Department of Clinical Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 2006 2014 2017 2018 2020 2021 2022 2026

• 53 Active
• 94 Finished

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  IMCOVAS: Immunogenicity after COVID-19 vaccines in Adapted Schedules

  Soentjens, P., Spiessens, A. & Van Wymeersch, K.

  Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre

  21/05/21 → 31/01/23

  Project: Research Project

• Building capacity for research on febrile illness in children and adults in DRC

  Lynen, L. & Baert, E.

  King Baudouin Foundation

  1/03/21 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research Project

• Pedagogical innovation for the professionalization of the training program of the Cotonu SRL

  Zolfo, M., Kiyan Tsunami, C. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Various

  26/01/21 → 31/05/22

  Project: Service

• CHEMIFIED: Ontwikkeling en evaluatie van een gecomputeriseerde interventie voor chemsex ondersteuning

  Florence, E. & Van Wymeersch, K.

  Various

  19/11/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research Project

• CHEMIFIED+: Chemified: pilot testing of a mobile application for chemsexcare and support

  Florence, E., Platteau, T. & Van Wymeersch, K.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  20/10/20 → 20/10/21

  Project: Research Project

• PROWENI PILOT: Prospective investigation of oxidative stress in West Nile virus infection

  Huits, R., Bottieau, E. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  20/10/20 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research Project

• DiagnoSIR: Diagnosis through Sorted Immune Repertoires

  Vercauteren, K., Goovaerts, O., Adriaensen, W. & Ratsarahery, L.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  20/10/20 → 20/10/21

  Project: Research Project

• HIV-DIVA: HIV Diagnosis in a Vaccinated World

  Van den Bossche, D. & Van Wymeersch, K.

  Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.

  17/08/20 → 10/08/22

  Project: Research Project

• IMSEQ: COVID19 Immune Repertoire Sequencing

  Vercauteren, K. & Ratsarahery, L.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  27/04/20 → 26/01/21

  Project: Research Project

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

  Soentjens, P. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Buy4Life bvba

  3/03/20 → 2/03/21

  Project: Research Project

• 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., Hardy, L. & Doudouh, A.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/20 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research Project

• Bact-EVD: Pilot clinical bacteriology in the EVD care response to detect intercurring bloodstream infections and inform about appropriate antibiotic treatment

  Jacobs, J. & Janssens, S.

  Various

  1/08/19 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research Project

• Resistance in gonorrhoea

  Van Dijck, C., Kenyon, C. & Malhotra-Kumar, S.

  3/07/19 → 13/12/22

  Project: PhD-project

• Improving Sexually Transmitted Infection diagnostics and control among Men who have sex with Men in low-and high-resource settings

  De Baetselier, I., Kenyon, C., Vanham, G., Vuylsteke, B. & Crucitti, T.

  11/04/19 → 13/09/21

  Project: PhD-project

• BURKINA - 2019 - FA4: To strengthen the research capacity in the resource limited setting of Burkina Faso.

  Jacobs, J., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Hardy, L., Peeters, M., Kattenberg, J. H. & Ratsarahery, L.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Development project

• TriDoRe: Novel high-dose tuberclosis retreatment regimens: How to overcome resistance without creating more?

  Decroo, T., Lynen, L., de Jong, B. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/10/18 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research Project

• ILIAS: Invasive Lineages of AMR Salmonella, Trojan Horses in Africa

  Van Puyvelde, S., Deborggraeve, S., Jacobs, J., Dougan, G. & Stas, M.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

  1/10/18 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• Bac Turb: Development and proof-of-concept validation of a low-cost tropicalized device detecting bacterial growth in equipment-free blood cultures

  Hardy, L., Jacobs, J. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Vlaamse Overheid

  1/09/18 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research Project

• IMMUNO: Elucidating unique host-virus-parasite interaction with unseen depth an breadth

  Adriaensen, W., van Griensven, J. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Vlaamse Overheid

  1/09/18 → 30/11/19

  Project: Research Project

• MINIlab project MSF-F

  Jacobs, J. & Baert, E.

