Research projects ongoing in 2022 or approved for funding in 2023

A Youth-centered Preventive Action Approach towards co-created implementation of socially and physicalla activating environmental interventions 

Van Belle, S. – Complexity and Health

European Commission

1/01/23 → 31/12/27

Peptide-based diagnostics for re-emerging flaviviruses of significant public health concern

Bouckaert, J. - Virology

Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (Bakelandt Mandaat)

1/02/23 → 31/01/27

Host immune and metabolic determinants of sexual conversion in Plasmodium parasites

Rosanas-Urgell, A. - Malarology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/23 → 31/12/26

Tackling the livestock parasite Trypanosoma congolense by targeting invariant surface proteins

Van Den Abbeele, J.- Trypanosoma

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/01/23 → 31/12/26

Skin imprinting in intradermal rabies vaccination: a prioritized outcome in vaccine trials?

Adriaensen, W., Soentjes, P. – Clinical Immunology

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/01/23 → 31/12/26

How to optimise the PrEP roll-out and HIV prevention among female sex workers in Burkina Faso?

Hensen, B. – Sexual Health incl. HIV

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/01/23 → 31/12/26

Antimicrobial adjuvants to revert the Imbalance of skin Microbiota for improved outcomes of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis treatment in Ethiopia

van Griensven, J. – Neglected Tropical Diseases

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/01/23 → 31/12/26

A two-centre open-label non-inferiority trial to assess the immunogenicity and safety of an intradermal and an intra muscular single-visit dosing regimen of purified chick- embryo cell-culture rabies vaccine in adults

Soentjens, P. – Travel Clinic

Federaal Ministerie van Defensie

13/02/23 → 31/12/24

Community Response to End Inequalities

Hensen, B. – Sexual Health incl. HIV

European Health and Digital

1/01/23 → 31/12/25

Access to essential medicines at primary health care level in regions affected by conflict: the case of hypertension, diabetes, and epilepsy essential medicines in Northern Syria

Kielmann, K. & Aljahdeeha, S. – Complexity and Health

Koning Boudewijnstichting

1/03/23 → 30/04/24

Clinical trial Longitudinal follow-up of SARS-CoV-2 immunityin immunocompromised populations in Belgium

Ariën, K. - Virology

Sciensano

1/01/23 → 31/12/23

Dengue in the coastal regions of Tanzania - a ticking time bomb?

Kreppel, K. – Emerging Infectious Diseases

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/01/23 → 30/09/23

Discovery of rodent-borne viruses over a biodiversity gradient in Morogoro, Tanzania

Selhorst, P., Ariën, K., - Virology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/01/23 → 30/09/23

Elucidating the molecular basis for host receptor recognition by recombinantly obtained Plasmodium vivax tryptophan-rich antigens

Rosanas-Urgell, A. - Malariology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/01/23 → 30/09/23

Identification of the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire associated with sustained joint pains in chronic chikungunya virus disease

Bartholomeeusen, K., Ariën, K. - Virology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/01/23 → 30/09/23

Introducing a Malaria vaccine into a vaccine hesitant world.

Peeters, K. - Socio-ecological Health Research

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/01/23 → 30/09/23

The diagnostic potential of CD8 T cell subsets in the context of past viral exposures

Vercauteren, K.– Clinical Virology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/01/23 → 30/09/23

Adapting Tools to Assess the Influence of Social Networks on Chronic Illness Management (CIM) among non-EU Migrants in Belgium: A Pre-test Study in Antwerp

Kielmann, K. & Michielsen J. – Complexity and Health

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/01/23 → 30/09/23

Culturing from Tongue Swabs

Rigouts, L., de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics

12/12/22 → 15/12/23

Development and integration of serological and molecular diagnostics in view of interruption of transmission of gambiense-HAT

Van Den Abbeele, J. - Trypanosoma

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

1/12/22 → 30/11/25

Integrated point-of-care platform for infectious diseases diagnosis

Vercauteren, K. – Clinical Virology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/10/22 → 30/09/26

Investigating the feasibility of providing injectable PrEP for HIV Prevention in Flanders

Hensen B., Reyniers T. – Sexual Health incl. HIV

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/10/22 → 30/09/26

Réponse Monkeypox et soins de santé primaires aux enfants moins de 5 ans dans la zone de santé de Tunda, Maniema

