Projects
Virus infections of man and animal Ghent University
Viruses infect humans and animals. With this research commmunity, we want to unite human and veterinary virologists to get more power to examine viral infections (epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention).
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in the Flemish population: overview of epidemiological characteristics and pathophysiological analysis using single-cell and single-nucleus RNA-sequencing techniques. KU Leuven
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a histopathological pattern of kidney injury defined by the microscopical appearance of scar tissue (‘sclerosis’) in segments of some (‘focal’) kidney glomeruli. Historically, FSGS was incorrectly defined as a separate disease entity, while it is now recognized that FSGS lesions may occur in a wide range of clinical conditions that are all characterized by severe podocyte injury and loss, called ...
Lifting barriers towards obtaining actionable public health information from pathogen genomes: model advancement, performance evaluation and application to respiratory syncytial virus types A and B KU Leuven
Molecular epidemiology approaches can glean epidemiological information from pathogen genomes, and have grown into an important instrument across infectious disease research. Harnessing these methods for actionable information to public health -an important goal in e.g. HIV research- requires the ability to obtain timely and unbiased information on key epidemic processes such as migration. The adoption of model-based phylogenetic inference of ...
Optimizing outbreak data management tools using epidemiological and genomic data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, and integrating artificial intelligence tools to allow for monitoring the evolution of an outbreak in real time KU Leuven
With 6 million deaths caused by COVID-19, and 30 Ebola virus disease outbreaks identified since the late 1970s, emerging diseases are an important and continuous cause for concern worldwide, as our ability to rapidly contain outbreaks emerging can rapidly have a global impact. A key element of disease control lies in the ability to rapidly understand transmission patterns and measure the impact of (non-)pharmaceutical interventions. In real ...
Real-time geospatial control of emerging infectious diseases Vrije Universiteit Brussel
health and global economies. Controlling such epidemics is
challenging, and in such a complex environment, potential mitigation
strategies need to be evaluated using geospatial epidemiological
models. The limited availability of case reports during emerging
epidemics complicates the fitting of such models. Furthermore, the
uncertainty about ...
Exposure to surrounding green space during early life and the development of the respiratory and immune systems up to early adulthood. A prospective epidemiological study. University of Antwerp
Whole Genome Sequencing to streamline TB diagnosis, improve TB surveillance and optimize individualized TB treatment: a pragmatic trial. University of Antwerp
Development of a Centre for Whole Genome Sequencing studies of Mycobacterium. University of Antwerp
HIV prevention among young women in sub-Saharan Africa: statistical and epidemiological modelling to unite biological, sociological, behavioural and epidemiological science Ghent University
The incidence of HIV is exceptionally high among young women in sub-Saharan Africa. This phenomenon is the result of biological, behavioural and epidemiological factors. Using data from Malawi, statistica land epidemiological techniques will be applied to create a constent, holistic modelling framework for these complex dynamics, and this model will be used to formulate implications for HIV prevention.