Name Responsible Activity "Department of Public Health" "Marianne van der Sande" "The Department of Public Health (DPH) aims to empower populations to live healthy lives in complex dynamic environments. Together with our partners, we generate evidence on effective and sustainable interventions, systems and policies that contribute to protecting health for all. Our focus lies on vulnerable populations.We are organised into dedicated research groups:Health Systems and Health Policy Research GroupNon-Communicable Diseases Research GroupSexual and Reproductive Health Research GroupTropical Infectious Diseases Research GroupThe expertise of our researchers includes:Public healthEpidemiologyHealth systems and policySocial sciencesWe strive to reduce the population burden of specific diseases, building on a life-course perspective of health determinants with a strong basis in local health systems. We believe these health systems should be accessible, integral, and efficient, and have a solid foundation in equity. We address both overall population risk and prevention, as well as interventions targeting patients, providers, and communities.Our scientific activities involve communities, health services and relevant national and international policy organisations. Our research is synergistically linked to education and capacity strengthening, as well as to policy development." "Public Health Sciences" "The department Public Health Sciences" "Former Department of Public Health" "Department of Public health" "The department of Public Health is a department of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. It focuses on education and research in the domains of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Food and Food Safety, Health Promotion and Education, Health Economics, Medical Informatics and Statistics, Nursing Science and Occupational and Environmental Health." "Public Health Care" "The department GESG mainly develops research activities in the following domains: 1. Economical aspects of HIV/AIDS; 2. Terminal (palliative) home care: pain management; 3. Needs in potentially lethal conditions and in the elderly, stressing informal care; 4. Gerontechnology; 5. Health indicators in Youth; 6. Chemical and physical factors of occupational load, especially biological monitoring; 7. Evaluation of primary health care training for non-medical health care workers in developing regions." "Department of Public Health and Primary Care" "Pascal Borry" "The Department of Public Health and Primary Care is a multidisciplinary department with a focus on community health, best practice and health policy. The department aims at supplying health care professionals and institutions with the insights, concepts and techniques that will enable them to respond optimally to the health needs and expectations of patient and society. The department endorses the international research and policy priority of ‘Living well with chronic illness’ by building on existing, productive research programs among various disciplines.The Department consists of 9 research units: Environment and Health; Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery; Academic centre for General Practise; Leuven Biostatistics and statistical Bioinformatics Centre; Interfaculty Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law; Emergency Medicine; Biomedical Quality Assurance Research Unit; Epidemiology Research Group; Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy;" "Department of Public Health, Education Coordination" "The department hosts the Master in Public Health, part of the Postgraduate Courses in Tropical Medicine and a course on Qualitative and Mixed Methods in international health research and several other short courses.For the coordination of all educational activities, the department has appointed an educational coordinator, course coordinators and an expert in e-learning." "Department of Public Health and Primary Care" "Olivier DegommeSara Willems" "The Department of Public Health and Primary Care is part of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Its research is centered around the area of public health and primary care." "Public Health Psychiatry" "Ronny Bruffaerts" "The Center studies (longitudinal) patterns of mental illness and emotional wellbeing in societies worldwide, using large epidemiological population-representative samples and complex statistical modelling. The CPHP contributes to the etiopathogenesis and structure of common mental disorders and low-prevalent conditions (such as suicidal thoughts and behaviors) by studying temporal patterns of prevalence, incidence, and persistence of disorders and conditions." "Public Health and Primary Care, Kulak Kortrijk Campus" "Public Health and Primary Care, Kulak Campus Kortrijk  with a focus on community health, best practice and health policy"