Projects
National and international evaluation of the optimized oral health-related section of the BelRAI and its incorporation in the interRAI Suite of Instruments. KU Leuven
sexual and relational imaging of young people Ghent University
This assignment is an exploratory quantitative study of links between the gender composition of contexts (mainly school context) in which young people aged 12-18 stay, taking into account family characteristics, SES, origin, and on the other hand their relational, sexual and gender perception and the relational, sexual and gender experiences. This is based on analyzes of data from existing scientific data sources that can be consulted by the ...
(De)constructing health news: a transdisciplinary investigation into news media coverage of elderly-related issues. Ghent University
Drawing on a transdisciplinary partnership between communication sciences, sociolinguistics, medical science and sociology, this project investigates the impact of the changing mediascape on the news coverage of health issues with a focus on elderly-related issues. Applying a holistic approach, we look at different stakeholders: the pharmaceutical industry, policy-making bodies, news media, special-interest groups and the general public.
SRP (Groeiers): OPTIMUS – Optimization of stroke care Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Evaluation of the operation m.b. t. sexual health among sub-Saharan African migrants. KU Leuven
The aim of this research is to achieve a good picture of:the problems (HIV prevention, HIV testing, living with HIV among sub Saharan African migrants)the added value of working specifically for this target groupthe desired field effect for the future
Equity in the delivery of primary health care in Europe Ghent University
This study aims:
1) to develop a theoretical framework to conceptualise the equity dimension in primary health care systems in Europe
2) to define indicators to measure equity
3) to describe the equity dimension in European primary health care systems
4) to study the relation between equity and the other dimensions of quality of care (cost-effectiviness, ...)
The Gerontopole Brussels - Centre of expertise for Gerontology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Central theme: Active & Healthy Ageing Vrije Universiteit Brussel
A postdoctoral research manager to assist transitioning iSi Health – KU Leuven Institute of Physics-based Modeling for in Silico Health- from idea to effective implementation. KU Leuven
iSi Health will provide a platform for interdisciplinary knowledge exchange and expertise building on ‘physics-based models for health’ across research domains and groups at KU Leuven and UZ Leuven, thereby optimally preparing for the ‘to be expected’ impact of in silico techniques in the medical domain.
With this proposal, we fund a senior postdoctoral research manager who will refine the translation of the vision on in silico health ...