Liesenborghs, L. – Emerging Infectious Diseases & Outbreaks

ALIMA

14/07/22 → 31/03/23

Apenpokken - Screening naar Asymptomatisch Dragerschap en Opvolging van Hoog-Risicocontacten

Soentjens, P. – Travel Clinic

MVG, Prevent. & Soc. Gezond. Zorg

1/07/22 → 31/01/23

Strengthening surveillance preparing Nepal for the VL post-elimination phase 

Hasker, E.- Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

1/07/22 → 30/10/28

Uncover and compare the human immunopeptidome of intracellular parasites across the clinical spectrum.

Adriaensen, W. – Clinical Immunology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/04/22 → 31/03/23

A pilot project to prepare for the Urban health systems, shocks and resilience: what can we learn from COVID-19? 

Marchal, B. – Complexity and Health

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/04/22 → 31/03/23

Bedaquiline Enhanced Post ExpOsure Prophylaxis for Leprosy (BE-PEOPLE)

Hasker, E., de Jong, B. - Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Janssen Pharmaceutica

28/03/22 → 30/06/27

Chemified - Implementation of the 'Budd' app

Platteau, T. – HIV/STI Clinic

ViiV Healthcare

1/02/22 → 31/12/23

Scientific Research Network Tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria 

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/22 → 31/12/26

Drivers of individual and temporal variation in host infectiousness: a bird-specific Borrelia as a model system

Heylen, D. – Eco-modelling

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/22 → 31/12/25

Innate immune response in the mammalian host skin after the bite of a trypanosome-infected tsetse fly

Van Den Abbeele J., Van Reet N. - Trypanosoma

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/22 → 31/12/25

Multi Omics Data Integration to predict the M. tuberculosis Bedaquiline Resistance Phenotype from the Genotype

de Jong, B. & Tzfadia, O. - Mycobacteriology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/22 → 31/12/25

Determining the drivers behind Monkeypox virus transmission: a multidisciplinary ‘one health’ study of an emerging zoonotic pathogen

Bottieau, E. – Tropical Medicine

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/22 → 31/12/25

Stopping the burden of disease caused by onchocerciasis- associated epilepsy

Polman, K. – Medical Helminthology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/22 → 31/12/25

Expert Guidance and work with Health Systems Transformation Platform (HSTP)

Marchal, B. – Complexity and Health

Access Health International

20/12/21 → 30/11/22

Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Center - East and Central Africa

Vanlerberghe, V., Arien K., van Griensven J. – Emerging Infectious Diseases

National Institutes of Health

1/06/20 → 31/05/25

Elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis in five provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hasker, E. – Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 

15/11/21 → 14/05/25

Is mistreatment of women during facility-based childbirth an independent risk factor for postpartum depression? A mixed methods prospective study in Ethiopia and Guinea

Asefa, A. – Sexual and Reproductive Health

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Postdoctoral mandaat)

1/10/22 → 30/09/25

Optimizing community antibiotic use and infection control with behavioral interventions in rural Burkina Faso and DR Congo

van der Sande, M. –  Public Health

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/05/22 → 30/04/25

Impact of reducing colistin use in humans and poultry in Indonesia

Peeters, K. - Socio-ecological Health Research

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/06/22 → 31/05/25

Action Leveraging Evidence to Reduce perinatal mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa

Benova, L. – Sexual and Reproductive Health

European Commission

1/01/20 → 31/12/24

Cellular, molecular and functional characterization of quiescence in Leishmania donovani, the etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis

Dujardin, J. – Molecular Parasitology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/21 → 31/12/24

Clinical diagnostic trial in Western Africa of a simplified blood culture system to improve healthcare in low-resource settings

Jacobs, J., Hardy, L. - Tropical Bacteriology

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/07/21 → 31/12/24

Clinical research platform for untargeted RNA virus detection in tropical fever patient populations: construction and application

Vercauteren, K. – Clinical Virology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI) 

1/01/21 → 31/12/24

Controlling emergent Anopheles stephensi in Ethiopia and Sudan 

Peeters, K. – Socio-ecological Health Research

The Wellcome Trust

1/01/21 → 31/12/24

Improving leprosy prevention strategies by integrating social network analysis with spatial and molecular epidemiology data of Mycobacterium leprae in the Comoros

de Jong, B., Peeters, K., Hasker E. - Mycobacteriology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI) 

