Organisations
Urban Design, Urbanism, Landscape and Planning KU Leuven
Urban Design, Urbanism, Landscape and Planning
Complexity and Health Institute of Tropical Medicine
The Health Systems Unit currently focuses on the following research lines:
Strategic management of local health systems- Research on innovative stewardship and governance arrangements to ensure public accountability. Projects include Participation for local action, with Sheshadri and Prashanth NS (Vivekananda Tribal Health Centre, BR Hills, Karnataka, India)
- Leadership and decision-making (including complex and ...
Health Policy Institute of Tropical Medicine
The Unit of Health Policy belongs to the Public Health Department at ITM. The Unit, established in 2013, is led by Professor Wim Van Damme and consists of a multidisciplinary team (medicine, public health, political science, law).
The unit is developing a strong institutional collaboration with the School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape (Cape Town, South Africa), where Wim Van Damme held a SARChI chair ...
Socio-ecological Health Research Institute of Tropical Medicine
Department of Public Health, Management Institute of Tropical Medicine
The scientific research, the capacity building programs and the educational activities are supported by administrative staff of the department. The staff is headed by the manager of the department.
Scientific staff can call upon the management unit for a wide range of support functions :
- Pre- and post-award support for funding proposals: budget preparation, budget follow up, preparation of financial audits
- General ...
Medical Helminthology Institute of Tropical Medicine
Introduction
The Unit of Helminthology, housing both Medical and Veterinary Helminthology, is led by Prof K. Polman, epidemiologist/parasitologist. We are dedicated to improving the lives of neglected populations affected by helminthiases. Our aim is to understand the dynamics and interactions of helminth infections at the interface between humans, animals and their broader natural and social environments, and to ...
Forest, Nature and Landscape KU Leuven
Overall, the research carried out in this laboratory focuses on the spatial and quantitative assessment of biological and man-induced patterns and processes at the landscape and habitat level both in rural, urban and natural settings. We aim at coupling traditional research on forestry, landscape elements, land use, and biotic communities with earth observation, spatial data sciences, the statistical modeling environment, and planning tools. ...
Health Systems and Health Policy Research Group Institute of Tropical Medicine
Objectives
The Health Systems & Health Policy Group aims at making health systems more people-centered, integrated, accountable, equitable and resilient. Through our research, educational and service delivery activities, we aim at improving health policies and systems so that the right to health and Universal Health Coverage is guaranteed to all people.
We contribute to policies, programmes and local health systems that ...