of the cancer screening programmes. The Research Group is also executing research to advice the Flemish Government on how parents can best be informed to make a choice with regards to infant screening for congenital disorders, including cystic fibrosis." "Laboratory for Epigenetic Epidemiology" "Adelheid Soubry" "The CME researchers conduct leading-edge research in various areas of the life sciences. The emphasis is on molecular genetics, cell biology and developmental biology. They also develop technologies to support clinical and basic genetic research at home and abroad. The Center for Human Genetics currently has twenty independent research groups, one of which is the Epigenetic Epidemiology research unit." "Laboratory for Genetic Epidemiology" "Hilde Peeters" "Laboratory of Genetic Epidemiology. The research in the Laboratory for Genetic Epidemiology focuses on the clinical and genetic characterization of complex developmental disorders, in particular autism spectrum disorders. It concerns the search for new causes and the clinical validation of known genetic risk variants. In addition, in a joint research program with the Department of ESAT-PSI image and speech processing the research focus is on the genetic etiology of human facial features by means of 3D morphometric analyses." "Epidemiology and Social Medicine" "Unit of Epidemiology and Control of Zoonotic Diseases" "GUY HENDRICKX"