PhD active projects

Accurate diagnosis and effective treatment for tuberculosis retreatment patients in Niger

Souleymane Tiemogo, M. B., de Jong, B., Decroo, T., Rigouts, L., Mamadou, S. & Adehossi, E.

1/01/21 → ...

Project: PhD-project


Advancing the implementation of quality improvement strategies to reduce maternal mortality using realist evaluation: the case of Maternal Death Reviews in Benin 

Boyi Spouse Hounsou, M. C., Marchal, B., Delvaux, T., Benova, L., Zweekhorst, M., Ouendo, E. & Dossou, J.

1/01/21 → ...

Project: PhD-project


Examining the quality of maternal and newborn healthcare delivery in an African city – the case of Kampala, Uganda

Birabwa, C., Benova, L., van Olmen, J., Banke-Thomas, A. & Waiswa, P.

1/01/21 → ...

Project: PhD-project


Le renforcement des capacités des équipes cadres des districts sanitaires à l’ère de la réforme de l’administration sanitaire provinciale en République Démocratique du Congo : une évaluation réaliste

Bosongo, S. I., Marchal, B., Criel, B., Coppieters, Y. & Chenge, F.

1/01/21 → ...

Project: PhD-project


Performance of community-based ART programmes for key populations in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa

Ibiloye, O. J., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Van Belle, S., van Olmen, J., Masquillier, C. & Jwanle, P.

1/01/21 → ...

Project: PhD-project


Selected topics in hospital infection prevention and control in sub-Saharan Africa

Kalema Yanga, J., Jacobs, J. & Lunguya, O.

1/01/21 → ...

Project: PhD-project


First-line anti TB-drugs revisited

Lempens, P., de Jong, B. & Rigouts, L.

12/01/17 → ...

Project: PhD-project


A study of the Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte invasion pathways and ligand candidates, with special attention to the promising PvTRAg and PvRBP multigenic families.

De Meulenaere, K., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Laukens, K., Cuypers, B., Kattenberg, J. H. & Monsieurs, P.

11/04/19 → ...

Project: PhD-project


Considerations from emerging infection outbreaks and a pandemic for the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance

Ingelbeen, B., van der Sande, M., van Kleef, E. & Bonten, M. J. M.

30/06/21 → ...

Project: PhD-project


Implementation and evaluation of new tools for Ebola Virus Disease response during eastern Democratic Republic of Congo outbreaks: from rapid diagnostic tests to genomic sequencing

Mukadi, D., van Griensven, J., Ariën, K., Ariën, K. & Ahuka, S. M.

1/07/22 → ...

Project: PhD-project


Understanding and preventing the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Laumen, J., Kenyon, C. & Malhotra-Kumar, S.

12/01/21 → ...

Project: PhD-project


The incidence and risk factors of mortality associated with HIV and TB infections in Kenya

Onyango, D. O., van der Sande, M., Grobbee, D. E., Yuen, C. & Wandiga, S.

3/07/19 → ...

Project: PhD-project


 Assessment of potential reservoirs of non-typhoidal Salmonella in the Province of Tshopo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Falay Sadiki, D. D. & Jacobs, J.

17/04/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


 Queer people in straight systems: The impact of sexual orientation laws on the health of sexual minorities

Siegel, M., Laga, M., Nöstlinger, C. & Pietschnig, J.

17/04/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


A framework to deduce the convoluted repertoire and epitope hierarchy of human T cell responses in visceral leishmaniasis: patient meets in silico

de Vrij, N., van Griensven, J., Adriaensen, W., Laukens, K., Cuypers, B. & Cuypers, B.

3/11/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


A qualitative study to investigate the use of complex perspectives in policy evaluation in public health

Castellano Pleguezuelo, V., Marchal, B. & Petticrew, M.

27/04/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


A quantitative and qualitative risk assessment of pig-related parasitic zoonoses in Burundi

Minani, S., Heylen, D., Trevisan, C., Gasogo, A., Gabriël, S. & Ntirandekura, J. B.

1/01/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


A transdisciplinary study of the ethical implications of adolescent enrollment in a clinical trial in The Gambia

Fehr, A. E. T., Peeters, K. & Bunders, J.

26/04/18 → …

Project: PhD-project


Accountability and Collective Action in Urban India: How are Socially Marginalized Adolescent Girls and Young Women organized to Negotiate Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR)?

