Geriatrics Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The service geriatrics is destined to seniors and old men/women with complex medical problems, at which more diseases are developed together.
The service geriatrics is destined to seniors and old men/women with complex medical problems, at which more diseases are developed together.
Our division focuses on gerontological and geriatric research and includes basic through clinical studies, with special expertise in clinical trial design in old age. Over the past years, three main research lines have been established: ‘musculoskeletal frailty in the elderly’, ‘cognitive disorders and dementia in the elderly’, and ‘models and quality of healthcare for the elderly’. Here, we focus on research on osteoporosis, sarcopenia and ...
To bring together the expertise of the participating departments (for VUB: GERO, Geriatrics department UZ Brussel, FRIA; for UGent: Geriatrics department, UZ Gent) and to elaborate multicenter trials in order to improve the eligibility for (major) external research funding, stimulate joined PhD's, realize high-impact publications. To organize inter-institutional and inter-departmental mini-symposia regarding research topics, To expand the ...
PEDI covers most current clinical research topics in paediatrics. The staff of the department includes paediatricians, paediatric neurologists, paediatric psychiatrists, etc. Clinical research is performed in all paediatric subspecialties. Main topics of interest are: intensive care in the older child; high frequency ventilation, oscillatory ventilation, metabolic disease, adolescent medicine, psychosomatic disorders, bronchoscopy, cystic ...
The service pediatrics deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents.