Projects
Elaboration of the clinical practice guideline on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus University of Antwerp
SRP-Onderzoekszwaartepunt: Platform for Clinical Trial Network to Prevent and Cure Type 1 Diabetes Vrije Universiteit Brussel
INNODIA: type 1 diabetes research. KU Leuven
Translational approaches to disease modifying therapy of type 1 diabetes: an innovative approach towards understanding and arresting type 1 diabetes (INNODIA).
Investigation for the action of cinnamaldehyde on the treatment of short-term and long-term consequences of gestational diabetes on albino rats and its progeny. University of Antwerp
mHealth Approaches in Sub- Saharan Africa and Participatory Design of mHealth app for Self-management of Diabetes KU Leuven
Summary The World Health Organization (WHO) defines e-Health as the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for health. e-Health enables public health and primary healthcare through activities such as disease surveillance, primary health data acquisition and analysis, support of community health workers, tele-consultation, tele-education, research and patient management. Managing a patient remotely using ICT is regarded as a ...
Developing and implementing a community-based intervention to create a more supportive social and physical environment for lifestyle changes to prevent diabetes in vulnerable families across Europe Ghent University
The objective of the Feel4Diabetes project is to develop, implement and evaluate a community-based intervention aiming to create a more supportive social and physical environment to promote lifestyle and behavioural changes to prevent type 2 diabetes among families from low and middle income countries and from vulnerable populations in high income countries in Europe.
Boosting beta-cell function for treatment of type 1 diabetes KU Leuven
In type 1 diabetic (T1D) patients the pancreatic insulin-producing beta cells are selective destroyed by the immune system, leading to an impaired glucose metabolism. The steep increase in the incidence of this chronic autoimmune pathology especially in young children in the last decades raises serious concerns. To date, insulin therapy is considered the gold standard for the treatment of T1D. Nevertheless, limitations persist, such as the ...