Contractor, S. Q., Marchal, B., Van Belle, S., Nambiar, D. & Ruano, A. L.

1/01/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Addressing gaps in hypertension care and control in Medellin, Colombia: formative research, multi component quasi-experimental intervention

Londono, E. A., Marchal, B., Battaglioli, T. C. E., Van der Stuyft, P. & Dario Gomez, R.

1/01/18 → …

Project: PhD-project


Advancing the state of patients rights’ enforcement in the public and private health care facilities in South India

Putturaj, M., Marchal, B., Criel, B., Van Belle, S., Krumeich, A., Engel, N., Prakash, B. N. & Prashanth, N.

1/01/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


Alternative methodological approaches to assess longterm HIV virological and clinical outcomes in resource limited settings

Mesic, A., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., van Olmen, J. & Ritmeijer, K.

27/04/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


An anthropological analysis of the community participatory approach of a malaria elimination trial in The Gambia: determinants for community members’ participation

Masunaga, Y., Peeters, K. & Gerrets, R.

11/07/18 → …

Project: PhD-project


An economic evaluation of strategies for sleeping sickness elimination

Snijders, R., Hasker, E., Fink, G. & Tediosi, F.

3/07/19 → …

Project: PhD-project


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

Heringer Negreira, G., Dujardin, J., Domagalska, M. & Dujardin, J.

17/04/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


Antigen discovery for the diagnosis of invasive salmonellosis: A targeted proteomics approach

Saleh, S., Büscher, P. & Gevaert, K.

22/01/15 → …

Project: PhD-project


Assessment of Co-Infections as Determinants of Treatment Failure in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Martinez Medina, D., Boelaert, M., Dujardin, J. & Llanos-Cuentas, A.

1/11/10 → …

Project: PhD-project


Bacterial contamination of blood products for transfusion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: prevalence, risk analysis, prevention

Jacobs, J. & Heroes, A.

24/04/17 → …

Project: PhD-project


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

Aroni Soto, A., Dujardin, J., Domagalska, M. & Dujardin, J.

27/04/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Characterization of antimicrobial resistance among Gram-­‐negative bacteria in Peru: a comprehensive national surveillance

Krapp Lopez, F. D. C., Jacobs, J. & Garcia, C.

1/12/17 → …

Project: PhD-project


Co-design and evaluation of improved information tools to support better monitoring of inpatient newborn care

Muinga, N., Benova, L., Zweekhorst, M. & English, M.

17/04/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


Community as a starting point of antibiotic resistance emergence and spread in low resource settings: Risk factors assessment and consequences in primary healthcare outcomes

Valia, D., van der Sande, M., Robert, A., Rodriguez-Villalobos, H. & Tinto, H.

3/11/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


Community Participation in Neglected Tropical Diseases Elimination: A case study of Human African Trypanosomiasis elimination in Democratic Republic of Congo

Vander Kelen, C., Hasker, E., Torr, S. & Pulford, J.

3/07/19 → …

Project: PhD-project


Contemporary challenges in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-Exposure-Prophylaxis care in Belgium 

Vanbaelen, T., Kenyon, C., Florence, E. & Verhoeven, V.

15/11/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Coordination of Multisectoral Action for Health in Uganda: Mechanisms, Actor Experiences, Motivations and Implications for Policy and Practice

Ssennyonjo, A., Marchal, B., Criel, B., Van Belle, S., Titeca, K. & Ssengooba, F.

1/01/19 → …

Project: PhD-project


Culture-free approaches including whole genome sequencing in support of diagnostic and transmission studies on Mycobacterium leprae

Krausser, L., de Jong, B. & Van Rie, A.

30/06/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


Curbing rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Rwanda and beyond 

Cuella Martin, I., de Jong, B. & Rigouts, L.

30/06/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


Designing an innovative malaria elimination strategy based on reactive case and community participation: a mixed-­‐methods study

Jaiteh, F., Peeters, K., Masunaga, Y., Gerrets, R. & Achan, J.

1/10/15 → …

Project: PhD-project


Development of a novel nanoparticle formulation for mRNA based therapeutic vaccination against HIV

D'haese, S., Vanham, G., Aerts, J. & Allard, S. D.