1/01/21 → 31/12/24

Innovate to reduce rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Rwanda and beyond 

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/01/21 → 31/12/24

Mechanisms of P. vivax chloroquine resistance: a transcriptomic/transgenic approach

Rosanas-Urgell, A. - Malariology

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/01/21 → 31/12/24

Next generation diagnostics and oral treatment for visceral leishmaniasis in Eastern Africa: transforming patient care through innovation

Adriaensen, W. – Clinical Immunology

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/10/21 → 31/12/24

Preventing the emergence of untreatable STIs via radical prevention

Kenyon, C. – Sexually Transmitted Infections

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/01/21 → 31/12/24

Promoten van seksuele gezondheid en preventie van hiv & soa: terreinwerking voor seksuele gezondheid bij sub-Saharaans- Afrikaanse migranten in Vlaanderen

Hensen, B. - Sexual Health incl HIV

MVG, Prevent. & Soc. Gezond. Zorg

1/01/22 → 31/12/24

Viral evolutionary analyses as a magnifying glass on parasite population dynamics

Dujardin, J. – Molecular Parasitology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/21 → 31/12/24

Tackling Covid - Vaccine Hesitancy in Underserved at risk Populations Including Persons with BAME Background

Kielmann, K. – Complexity and Health

Queen Mary University of London

1/05/22 → 31/10/24

Novel High-Dose Tuberculosis Retreatment Regimens: How to overcome resistance without creating more?

Lynen, L. - HIV & Tuberculosis

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/10/18 → 30/09/24

Preventing resistance in gonorrhoea Study

Kenyon, C. - Sexually Transmitted Infections

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/10/18 → 30/09/24

Preventing stillbirths in high burden settings: Examining gaps and opportunities to strengthen routine perinatal data collection and to improve quality of care 

Christou, A. – Sexual and Reproductive Health

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Postdoctoral mandaat)

1/10/21 → 30/09/24

How do malaria mosquitoes swarm and mate? The functional biology of mating swarms.

Müller, R. - Entomology

International Human Frontier Science Program

1/07/21 → 30/06/24

Balancing safety and good care in the context of infectious disease outbreaks: learning health systems for infection prevention and control in Uganda

Kielmann, K. – Complexity and Health

Medical Research Council, United Kingdom

1/08/22 → 31/07/24

MEMO+: Monitoring of exotic mosquitoes in Belgium 

Müller, R., Van Bortel, W. - Entomology

Sciensano

14/09/21 → 13/09/24

Aneuploidy and mosaicism: a strategy for early adaptation to drug pressure in Leishmania

Dujardin, J. – Molecular Parasitology

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/10/18 → 31/12/23

Community-based tuberculosis triage testing after symptom screening in hard-to-reach African populations: CAD4TB versus C-reactive protein

Lynen, L. - HIV & Tuberculosis

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/01/20 → 31/12/23

Development and validation of a novel life course microsimulation model linking diet to noncommunicable diseases

Peñalvo, J. L. – Non-Communicable Diseases

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/20 → 31/12/23

Effect of a novel typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa: a multicenter study in Ghana and the DRC

Jacobs, J. – Tropical Bacteriology

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/01/19 → 31/12/23

Emergence of fascioliasis in a global setting: development and validation of a transmission model to identify cost-effective control strategies

Polman, K. – Medical Helminthology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/21 → 31/12/23

Diagnostica TRYPELIM

Hasker, E. – Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

1/11/20 → 1/01/26

Heteroresistance: an occult threat to the treatment success of resistant tuberculosis

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/20 → 31/12/23

Identifying sylvatic reservoir species of outbreak-prone arthropodborne viruses through large-scale serostatus mapping in African wildlife

Ariën, K. - Virology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/20 → 31/12/23

Mixed Method Approach to study the behavioral aspects of injectable PrEP use among West-African MSM

Hensen, B. - Sexual Health incl HIV

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

31/01/22 → 31/12/23

Monitoring Outbreak events for Disease surveillance in a data science context

Müller, R. - Entomology

European Commission

1/01/20 → 31/12/23

Spatial analysis of host-parasite interactions in the skin across the clinical spectrum of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia

