Projects
Immunotherapy for childhood, adolescent, and adult Glioblastoma: towards tumour-immune interactions driven precision medicine using spatially resolved radio-multiomics. KU Leuven
Supportive Teacher-Student Relationships to Promote Adolescent Wellbeing. KU Leuven
There is ample scientific research that shows that supportive teacherstudent relationships contribute to adolescents’ learning, mental health, and resiliency. Yet we know little of how teachers build relationships with students in secondary education. Guided by an ecological perspective on resiliency that emphasizes strong adultchild relationships, this mixed-method research project aims to develop knowledge that can guide the development of ...
Regulating Health (Mis)Information on Social Media – Perspectives and Practices of Social Media Health Influencers and their Adolescent Audiences KU Leuven
Social media has come to play a central role in the dissemination of health information and health education, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. This embedded and amplified the issue of misinformation within the realms of public health. Crude theories and practices spread alongside the virus such as drinking bleach, injecting disinfectants, or anti-vaccination campaigns. Central parts of the social media information structures are ...
Accountability and Collective Action in Urban India: How are Socially Marginalized Adolescent Girls and Young Women organized to Negotiate Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR)? Institute of Tropical Medicine
PCOS IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN: TOWARD A TREATMENT GUIDED BY PATHOPHYSIOLOGY KU Leuven
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is the most prevalent, chronic endocrine-metabolic disorder of adolescents and young women (AYAs), affecting 5-10% of AYAs worldwide. It is the most frequent cause of anovulatory subfertility. There is no approved therapy for PCOS. Standard off-label treatment with oral contraceptives reverts neither the underlying pathophysiology nor the associated co-morbidities
Pilot studies have generated new insights ...
Pathways to illness: Unraveling the psychophysiological mechanisms linking peer adversity to adolescent health Ghent University
Adolescence is a highly sensitive life period, during which social relationships with peers may have powerful repercussions for youth development, some of which can last a lifetime. With the transition to adolescence, youth become increasingly sensitive to their peers, and they develop a strong motivation to form and maintain positive relationships with them. Adolescents who struggle to achieve this goal (e.g., friendless) and those who are ...
To finalise the analysis and related sub-products of a scoping review of measures taken to maintain the provision and the use of essential services for MNCAAH (Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing) Institute of Tropical Medicine
Identifying Mechanisms in Adolescent depression and Psychotherapy (I-MAP): An Intensive Longitudinal and Mixed Methods Study Ghent University
After decades of rigorous outcome research, we can confide in the scientific evidence that psychotherapy for adolescent depression works. Today, the more complex question of how and why psychotherapy works however challenges the field, as better person-tailored treatments are requested. The specific nature of adolescent depression and the underlying mechanisms operating during the therapeutic process, particularly require further study. An ...
Adolescent Autocracies: Pro-government student groups in resurging authoritarian regimes. Ghent University
Students and universities have traditionally been considered bastions of (democratic) resistance. For decades, scholars across the world have examined political student movements and their role in democratic transitions. A significant body of literature focused on student activism during the ‘third wave’ of democratisation. At the same time, there has been an emerging debate on the resurgence of authoritarian and autocratic regimes in ...