11/04/19 → …

Project: PhD-project


Diagnostic and epidemiological aspects of human toxocariasis in Cuba

Sariego Ramos, I., Polman, K., Van der Stuyft, P. & Rojas Rivero, L.

1/07/11 → …

Project: PhD-project


Effectiveness of innovative interventions on curbing transmission of leprosy

Ortuno Gutierrez, N., Hasker, E. & Richardus, J. H.

30/06/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


Entomological evidence to support Visceral Leishmaniasis elimination in Nepal

Roy, L., Hasker, E., Van Bortel, W., Van Bortel, W. & Caljon, G.

1/07/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


Evaluation of Performance of Diabetes Care Initiatives implemented in Cambodia

Te, V., Damme, W. V., Van Damme, W. & Ir, P.

1/01/19 → …

Project: PhD-project


Evaluation of the role of immune checkpoint molecules in the natural killer cell-mediated anti-HIV response

Laeremans, T., Vanham, G. & Aerts, J.

11/04/19 → …

Project: PhD-project


Exclusion from health: withheld citizenship of indigenous people in South India

Soors, W., Criel, B., Wouters, E. & Dierckx, D.

14/07/14 → …

Project: PhD-project


Exploring the Ethical issues in Clinical Research with Pregnant Women in low resource settings; and acceptability of interventions for pregnant women: An Ethnography Of The Pregnanzi-2 Trial In The Gambia

Njue, M. W., Peeters, K., Gerrets, R. & Badaji, A.

29/01/18 → …

Project: PhD-project


Exposing the effect of host, parasite and immunoparasitological factors on Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte conversion

Drissi El Boukili, Y., Rosanas-Urgell, A. & Caljon, G.

3/11/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


Fascioliasis transmission, and it’s burden in Northern Vietnam

Hoang, Q. V., Polman, K., Callens, S., Dermauw, V. & Trung Dung, D.

6/07/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Feasibility of patient-centred care approaches at primary health care level in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Uganda

Waweru, E. W., Criel, B., Broerse, J., Gruénais, M. & Ssengooba, F.

12/01/17 → …

Project: PhD-project


Hepatitis C/HIV coinfection in Cambodia: from pilot project to lessons learned for a public health approach

De Weggheleire, A., Lynen, L. & Francque, S.

26/04/18 → …

Project: PhD-project


High throughput T cell repertoire sequencing-based analysis of T cell subsets as a viral diagnostic tool

Vujkovic, A., Vercauteren, K., Laukens, K. & Meysman, P.

6/07/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


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

Castillo Vielma, S., Müller, R. & Muijres, F.

15/11/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Impact evaluation of interventions, addressing spatiotemporal transmission heterogeneity and human mobility, to control arboviruses.

Baldoquin Rodriguez, W., van der Sande, M., Vanlerberghe, V., De Baets, B., Baetens, J. & Romani, T. M. E.

3/11/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


Impact of diagnostic delays and short treatment regimens on outcomes of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis patients in Cameroon

Jouego Tagne, C. G., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Netongo, P. M. & André, E.

1/01/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Impact of HIV-1 infection on antibody response to yellow fever vaccination in non-endemic areas

Martin, C., Bottieau, E., Dauby, N. & De Wit, S.

3/11/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


Implementation of safe and effective radical cure vivax malaria – a policy analysis approach

Ruwanpura, V. S. H., Peeters, K., Ley Thriemer, K., Price, R. N. & Lynch, C. A.

27/04/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


Improving detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB by use of novel phenotypic and genotypic tests

Ardizzoni, E., de Jong, B., Rigouts, L. & Varraine, F.

1/01/13 → …

Project: PhD-project


Improving facility delivery and postpartum care coverage through facility and community based intervention in the post-Ebola context in rural Guinea

Camara, B. S., Peeters, K., Delvaux, T., Gerrets, R., de Kok, B. & Delamou, A.

1/01/19 → …

Project: PhD-project


Improving the evidence base for diagnosis and management of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia

van Henten, S., van Griensven, J. & Moons, J.

17/04/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


Inequalities in access to hospital for childbirth care in sub-Saharan Africa

Straneo, M., Benova, L., van den Akker, T. & Hanson, C.

3/11/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


Influences on contraceptive method choice among adolescents and youth in sub-Saharan Africa

Calhoun, L., Benova, L., Delvaux, T. & van den Akker, T.