Adriaensen, W. – Clinical Immunology

Stichting Dioraphte

1/01/21 → 31/12/23

Cryptic human and animal reservoirs compromise the sustained elimination of gambiense-human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Van den Abbeele, J. – Trypanosoma

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/12/18 → 30/11/23

Rectifying the effects of COVID-19 on Vulnerable Populations in West-Africa: a Research Action

Marchal, B. – Complexity and Health

DHRC, Ghana

9/06/21 → 30/11/23

Generating and modeling SARS-COV-2 specific T-cell responses on a population level for more accurate interventions in public health

Ariën, K. - Virology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/11/20 → 31/10/23

Pro-actively addressing the challenges for an effective uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in Belgium: a transdisciplinary approach

Peeters, K., Gryseels, C. - Socio-ecological Health Research

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/11/20 → 31/10/23

Gaming for health - A mixed methods approach using the pork tapeworm as a model

Trevisan, C. – Medical Helminthology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Postdoctoral mandaat)

1/11/20 → 31/10/23

Msichana/Chakti! Understanding accountability in sexual and reproductive health of adolescents girls living in slums: a realist evaluation 

Van Belle, S. -  Health Policy

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Postdoctoral mandaat)

1/11/20 → 31/10/23

Mucin isoform-microbiome crosstalk shaping the course of COVID-19: a help in patient stratification?

Ariën, K. - Virology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/11/20 → 31/10/23

A multi-disciplinary international effort to identify clinical, molecular and social factors impacting cutaneous leishmaniasis

Dujardin, J. – Molecular Parasitology

European Commission

1/04/18 → 30/09/23

Advancing a GMMA-based vaccine against invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis through Phase I trial in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa

Jacobs, J. – Tropical Bacteriology

European Commission

1/10/19 → 30/09/23

Viability & Value of the Lung Flute ECO for Sputum Sample Collection and Tuberculosis Testing in Vulnerable Groups 

Hasker, E, Mitchell, E. - Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Global Health Innovative Technology Fund

27/08/21 → 30/09/23

Efficacy of screening STIs in MSM: Is screening for gonorrhea and chlamydia cost-effective in reducing the cumulative incidence of these infections in men who have sex with men taking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): a randomized, multicenter controlled trial

Kenyon, C. - Sexually Transmitted Infections

Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre

1/07/20 → 30/06/23

European Network for Medical and Veterinary Entomology (VectorNext)

Van Bortel, W. & Muller, R. - Entomology

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

20/04/21 → 21/06/23

La capitalisation des mecanismes de financement des soins de sante avec la tarification forfaitaire subsidiée comme porte d'entrée dans les provinces d'appui Enabel et Memisa

Marchal, B.,  Michielsen J. – Complexity and Health

Enabel

12/07/22 → 26/06/23


Are SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies a correlate for protection?

Ariën, K. - Virology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

22/05/20 → 31/05/23

Selectie en identificatie van fagen tegen Burkholderia-soorten in de natuurlijke omgeving van Cambodia

Soentjens, P. – Travel Clinic

Buy4Life

3/03/20 → 30/04/23

The clinically silent Plasmodium vivax reservoir in the Amazon: a systematic review and pooled analysis of individual-level data from population-based surveys

Rosanas-Urgell, A. - Malariology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/04/20 → 31/03/23

Diversity Components in Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Face of Climate Change

Müller, R. - Entomology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/03/20 → 03/09/23

PEOPLE: Post exposure prophylaxis for leprosy in the Comoros and Madagascar

de Jong, B., Hasker, E. - Mycobacteriology

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/09/18 → 28/02/23

Consortium program with the purpose of organizing several non-commercial clinical trials and follow-up research projects in respect of Covid19 vaccines in order to generate information and data that might be useful to patients, the clinical practice and/or policy decision makers.

Ariën, K. - Virology

Sciensano

18/01/21 → 31/12/23

Eliminating Human African Trypanosomiasis in the three (formerly) Bandundu provinces, the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Hasker E. - Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

1/11/16 → 30/06/23

Hepatitis C virus direct acting antiviral (DAA) treatment success and its impact on transmission dynamics in HIV/HCV co-infected MSM 

Florence, E. – HIV/STI Clinic

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/17 → 31/12/22

Innovating at-home testing directly applicable for a new-to-develop at-home blood tests.

