Department of Clinical Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 2006 2025

• 53 Active
• 73 Finished

Projects per year

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

  Jacobs, J., Hardy, L., Barbé, B. & Van Wymeersch, K.

  European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

  1/07/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• IMCOVAS: Immunogenicity after COVID-19 vaccines in Adapted Schedules

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

  KCE

  21/05/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research 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

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

  Lynen, L. & Baert, E.

  Koning Boudewijnstichting

  1/03/21 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research Project

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

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

  The Programme Tuberculosis

  26/01/21 → 30/10/21

  Project: Service

• Understanding and preventing the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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

  12/01/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• SpatialCL: Spacial analysis of host-parasite interactions in the skin across the clinical spectrum of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia

  Adriaensen, W., Dujardin, J. & Van Wymeersch, K.

  Stichting Dioraphte

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• PRESTIP: PReventing the Emergence of untreatable STIs via radical Prevention

  Kenyon, C., Crucitti, T., De Baetselier, I., Florence, E., Soentjens, P., Basil, S. S. & Van Wymeersch, K.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

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

  Vercauteren, K., Selhorst, P., Ariën, K., Van Esbroeck, M. & Van Wymeersch, K.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• 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 → 30/06/22

  Project: PhD-project

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

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

  1/01/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: PhD-project

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

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

  1/01/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: PhD-project

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

  Florence, E. & Van Wymeersch, K.

  VAD vzw

  19/11/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research 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

• 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

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

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

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  20/10/20 → 20/10/21

  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

• 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

• HIV-DIVA: HIV Diagnosis in a Vaccinated World

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

  Janssen Pharmaceutica NV

  17/08/20 → 10/08/22

  Project: Research Project

• GonoScreen: 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., Herssens, N., De Hondt, A. & Van Wymeersch, K.

  KCE

  1/07/20 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research Project

• EIDRC-ECA: Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Center - East and Central Africa

  Hasker, E., Vanlerberghe, V., Lepore, L., van Griensven, J., Ariën, K. & Paessens, E.

  Washington State University

  1/06/20 → 31/05/25

  Project: Research 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

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

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

  17/04/20 → …

  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

• 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. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research Project

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

  Lynen, L. & Baert, E.

  European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research 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

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

  Jacobs, J. & Baert, E.

  European Commission

  1/10/19 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research Project

• Resistance in gonorrhoea

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

  3/07/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

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

  Jacobs, J., Hardy, L. & Baert, E.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• PReGo: Preventing Resistance in Gonorrhoea Study

  Kenyon, C., Buyze, J., Crucitti, T., Vuylsteke, B., Yusuf, E., De Wit, S., Pirnay, J., Soentjens, P. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research Project

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

  Bottieau, E., Polman, K., Van Herrewege, Y., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Mbow, M., Cisse, B. & Baert, E.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research Project

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

  Lynen, L., de Jong, B., Van Deun, A., Decroo, T., Gumusboga, M., Meehan, C., Lempens, P., Rigouts, L., Ratsarahery, L., Van Herrewege, Y., Buyze, J. & Herssens, N.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/10/18 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research 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

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

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

  26/04/18 → …

  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

• Differentiated Implementation of HIV Treat All in Zimbabwe

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

  1/03/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• ALERRT: African CoaLition for Epidemic Research, Response and Training

  van Griensven, J. & Baert, E.

  EDCTP2

  1/12/17 → 30/11/22

  Project: Research Project

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

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

  1/12/17 → …

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

  DGD

  1/11/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

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

  Lompo, P., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Tinto, H.

  1/10/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Use of network modeling to better understand STI epidemiology

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

  28/08/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

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

  Heroes, A., Jacobs, J. & Jacobs, J.

  24/04/17 → …

  Project: PhD-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 → …

  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 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Bacterial bloodstream infections in Rwanda: a molecular surveillance study

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

  1/04/16 → …

  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

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

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

  2/07/15 → …

  Project: PhD-project