27/04/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


Innovative diagnostic and therapeutic measures to improve MDR-TB diagnosis and management in Conakry, Guinea

Hassane Harouna, S., de Jong, B., Decroo, T., Rigouts, L., Delamou, A. & Camara, L. M.

1/01/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


Innovative strategies to ascertain the Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Nepal

Cloots, K., Hasker, E. & Vlas, de, S. J.

11/07/18 → …

Project: PhD-project


Invasive salmonellosis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mbuyi Kalonji, L., Jacobs, J. & Muyembe, J.

1/09/15 → …

Project: PhD-project


Investigating drug tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Goossens, S., de Jong, B. & Van Rie, A.

3/11/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


Iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy: Evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose and oral ferrous sulphate in a low-middle income country

Babah, O. A., Benova, L., Larson, E., Hanson, C. & Afolabi, B. B.

3/11/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


Machine learning framework for T-cell receptor repertoire-based viral diagnostics

Postovskaya, A., Vercauteren, K., Laukens, K., Meysman, P., Vanham, G. & Vanham, G.

3/11/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


Magnitude and Severity of abortion related complications in two African fragile and conflict-affected settings 

Pasquier, E., Benova, L., Degomme, O., Fillipi, V. & Owolabi, O.

30/06/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


Mesure et modelisation de la mortalité due au paludisme dans la zone de superveiillance démographique de Nanoro, Burkina Faso

Derra, K., D'Alessandro, U., Erhart, A., Bocquier, P. & Haliodu, T.

1/01/12 → …

Project: PhD-project


Molecular basis for the potency and selectivity of DNDI-6690, a promising lead for the development of novel anti-leishmanial drugs

Wuyts, E., Dujardin, J., Sterckx, Y. G. & Caljon, G.

27/04/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Molecular characterization of mycobacterial strains from clinical specimens of patients with tuberculosis

Makhado, N. A., de Jong, B., Colebunders, B. & Nchabeleng , M.

4/02/13 → …

Project: PhD-project


Nontuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease and tuberculosis-nontuberculous mycobacteria co-infection: Epidemiology, diagnosis, and management at a tertiary health facility in Ghana

Abbew, E. T., Lynen, L., Mesic, A., Rigouts, L., Obiri-Yeboah, D. & Lorent, N.

1/01/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Omics Data Integration to Predict Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Snobre, J., de Jong, B. & Buyl, R.

27/04/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Optimizing the service delivery of PrEP for HIV prevention in Belgium

Vanhamel, J., Kielmann, K., Vuylsteke, B. & Callens, S.

6/07/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Paving the way forward: Using implementation science to understand barriers and facilitators of uptake for Intravenous iron in the Management of Anaemia in Pregnancy for Resource-Limited Settings: IVON Nigeria Trial

Akinajo, O. R., Benova, L., Sidney Annerstedt, K., Afolabi, B. & Banke-Thomas, A.

3/11/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


Postnatal care provision after facility birth in two sub-Saharan African countries: A mixed methods study

Semaan, A., Benova, L., van den Akker, T. & Housseine, N.

27/04/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Predicting and treating non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infections in children in sub-Saharan Africa

Tack, B., Jacobs, J., Toelen, J. & Lunguya, O.

17/04/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


PrEP implementation in Belgium: Studying PrEP users’ behaviours, attitudes and care needs

Rotsaert, A., Hensen, B., Reyniers, T., Vuylsteke, B. & Schim van der Loeff, M. F.

15/11/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Primary Health Care improvement in Benin: which model(s) of practice work for First-Line Medical Doctors?

Bello, O. A. K., Criel, B., Apers, L., De Lepeleire, J. & Zannou, M.

1/04/18 → …

Project: PhD-project


Rapid diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance, beyond rifampicin

Massou, F., de Jong, B., Rigouts, L., Affolabi, D. & Meehan, C. J.

1/01/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Scale-Up an integrated care package for diaBetes and hYpertension for vulnerable people in Cambodia, Slovenia and Belgium

Danhieux, K., Damme, W. V., van Olmen, J., van Olmen, J., Remmen, R. & Wouters, E.

3/07/19 → …

Project: PhD-project


SCaling Up an integrated care package for diaBetes and hYpertension for vulnerable people (SCUBY): policy analysis and strategy development.