Van den Bossche, D. – Clinical Reference Laboratory

Vlaams Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen

1/07/21 → 30/06/23

Is the dominant RR clone in Rwanda (R3 clone) also found in Burundi?

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Damien Foundation Belgium

1/01/21 → 31/12/22

Assess the sensitivity and added value of tongue swabs for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Guinee and the Comoros

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Damien Foundation Belgium

1/01/21 → 31/12/22

Old school bacteriology revisited: need for in-depth knowledge on bacterial growth to tune diagnosis of bloodstream infections for use in low resource settings

Jacobs, J. – Tropical Bacteriology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/20 → 31/12/22

Optimise PrEP to Maximise Impact 

Hensen, B. - Sexual Health incl HIV

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/01/19 → 31/12/23

Performance and stability testing of multiple blood culture and technologies

Hardy, L. – Tropical Bacteriology

Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics

8/12/21 → 31/03/23

Scaling-up of evidence-based health interventions at population level for the prevention and management of hypertension and/or diabetes

Van Damme, W. – Health Policy

European Commission

1/01/19 → 31/12/22

Safe Food Trial: A pilot double blind, placebo controlled, single center randomized controlled trial to assess if low dose ciprofloxacin can induce antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria lactamica

Kenyon, C. - Sexually Transmitted Infections

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 30/06/23

Addressing Health governance in challenging urban environments: exploring the conditions for the application of a participatory accountability tool in Kinshasa

Marchal, B., Van Belle S. – Complexity and Health

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 30/11/22

ALERRT - African CoaLition for Epidemic Research, Response and Training

van Griensven, J. – Neglected Tropical Diseases

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/12/17 → 30/11/23

Culture free diagnosis and follow-up of multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/06/16 → 31/01/23

Do Leishmania parasites cross the blood-testis barrier and can we ignore sexual transmission?

van Griensven, J., Pareyn, M. – Neglected Tropical Diseases

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 28/02/23

Investigating the role of chromatin accessibility in the global transcription regulation in Leishmania quiescent cell using multiomic single cell approaches 

Domagalska, M., Dujardin, J. – Molecular Parasitology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 31/01/23

Preparing for the second generation of HIV PrEP exploring the acceptability of long-acting injectable PrEP among Belgian and West-African MSM

Hensen, B., Reyniers, T. - Sexual Health incl HIV

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 30/11/22

Understanding the burden of overweight and diabetes in young migrant women living in Belgium

Peñalvo, J. L. – Non-Communicable Diseases

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 30/11/22

unCoVer - Unravelling Data for Rapid Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19

Peñalvo, J. L. – Non-Communicable Diseases

European Commission

15/11/20 → 14/11/22

People-centered digitized healthcare system: Using technology as a platform to strengthen the continuum of care in Kibaha, Tanzania

Peeters, K. - Socio-ecological Health Research

D-tree international

1/04/19 → 31/12/22

A systemic insecticide to control zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Errachidia province - Southeastern Morocco: an intervention trial for an innovative vector control tool

Hasker, E. - Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/11/18 → 31/07/23

Examining barriers to providing good quality postnatal care: A mixed-methods study of global configurations of care and local clinical practice adaptations in Tanzania and Guinea. 

Benova, L. - Sexual and Reproductive Health

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Postdoctoral Mandaat)

1/11/19 → 31/10/22

Master Clinical Study An open-label, multicentre, randomisedadaptive platform trial of the safety and efficacy of several therapies, including antiviral therapies, versus control in mild / moderate cases of COVID-19 (ANTICOV) & ancillary studies on COVID-19 immunology and epidemiology

van Griensven, J., Adriaensen W., Widdowson, MA – Neglected Tropical Diseases

Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative

1/09/20 → 30/06/23

The evaluation of a standardized treatment regimen of anti-tuberculosis drugs for patients with MDR-TB

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

Vital Strategies (formerly "The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease)

1/10/15 → 31/10/22

A common strategy for counteracting antiviral mechanisms in human and mosquito by CHIKV nsP1

