Projects
The biopsychosocial adjustment of emerging adults with a chronic illness: Trajectories, concomitants, and mechanisms of change KU Leuven
It has been estimated that over 20% of adults worldwide now have a chronic illness. The emergence of this new population poses various challenges to health care, as many of these patients struggle with the medical and psychosocial consequences of their illness. However, large inter-individual differences have been observed in how patients cope with their illness. To understand why some patients show poor functioning whereas others display ...
Considerations from emerging infection outbreaks and a pandemic for the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance Institute of Tropical Medicine
At the same time, scientific progress in terms of diagnostics, vaccines, treatment and information management systems used ...
Determining the drivers behind Monkeypox virus transmission: a multidisciplinary 'one health' study of an emerging zoonotic pathogen. University of Antwerp
Biodiversity and emerging viruses in the Indian Ocean: selection of natural drug candidates to fight the Chikungunya virus. KU Leuven
Zika Preparedness Latin American Network Adressing the urgent research gaps against the Zika virus and other emerging threats in Latin America Institute of Tropical Medicine
centres in Europe to address the urgent research gaps (WP 1-8) in Zika, identifying short-and long term solutions (WP 9-10)
and building a sustainable Latin-American EID Preparedness and Response capacity (WP 11-12).
We will conduct clinical studies to further refine the full spectrum and risk factors of ...
Determining the drivers behind Monkeypox virus transmission: a multidisciplinary ‘one health’ study of an emerging zoonotic pathogen Institute of Tropical Medicine
HIV-infection and air pollution as emerging cardiovascular risk factors in the Cape Town region: Are changes in the retinal microvasculature a biomarker of effect? Hasselt University
On the Interplay among Psychosocial, Biological, and Medical Factors in Different Populations: Charting Developmental Interdependencies and Trajectories from Childhood through Emerging Adulthood KU Leuven
The long-term purpose of the research program is to expand our understanding of the various processes linking psychosocial functioning to several physical and medical parameters from childhood through emerging adulthood in different community and clinical populations. Such a developmental focus on the interface between normative psychosocial issues and physical or medical outcomes is of critical importance in understanding why certain ...
Sulfate radical-based electrochemical advanced oxidation processes for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater KU Leuven
Motivated by the myriad of diseases faced in the world today, our elevated consumption of pharmaceuticals has brought into play the side effects of their uncontrolled release into the environment, such as the associated potential for uptake and bioaccumulation in living organisms. Traces of pharmaceuticals, along with other contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), have been found in diverse natural water bodies originating from sewage ...