  MSF France

  1/03/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research Project

• Differentiated Implementation of HIV Treat All in Zimbabwe

  Makurumidze, R., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Van Damme, W. & Rusakaniko, S.

  1/03/18 → 19/12/22

  Project: PhD-project

• SeTPAT: Development of an antigen test for the diagnosis of syphilis

  Kenyon, C., OSBAK, K., Van Ostade, X., Van Raemdonck, G., Crucitti, T., Büscher, P., Ratsarahery, L. & Dhaenens, M.

  King Baudouin Foundation

  1/01/18 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research Project

• BENIN - 2018 - FA4: Institutional strengthening of the Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory (LRM, Bénin) for quality services and better quality of health care for Mycobacteria and other clinical bacteria, at National and Regional Level.

  de Jong, B., Jacobs, J., Hardy, L., Stassijns, J., Nduwamahoro, E., Eddyani, M., Gumusboga, M. & Janssens, N.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• CUBA - 2018 - FA4: To strengthen Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri (IPK, Cuba) and National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM, Cuba) towards accomplishment of their academic mission through capacity building and scientific co-operation.

  Boelaert, M., Vanlerberghe, V., Battaglioli, T. C. E., De Baetselier, I., de Jong, B., Torrea, G., Ariën, K., Heyndrickx, L. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• CAMBODIA - 2018 - FA4: National Institutes in Cambodia have increased capacity to generate evidence for the management of health problems and for the strengthening of the health system in Cambodia.

  Lynen, L., Jacobs, J., De Baetselier, I., De Weggheleire, A., Smekens, B., Stassijns, J., Damme, W. V., van de Put, W., Delvaux, T. & Ratsarahery, L.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• Minilab MSF-F Autoclave1

  Jacobs, J. & Baert, E.

  MSF France

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• ETHIOPIA - 2018 - FA4: To enhance the research capacity and evidence based medical practice in tropical and poverty related diseases in Ethiopia

  van Griensven, J., Jacobs, J., Abdellati, S., Stassijns, J., van Henten, S., Ratsarahery, L., Dujardin, J. & Van der Auwera, G.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• CohMSM-PrEP: Access to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for Men Who Have Sex With Men: Acceptability and Feasibility in Community-based Clinics in West Africa

  Laga, M., Vuylsteke, B., Cuylaerts, V., De Baetselier, I., Van Aerde, K. & Everaert, R.

  The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

  1/12/17 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research Project

• PERU - FA4: To strengthen the R&D capacities of the Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt (Peru) to deliver strategies and/or tools for diagnosis, surveillance and control of infectious diseases.

  Dujardin, J., Van der Auwera, G., Rosanas-Urgell, A., de Jong, B., Ariën, K., Rigouts, L., Heyndrickx, L., Kattenberg, J. H., Battaglioli, T. C. E., Jacobs, J., Monsieurs, P., Guetens, P. & Müller, R.

  DGD

  1/11/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• Contribution of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin determination to an innovative diagnostics aid tool for neurological and febrile syndromes in low-resource settings

  Bottieau, E. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Vlaamse Overheid

  15/10/17 → 13/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• Understanding and preventing the genesis of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

  Kenyon, C. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Vlaamse Overheid

  15/10/17 → 13/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• Persistent T-cell dysfunction in synergistic VL-HIV co-infection

  Adriaensen, W., van Griensven, J., Vermeesch, J. R., Kaye, P. M., Diro, E., Ritmeijer, K. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/10/17 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research Project

• Studies on multidrug resistance tuberculosis in Rwanda: Turning off the tap

  Ngabonziza, S. J., de Jong, B., Torrea, G., Rigouts, L., Mazarati, J., Affolabi, D. & Decroo, T.

  1/09/17 → 23/06/21

  Project: PhD-project

• ARTHROPOD: Development of specific and highly sensitive mulit-pathogen laboratory tests for the simultaneous and differential detection of arthropod-borne viruses

  Ariën, K., Kerkhof, K., Van Esbroeck, M. & Janssens, N.

