Projects
Cognitive-motor telerehabilitation in multiple sclerosis and its effects on cognition. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
inflammatory disease in young adults. One in two patients has
cognitive impairments, which have a profound impact on the their
daily lives. The treatment of cognitive impairment remains an
important unmet need, and while cognitive rehabilitation has proven
to be effective in improving cognitive performance, research in elderly
indicates a ...
Unraveling direct interactions between the airway microbiota and respiratory syncytial virus. University of Antwerp
The Role of Natural Killer Cells in Multiple Sclerosis KU Leuven
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neuroinflammatory disease of the central nervous system and forms the most common non-traumatic cause of disability in young adults. Research on the pathogenesis of the disease is still dearly needed to improve diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic possibilities. Previous research has mainly focussed on the role of adaptive immune cells, such as T and B lymphocytes, in MS pathogenesis. However, recent findings are ...
How do students experience the universe? An investigation into students' conceptions about the universe beyond the solar system. KU Leuven
Astronomy is a 'gateway science'. It is attractive because of the many beautiful images, it is accessible because everyone can look at the night sky and it is wonderful because of the extreme phenomena, enormous distances and times. Children do come into contact with astronomy several times throughout their childhood, both inside and outside school. Despite all that contact, the literature shows that children (as well as adults) have various ...
KU Leuven Child and Youth Institute: Growing Science for Children KU Leuven
The KU Leuven Child and Youth Institute (L-C&Y) provides an interdisciplinary platform for all KU Leuven researchers across disciplines and groups, who study any aspect related to child and youth development, in health and disease, from preconception to emerging adulthood, including the range of contexts that shape human development to all its diversities. The goal is to merge existing expertises to cross-fertilize research activities, ...
Selected topics in hospital infection prevention and control in sub-Saharan Africa KU Leuven
Hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa have poor Infection Prevention & Control practices (IPC), contributing to high levels of healthcare-acquired infections. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), poor IPC practices in hospitals have hampered the Ebola and COVID-19 responses. Recently, the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) in DRC has extended its clinical bacteriology activities towards hospital IPC. My PhD proposal ...
Sabbatical Dieter Baeyens: Reaching further: valorization of available research data and capitalizing on international collaboration KU Leuven
In terms of research resourcing: 1) Preparing a European COST application as PI, with multiple European partners: In this application we want to build on the insights of two doctoral projects that started under my supervision this academic year (as leverage to also weigh heavily on the content). An in-depth study of the literature, the writing out a research proposal and intensive consultation with European partners would be done in the ...
Targeting phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D) isoforms, a novel approach to boost repair in multiple sclerosis Hasselt University
PrevenD 2.0: Implementation of gamified cognitive control training to prevent recurrence of depression Ghent University
The goal of PrevenD 2.0 is to deliver a freely accessible, cost-effective,
preventive intervention for (recurrent) depression and guide
implementation in clinical practice. For this purpose, we aim to
maximize the impact of a recently developed and proven effective
preventive gamified cognitive control training (CCT) procedure for
remitted depressed patients (developed and tested in PrevenD 1.0). In ...