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GENOmics in MEDicine: From whole genome sequencing towards personalized medicine (GENOMED). University of Antwerp

Geert Mortier
Human molecular genetics, Cognitive Genetics (COGNET), Medical genetics of obesity and skeletal disorders (MGENOS), Medical Genetics (MEDGEN)
GENOMED is an interfaculty consortium of four research groups and Center of Excellence at the University of Antwerp. The general aim of GENOMED is to enhance genetic research in biomedical sciences by application of state-of-the-art technologies such as next generation sequencing (NGS), induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) and gene editing (CRISPR/Cas). In the past few years, GENOMED has focused on exome sequencing which has led to new gene ...

Translational SYStemics: Personalised Medicine at the Interface of Translational Research and Systems Medicine KU Leuven

Kristel Van Steen
Department of Human Genetics, Interfaculty Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law

TranSYS will recruit 15 ESRs to highly skilled jobs in the new area of Systems Health developing tools and approaches to exploit large and complex datasets, to advance Precision (Personalised) Medicine in several disease areas. The training programme and experience of different international research environments cuts across traditional data and life sciences silos. The emphasis on translational research will support new collaborations ...

Advocacy in family medicine and development of community oriented care in the context of family medicine in Sub Saharan Africa. Ghent University

Jan De Maeseneer
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care

The conference will be a 4-day meeting with up to 100 participants from all over Africa involved in family medicine training. It will be a continuation of the conferences in Kampala (2008) and Rustenburg (2009) on improving the quality of family medicine training in Sub Saharan Africa. The main focus of this conference will be on bridging the gap between individual and community care utilizing the strategy of COPC². Community Oriented Primary ...

FMPHC: Department of Family Medicine and Primary Healthcare Ghent University

Jan De Maeseneer
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care

The department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care was established in 1980. Until then, the Faculty of Medicine of Ghent University had no department of Family Medicine, and did not provide training in that discipline. Prof. Karel Vuylsteek (Department of Hygiene and Social Medicine), started in the late sixties of the 20th century, with the creation of an opportunity for one month clerkship in family medicine for the students that ...

Multiple sclerosis: from genetic and immunological profile to personalized medicine. KU Leuven

An Goris
Laboratory for Neuroimmunology, Research Group Experimental Neurology

Over the past few years, researchers and clinicians in MS have made substantial progress in understanding and treating multiple sclerosis (MS). First, more than 110 genetic risk factors for MS have been identified. These risk factors point to a crucial role of the immune system and indicate new targets for treatments. Secondly, we start to understand some of the important differences between patients that are remarkable in MS. For others, ...

Evidence-based medicine in cancer prevention at the University of Antwerp. University of Antwerp

John-Paul Bogers
Primary and interdisciplinary care Antwerp (ELIZA), Laboratory of cell biology and histology
The goal of this project would be the creation of a workgroup which would 1) investigate the knowledge and expertise which is already available within the University of Antwerp (faculty of medicine) regarding evidence-based medicine and systematic reviews/meta-analyses/Cochrane reviews; 2) training and support of candidate systematic reviewers in the field of cancer prevention; 3) to collaborate in the Cochrane review group and 4) to develop and ...

MEDICIS-produced radioisotope beams for medicine. KU Leuven

Piet Van Duppen
Nuclear and Radiation Physics

Pure accelerated radioisotope beams have been used for 50 years in fundamental physics R&D, e.g. for nuclear structure studies (pear shaped exotic nuclei, Nature 2013); CERN-ISOLDE plays a central role in developing accelerator technologies and fostering collaborative approaches to advance this field of isotope mass separation online. Our most recent contribution was the use of nanomaterial targets for more intense and reliable beam ...

The role of the different actors in controlling the costs of the medicine use in Belgium. University of Antwerp

Guido Van Hal
Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Centre for Population, Family and Health, Epidemiology and social medicine (ESOC)
In the area of production, distribution, payment, prescription and the use of medicines, several protagonists can be identified. Insight into the importance of and in the underlying relationships between these actors, and of the relative impact of these actors on the system as a whole, is necessary. In the European context, little research has been done on this subject. Knowledge on this subject is necessary for the survival of the health care ...