Ariën, K., Bartholomeeusen, K. - Virology

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/01/22 → 30/09/22

A proof-of-concept trial to evaluate artesunate-mefloquine as a novel alternative treatment for schistosomiasis in African children

Bottieau, E. – Tropical Medicine

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (SOFI)

1/10/18 → 31/12/23

Develop a framework to capture the main determinants of quality chronic care management

Van Damme, W. – Health Policy

World Health Organisation

18/11/21 → 31/03/23

Unravelling phenotypic and molecular traits of quiescent populations of Leishmania under drug pressure

Jara Portocarrero, M. – Molecular Parasitology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Postdoctoral Mandaat)

1/10/19 → 30/09/22

Whole Genome Sequencing to streamline TB diagnosis, improve TB surveillance and optimize individualized TB treatment a pragmatic trial

Rigouts, L. - Mycobacteriology

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

1/10/18 → 30/09/22

A single-cell approach to study epigenetic regulation of Plasmodium knowlesi phenotypes: red blood cell invasion and gametocyte differentiation processes 

Rosanas-Urgell, A. – Malariology 

Flemish Government – Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

1/12/21 → 31/08/22

Preventie van Diabetes type 2 en zwangerschapsdiabetes bij vrouwen van reproductieve leeftijd in Kisantu, DR Congo

Peñalvo, J. L. – Non-Communicable Diseases

Stad Antwerpen

1/09/20 → 31/08/23

HIV Diagnosis in a Vaccinated World

Van den Bossche, D. – Clinical Reference Laboratory

Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.

17/08/20 → 10/08/22

Exploring and learning from evidence, policy and systems responses to COVID-19 in West and Central Africa

Van Damme, W. – Health Policy

International Development Research Centre

1/08/20 → 31/01/23

Renforcement du système de santé pour assurer la continuité des services et l'accès aux soins des populations vulnérables dans le contexte COVID 19 en République de Guinée

Van Damme, W. – Health Policy

Memisa VZW

20/01/21 → 31/07/22

Immunogenicity after COVID-19 vaccines in Adapted Schedules

Soentjens, P. – Travel Clinic

Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre

21/05/21 → 31/03/23

Sero-prevalence and sero-conversion study of health care workers and their households, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Vanlerberghe, V. – Emerging Infectious Diseases

Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit

1/07/20 → 31/05/22

Characterising transmission parameters of SARS-CoV-2 in a peri-urban setting in Mozambique using population-based surveillance and a high-throughput sero-assay

Widdowson, M-A

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership

1/06/20 → 31/10/23

Effectiveness and tolerability of a short regimen for drug resistant tuberculosis treatment in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Uncontrolled Clinical Study

de Jong, B. - Mycobacteriology

MSF The Netherlands

1/09/19 → 30/04/22

Severe Typhoid in Africa PLUS Program

Jacobs, J. – Tropical Bacteriology

International Vaccine Institute

1/05/20 → 30/04/22

Standardised monitoring tool of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA)

Laga, M. – Sexual Health incl HIV

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

30/04/21 → 29/04/22

Cultivating Online Safe Spaces: Addressing unspoken hesitancy to build vaccine confidence in healthcare workers in Belgium

Peeters, K. – Socio-ecological Health Research

Global Impact

23/09/21 → 28/02/22

Young Women and HIV in Africa 

Laga, M. – Sexual Health incl. HIV

Fondation de Luxembourg

1/01/17 → 1/02/22

Prospective investigation of oxidative stress in West Nile virus infection

Bottieau, E. – Tropical Medicine

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

20/10/20 → 31/01/22

Single cell transcriptomics of Leishmania donovani throughout its development in its natural sand fly vector Phlebotomus argentipes 

Domagalska, M., Dujardin, J. – Molecular Parasitology

Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (Pump Priming Projects)

20/10/20 → 31/01/22

Evaluation of an antibody detecting point-of-care test for the detection of Taenia Solium Taeniasis and (neuro) cysticercosis in communities and primary care settings of highly endemic, resource-poor areas in Tanzania and Zambia, including training of- and technology transfer to the regional Reference Laboratory and health centres

Dorny, P. – Veterinary Helminthology

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 

1/09/16 → 28/02/23