Projects
Effects of prenatal and early childhood exposure to ambient air pollution and residential green spaces on the human gut microbiome and corresponding consequences on cardiovascular function and neurobehavioral performance. Hasselt University
Mitochondriomics as chronicle of early-life ambient air pollution exposure and effects on cardiovascular and cognitive function in childhood Hasselt University
Effects of ambient air pollution on angiogenesis driving chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension KU Leuven
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a rare complication of pulmonary embolism (PE). However, the absence of specific symptoms prevents or delays its diagnosis. Treatment is complex, involving high-risk surgery (pulmonary endarterectomy; PEA), angioplasty and drugs, and is not always efficient. There is a crucial need to understand why a subset of patients develop CTEPH after acute PE and to implement therapeutic strategy ...
Epidemiological research towards a better understanding of the relationship between air pollution and human health. KU Leuven
Background
In the past few decades, exposure to air pollution has been found to be associated with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity, both in the short term (acute exposure) and the long term (chronic exposure). According to the most recent report by the World Health Organisation (WHO, 2014), 3.7 million deaths worldwide and per year are attributed to ambient air pollution, placing it in the top 10 of risk ...
Improvement of ambient air quality by exploiting plant–microbe partnerships to detoxify fossil fuel-related volatile organic compounds Hasselt University
Improvement of ambient air quality by exploiting plant-microbe partnerships to detoxify fossil fuel-related volatile organic compounds Hasselt University
Development of user-friendly calibration techniques for the determination of biogenic and antropogenic volatile organic compounds in ambient air Ghent University
De aim is of the collaboration is to develop multicomponent calibration systems for the determination of VOCs in ambient air, more specifically compounds with weak stability. As a basis, a dynamic diffusion system is targeted that allows calibrating unstable compounds simultaneously.