Projects
The Mormyridae (Teleostei: Osteoglossiformes) of the Upemba and Kundelungu National Parks (south-eastern DR Congo): species diversity, adaptation and speciation KU Leuven
This PhD has two main objectives: (1) to document the species diversity of the Mormyridae of the rivers draining the complex formed by the Upemba National Park (UNP) and the Kundelungu National Park (KNP); and (2) to study the relationships between water conductivity and the species distribution, diversity, adaptiveness and speciation patterns in the Middle Lufira (MLf).
The outline of my PhD dissertation is envisioned as follows. A ...
National and international evaluation of the optimized oral health-related section of het BelRAI and its incorporation in the interRAI suite of instruments KU Leuven
Oral health of care-dependent older people is poor due to limited daily oral health care and difficult access to professional dental care (De Visschere et al. 2016). This poor oral health affects their general health and quality of life (Tran et al. 2018). Dental health care professionals are the most obvious health care professionals to assess the oral health of care-dependent older people. However, it is the non-dental caregiver who is ...
Fieldwork for the Belgian national Election Study University of Antwerp
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
The proposed project will evaluate the effect of the newly developed oral assessment tool and associated training on different aspects of health and on caregivers’ knowledge and attitude. This will lead to further fine-tuning and embedding of the oral assessment in the BelRAI (the Belgian version of the interRAI, which is currently being implemented in the national health care system) (https://www.belrai.org/). Adaptation of the assessment to ...
Fieldwork of the Belgian National Election Study and Belgian Ethnic Minorities Election Study. University of Antwerp
Strengthening national efforts to eliminate malaria in Peru (CeroMalariaPeru) University of Antwerp
The fish diversity of the river systems of the Kahuzi Biega National Park (East DRC) KU Leuven
The fish diversity of the Lowa and Ulindi systems, both right bank tributaries of the Upper Congo (Lualaba), has been underexplored and poorly known. As a result, the diversity and distribution of the fish species of these systems remained almost terra incognita. These two systems drain the Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP). The absence of scientific fish collections from this park hinders the integration of the fish fauna from the ...