  Agency for Innovation by Science & Technology

  1/08/17 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research Project

• Evaluation of simplified alternative pre-exposure rabies vaccination schedules

  Soentjens, P., Bottieau, E. & Van Damme, P.

  24/04/17 → 26/06/20

  Project: PhD-project

• SETA: Severe Typhoid in Africa Program (DRC site)

  Marks, F., Jacobs, J. & Ratsarahery, L.

  International Vaccine Institut

  1/04/17 → 30/06/19

  Project: Research Project

• Implementing clinical bacteriology in low resource settings: reviving the old, bringing in the new

  Ombelet, S., Jacobs, J., Cox, J. & Jacobs, J.

  12/01/17 → 4/02/22

  Project: PhD-project

• Effect of lactoferrin on pediatric infections

  Ochoa, T. J., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Cossey, V.

  12/01/17 → 15/05/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Post-market surveillance as a tool for assuring quality of in-vitro diagnostics in low-resource settings

  Sands, A., Jacobs, J., Fransen, C. & Jacobs, J.

  12/01/17 → 30/04/18

  Project: PhD-project

• DRC - FA4: Building capacity for health research in three DRC partner institutions Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (IRNB), Ecole de Santé Publique de l’Université de Lubumbashi (ESP) en Centre de Recherche Sanitaire de Kimpese (CRS), and rationalize the fight against Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) while strengthening local health systems with the support of all partners.

  Boelaert, M., Jacobs, J., Büscher, P., Polman, K., Rigouts, L., Dorny, P., Hardy, L., Corsmit, E., Roucher, C., Eddyani, M., Dermauw, V., Bebronne, N., Snijders, R., Inocêncio da Luz, R., Van Cauwenberg, I. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• BURKINA - FA4: To strengthen the research capacity in the resource limited setting of Burkina Faso.

  Jacobs, J., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Hardy, L., Peeters, M., Kattenberg, J. H. & Ratsarahery, L.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• Improving the diagnostic work-up of neurological disorders in rural Central Africa

  Mukendi Mulumba, D., Bottieau, E., Cras, P. & Lutumba, P.

  24/06/16 → 12/12/22

  Project: PhD-project

• Bacterial bloodstream infections in Rwanda: a molecular surveillance study

  Rutanga, J. P., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Muvunyi, C.

  1/04/16 → 19/04/22

  Project: PhD-project

• New tools for diagnosis and management of febrile illness in travelers to the tropics: a cohort study

  Huits, R., Bottieau, E., Jacobs, J., Van Esbroeck, M. & Cnops, L.

  15/01/16 → 1/02/19

  Project: PhD-project

• Shadows over the "Golden Decade": how certain HIV-infected populations have not benefitted fully from the scale-up of anti-retroviral therapy and what can be done about it

  Vogt, F., van Griensven, J. & Colebunders, B.

  15/01/16 → 12/05/17

  Project: PhD-project

• Identification of risk factors and prediction of adverse treatment outcomes in visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia

  Abongomera, A. C., van Griensven, J., Colebunders, B., Diro, E. & Ritmeijer, K.

  2/01/16 → 30/05/18

  Project: PhD-project

• The immunomodulatory role of prednisone in TB-HIV co-infected patients and assessment of its impact on clinical and TB treatment outcomes

  Stek, C., Lynen, L. & Meintjes, G.

  30/04/15 → 23/03/22

  Project: PhD-project

• Cell-associated HIV-RNA as a superior marker of treatment success or failure

  Pannus, P., Vanham, G., Fransen, C. & Vandekerckhove, L.

  29/04/15 → 19/09/19

  Project: PhD-project

• ARMADA: Ontwikkeling van een pan-arbovirus diagnostische test voor klinisch management van niet-malaria ziekten met koorts

  Ariën, K., Cnops, L., De Smet, B. & Janssens, N.

  Agency for Innovation by Science & Technology

  1/03/15 → 28/02/18

  Project: Research Project

• Salmonella Paratyphi A: The emergence of a neglected pathogen in Asia

  KUIJPERS, L. M. F., Jacobs, J. & Jacobs, J.

  22/01/15 → 11/01/19

  Project: PhD-project