Martens, M., Damme, W. V., Van Belle, S., van Olmen, J., Remmen, R. & Wouters, E.

27/04/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


Statistical methods for estimating age and time-dependent epidemiological malaria parameters and the analysis of social network data as a new approach to the development of malaria elimination strategies

Grosso, A., Peeters, K., Abrams, S. & Hens, N.

3/11/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


Statistical methods to guide clinical decision making in TB

Keter, A. K., Lynen, L., Jacobs, B. K., Goetghebeur, E. & van Heerden, A.

1/04/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


Strongyloides stercoralis in the non-endemic setting and beyond: an epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic and treatment challenge

Buonfrate, D., Bottieau, E. & Vlieghe, E.

3/11/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


Systems biological analysis of niche adaptation in resistant and virulent Salmonella pathogens

Cuypers, W., Jacobs, J. & Laukens, K.

26/04/18 → …

Project: PhD-project


Targeting residual malaria transmission among the Ra‐glai ethnic minority in Vietnam using a transdisciplinary approach 

Nguyen, T. T., Peeters, K., Gryseels, C., Gerrets, R. & Nguyen, X. X.

1/08/17 → …

Project: PhD-project


The assessment of the health and socio-economic impact of cystic echinococcosis in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region (Ethiopia) within the One Health Concept

Aregawi, G. W., Dermauw, V., Levecke, B., Dorny, P. & Hagos, A.

27/04/22 → …

Project: PhD-project


The development of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium vivax parasites

Sauve, E., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Dujardin, J., Kattenberg, J. H. & Dujardin, J.

27/04/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


The diversity of mosquito interactions under climate change conditions 

Vanslembrouck, A., Müller, R. & Leirs, H.

30/06/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


The Hospital as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance in low resource settings

Lompo, P., Jacobs, J., & Tinto, H.  

1/10/17 → …

Project: PhD-project


The rise of non-communicable diseases, and implications for health care delivery and health programmes in the Philippines

Bermejo, R. I., Damme, W. V., Galvez-Tan, J. & Mets, T.

1/07/12 → …

Project: PhD-project


The role of innovative tools for sand fly control in the visceral leishmaniasis (VL) elimination initiative in the South-East-Asian region

Chowdhury, R., Hasker, E., Van Bortel, W. & Caljon, G.

11/04/19 → …

Project: PhD-project


The role of T cell diversity in the pathogenesis of TB-IRIS in HIV/aids patients in Uganda

Nakiwala, J., Kestens, L. & Pala, P.

1/07/11 → …

Project: PhD-project


The rural community in sub-Saharan Africa as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance: a case study from Burkina Faso

Guiraud, I., Jacobs, J. & Tinto, H.

2/07/15 → …

Project: PhD-project


Understanding antimicrobials use: An ethnographic study of rural communities in Burkina Faso

Compaore, A., Peeters, K., Jacobs, J., Sariola, S. & Tinto, H.

1/01/20 → …

Project: PhD-project


Understanding why and how adolescent friendly conditions of health services affect the health outcomes of Nigerian adolescents living with HIV

Badejo, O. A., Laga, M., Nöstlinger, C., Van Belle, S., Wouters, E. & Jolayemi, T.

1/01/19 → …

Project: PhD-project


Universal Health Coverage in Burkina Faso: analyzing the role of knowledge and dynamics affecting this role in national policy-making

Kiendrebeogo, J. A., Damme, W. V., De Allegri, M. & Drabo, M.

1/08/18 → …

Project: PhD-project


Use of digital solutions to improve quality of care in primary health care for paediatric patients in LMIC

Bernasconi, A., van der Sande, M., van der Sande, M. & Grobbee, D. E.

27/04/21 → …

Project: PhD-project


Use of network modeling to better understand STI epidemiology

Tsoumanis, A., Kenyon, C. & Hens, N.

28/08/17 → …

Project: PhD-project


Using novel molecular approaches to understand the transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium leprae in the Comoros

Braet, S., de Jong, B. & Rigouts, L.

11/04/19 → …

Project: PhD-project


Viral evolutionary analyses as magnifying glass on parasite population dynamics

Heeren, S., Dujardin, J., Dujardin, J., Van den Broeck, F., Lemey, P. & Van den Broeck, F.

30/06/21 → …

Project: PhD-project